Did any CD add-on ever make sense to you?

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

We, of course, know that the MegaDrive had one... but so did the Jaguar, the SNES (the attempt of which spawned the demon that still haunts its company) and even the friggin PC Engine.

Did any of these ever make sense to you? You could argue that there were enough MDs and SNESes in the wild to sorta justify the experiment, but I just can't imagine any Jaguar owner being tempted by the prospect of spending even more money on it, especially when the console lacked the sheer amount of JRPGs that drew some PC Engine owners to the CD add-on in the process.

What a fascinating time in gaming history!

 

[shaggi shaggi]

All these add-ons came to life too late. What's the point of CD add-on if i can buy a console with native CD support and much more powerful components?

 

[Scotty Scotty]

Not really. Especially since we'd later see the rise of consoles with native CD support since the PS1 in the mid 90s. Plus, there wasn't much of a reason to buy, say, a Sega CD for your Genesis since:

• It was too expensive
• The technology was still relatively new and wasn't quite there yet
• The game library wasn't quite as good as the standalone Genesis (save for a few exclusives)

 

[CrankyKong64]

One of my friends down the street actually had a Sega CD but it was really just a cool novelty with a couple fun games. of course as dumb little kids we didn't know which were the actual good games lol

 

[lestagio]

I just can't imagine any Jaguar owner being tempted by the prospect of spending even more money on it

Jesus Christ, that might be the hardest Jaguar burn I've ever heard!

All these add-ons came to life too late. What's the point of CD add-on if i can buy a console with native CD support and much more powerful components?

Yeah, I think this was really the issue. There were actually quite a few good CD games, but many of them weren't any good and it was a better idea to just get another console. My 12 year old brain didn't think for a second that I should get a CD addon for any of those consoles when I could snag a PS1.

 

[Strategist Strategist]

I thought the Sega CD was dope, but the bigger problem was that they kept developing extra add ons and customers developed add on fatigue. Plus they stopped supporting the Sega CD but I thought they had some decent titles that showed the potential of CD-ROM gaming.

I think Nintendo did "add-ons" the smart way. Place the "add on" chips inside the cartridge in the late SNES era to get more out of the 16bit console. Star Fox and DKC went with that approach. But CD-ROM was far better when it came to sound and full motion video.

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

Jesus Christ, that might be the hardest Jaguar burn I've ever heard!

I'm a fan, but not blind.

Especially when the aforementioned add-on looks like a fucking toilet xD