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  • Re: CD32

    From Flavio \@flavioREMOVE@ffbg.net to comp.sys.cbm on Tuesday, July 08, 2003 12:51:58
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    IIRC, the CD32 was released in early 1993. Maybe you're referring to
    CDTV if it was much earlier than that?

    I clearly remember the design :) It is this one: http://www.silicium.org/console/cd32.htm
    I was 10 in 1993 so it matches :-)

    I think the CD32 stayed as long as the desktop Amigas (until the end
    of Commodore, that is).

    I am afraid it wasn't much of a success in Italy...

    If it was smashed by something, it might've been the new Sony console,
    the Playstation in .. 1994?

    Playstation is *that* early? Oh dear... time flies! :-)
    I thought it was more recent. *Gosh*

    Flavio


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  • From marc@marc@objectconnections.com (Marc Walters) to comp.sys.cbm on Tuesday, July 08, 2003 20:33:26
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    "Flavio \"Senesino\" FBG" <flavioREMOVE@ffbg.net> wrote in message news:<bee6im$42osv$1@ID-118982.news.dfncis.de>...

    [snip]
    Whatever happened to it? I guess it was smashed out by Sega Megadrive
    and the SNES?

    No.

    Smashed out by Commodore's management ineptitude.

    Marc Walters
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  • From Richard@wakeup@what.time to comp.sys.cbm on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 06:25:02
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    Anders Carlsson wrote:

    Yeah, I exaggerated a little:

    Countries Release date
    -----------------------------------
    Japan December 2nd, 1994
    North America September 9th, 1995
    Germany September 21th, 1995
    Europe September 29th, 1995
    Australia October 13th, 1995

    Source:
    http://consoledatabase.retrofaction.com/consoleinfo/sonyplaystation/


    Don't forget that a period of hype precedes a console launch and can crush competition by just a mere rumour (well sometimes).

    Richard :)
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  • From Flavio \@flavioREMOVE@ffbg.net to comp.sys.cbm on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 09:31:25
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    Smashed out by Commodore's management ineptitude.

    Oh... I supposed it :-(

    In fact the marketing wasn't very powerful, at least if memory
    serves me well...

    Flavio


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  • From Ville Jouppi@vjouppi@sci.fi to comp.sys.cbm on Thursday, July 17, 2003 19:59:40
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    On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 12:35:15 +0200, "Flavio \"Senesino\" FBG" <flavioREMOVE@ffbg.net> wrote:

    Whatever happened to it? I guess it was smashed out by Sega Megadrive
    and the SNES?

    It was smashed by Commodore management.

    By then they didn't have enough money to build them! They'd have sold like hotcakes that christmas, but the supply was nowhere near the demand.
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