Sony Portable CD-I

[wraggster]

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http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/cdi.jpg

I had no idea this thing even existed - maybe you did. But even so, this ebay auction (http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-Portable-CD-I-IVO-V11-Intelligent-Discman-Rare-NR_W0QQitemZ140025006291QQihZ004QQcategoryZ3284QQr dZ1QQcmdZViewItem) (the seller had better thank me, it only had 130 views before I linked it) has some great, absolutely humongous pictures of the unit from multiple angles. It's a mini CD-I with a screen (Sony had a part in the system's creation, after all), controller port, and really odd controls on the top of the lid. Definitely a cool piece of history (fullly named, the Sony Portable CD-I IVO-V11 Intelligent Discman), and one you likely won't see again for some time. Hope somebody saves those pictures somewhere!

Now if only Sony would make a PSP Version with Bigger screen etc ??

[Nookadum]

Holy shit!

[mr_nick666]

I had no idea these existed either! :eek: The real test was my colleague who collects retro computers and consoles... He'd never heard of its existance either! :rolleyes: Typical $ony marketing I guess! :p

[ACID]

Never seen something like this from sony before

[JKKDARK]

here amazing

[S34MU5]

wat a beast

[hodey]

There is a reason no one has heard of it .....

[Datre32]

H:\DCIM\100_FUJI\DSCF0001
H:\DCIM\100_FUJI\DSCF0003
H:\DCIM\100_FUJI\DSCF0005
do these work?

I had no idea they made a portable of this ^^, or know idea why lol. I actually own the original console version along with the zelda games for it (im not a zelda collector, i just happened to get them when i was roughly 10 years old :D )

the console version came out roughly around the same time as snes, and actually had a wireless controller, i sent a pic ;)

[KerryKing]

Can they make an emulator for psp?

[Apoklepz]

Yes...I had that console once too...I remember having NBA Playoffs Bulls vs. Blazers, Lemmings, Where in the world is Carmen SanDiego and Sim City on it...The other games I had were educational, my favourite was the music one....you could play 5 different types of drum sets along with your CD's music...that was pretty cool for the time...

I remember I sold this to one of my old neighbors, so I could buy my car some rims...I'm just finding out there was a portable on this...weird.

[giggity giggity goo]

yeah you'd be surprised lol

this one person owns literally EVERY piece of video game history

... i think its www.vid-games.net

i mean its insane they own some old vcr, tape shooting game thingy and every game ever made for it

check it out guys its really a sight to behold

the room of doom actually brought a tear to my eyes lol

[Datre32]

there isnt even a decent emulator of it for pc, so psp is impossible, there is an extreme lack of documentation for it

[Nafogel]

woah, freaky. Never heard of it, but now i want one

[Vangar]

Either way, it wasn't worth the money it sold for. Its not as rare as people think.

[lucidtraveller]

i have had 3 different versions of the system but i never even knew this portable one ever existed.

"Vangar" Your Dreamcast saying made me sad :( i loved my dreamcasts (which were stolen last year....*******s!!!!!!) i had all the emulators and alot of homebrew with it too :(

[pibs]

id be cool if some1 with this can send it to an expert and get the bios and all, then emulate it for us.

[Vangar]

id be cool if some1 with this can send it to an expert and get the bios and all, then emulate it for us.

There already is an emulator for it.

As i said, its not as rare as people are making it out to be


http://www.cditeaser.cdinteractive.co.uk/

[Video_freak]

I never knew these existed either... :rolleyes:

[Tinnus]

From the emulator's page:

"A reasonably fast PC is needed to get acceptable performance; a Pentium 1.5 GHz is probably about minimal."

[QueadlunnRau]

Kinda reminds me of the Sega CDX...

I purchased mine for $399 when it came out and sold it like 6 months later for $200 =(

http://www.homecomputermuseum.de/game/bilder/20.jpg