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I remember once playing the CD-I at CES in 1992 (maybe ‘93), well before the days of E3. This was also the same conference where I saw a preview demo of the Seg
by kposehn 8y ago
I remember once playing the CD-I at CES in 1992 (maybe ‘93), well before the days of E3. This was also the same conference where I saw a preview demo of the Sega CD (in retrospect the demo was a complete hoax).
But, what stuck with me most was the potential capability of CD based game systems to have much more immersive environments. It seemed imminent that we would go from 2D sprite based games to something much more complex, and it was absolutely fascinating at the time.
- astura 8y agoWhy was the Sega CD demo a hoax?
- LeoPanthera 8y agoCES demos were often being played off a Laserdisc player hidden under the table.
- kposehn 8y agoAnother room in this case so we couldn’t hear it.
- wcfields 8y agoCould have just been a laser disc replaying rendered footage, or a Sega with a custom made cartridge playing back a demo "video"
- kposehn 8y agoPretty much. Not sure of the format, but it wasn’t done with the Sega CD
- codesushi42 8y agoHilarious, thanks for the anecdote! Sounds like typical 90s Sega for sure. For instance, remember the VR headset demo that was nothing but canned promo reel?
- codesushi42 8y agoThat would have been quite the cartridge if it had enough capacity to store an entire demo video. Bet it was laser disc.
- kposehn 8y agoThey did the demo behind closed doors, and the actual demo itself was not rendered with the Sega CD, though they made it seem that way by placing a CD in the machine and starting it up. The actual demo was full-motion full-screen video about a time travelling kid from the future going back in time to get a Sega CD because it was so advanced. It was amusing, but when the device actually hit with much inferior video quality all of us who saw it realized it was fake. Sad really - I wanted that system to succeed at the time.