Ultima VII gets SNES-CD and Sega CD ports ITTL, with the SNES-CD version including Part II on the same disc as Part I.
'Minus World: New Game Plus' — A Successful Philips SNES-CD Timeline
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As Said Before we need to give Phillips development teams, Nintendo would want to see people supporting the CD and they can only release so many games at any time, even before counting the new staff ITTL the SNES-CD will demand.
List of CD-i games - Wikipedia
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Philips P.O.V. Entertainment Group - MobyGames
The history of Philips P.O.V. Entertainment Group begins in the Cinemaware offices in the late 1980s. A core group of Cinemaware employees, comprising David Riordan and David Todd among others, banded together as Mass Media Inc. In turn, they were...www.mobygames.com
Seems all Major Phillips Studio were in California alongside a possible Japanese one and a french and Dutch one...That gives Phillips at least Five development teams. At least two in the USA, one in France, one in japan and at least one in the Netherlands.
Philips Interactive Media, Inc. - MobyGames
An American subsidiary of Philips Media, specializing in publishing multimedia games.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NovaLogic And the team doing Mario Wacky Worlds for at least Six. I can see Pushing Comanche for the SNES CD too.
Let's say they put all them working in SMWW and Comanche, which leaves at least 3 launch titles by Phillips.
I'll do a threadmarked post on development teams and studios, as well as potential publishers, unique to this timeline later, either all of them together or a separate post each specifically for at least Philips teams and studios and one omnibus post. I've yet to come up with good descriptions for each team or studio, though. Maybe Player Two Start had at least one post I can use as a template? I haven't looked into that yet, however.
I haven't decided all of the CD-i games that get Philips SNES-CD releases in this timeline yet, but I can start adding at least a few to this thread's SNES/SNES-CD software lineup draft.
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With the pod it could and would get butterflied away, and will be,either Sega or Sony paid hard for Disney characters rights or square is too busy to work on it
One idea I had for TTL's version of Super Metroid is that Varia can appear either after Kraid or after Ridley depending on which of the two you defeat first. The one you defeat after the other has an Energy Tank instead. The idea that the four main bosses can be defeated in any order is an intended part of gameplay ITTL. The Mockball is also an intended part of gameplay ITTL, and Spore Spawn is optional even in 100% Item Collection speedruns.
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So super Metroid being more speed run friendly? Not bad.
The rest now I'm wondering if the og Metroid would be remade for CD, they don't need IS for it, TOSE or pax Softonic to do it
Some CD-i games are hard to find descriptions for. I found a review blog that's already helped me there on at least one game:
cdigamereviews.wordpress.com
The CD-i Completionist
On a mission to review every game for the Philips CD-i
cdigamereviews.wordpress.com
There's actually a guy that does this? I feel sorry for him/her/them.Some CD-i games are hard to find descriptions for. I found a review blog that's already helped me there on at least one game:
The CD-i Completionist
On a mission to review every game for the Philips CD-i
WITH a 1988 POD is very possible for ITTL a full fledge Metroid Game ITTL equivalent of N64, especially If Nintendo would push for one after Super. And If Sakamoto gets his shit together too
Again with the POD retro up the air, depends on what Jeff Spangenberg does ITTL.
Some CD-i games are hard to find descriptions for. I found a review blog that's already helped me there on at least one game:
The CD-i Completionist
On a mission to review every game for the Philips CD-i
Seems he is a genuine CDi fan and he is making us a favour, that shit is expensive. And Allah, some those 'games' are either barely or pedestrian as hell
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This timeline's SNES-CD obviously has less of a need for it — SNES-CD–enhanced cartridge games, if any, would likely just stick to using enhancement chips hard-wired into their cartridges —, but here's something interesting I found out about while looking for CD-i game details:
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Anyway, that makes the case for this timeline's SNES-CD having a counterpart to the CD-i's Digital Video Card slot slightly better. Maybe this could give Nintendo an additional small bit of extra buffer time before they release this timeline's N64 counterpart if they really end up needing it by extending the SNES-CD's life a tad? I don't know if that's something that should get considered with any level of seriousness, but it's just something to throw out there.
Philips explored the possibility to develop a "CD-i Game Cartridge" that would go in the DVC slot to boost gaming performance
The Digital Video Cartridge slot in a CD-i player is actually designed as general purpose system bus interface. This means that in prin...
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Anyway, that makes the case for this timeline's SNES-CD having a counterpart to the CD-i's Digital Video Card slot slightly better. Maybe this could give Nintendo an additional small bit of extra buffer time before they release this timeline's N64 counterpart if they really end up needing it by extending the SNES-CD's life a tad? I don't know if that's something that should get considered with any level of seriousness, but it's just something to throw out there.
You know, a game Card/expansion card could be released as a counter to the at the time next generation consoles(PS1 and Saturn) If Nintendo decides to Give more Time to the SNES-CD and buff the N64. like in 1994-1995(Japan/Rest of the world) the Cart is released so third parties can still keep pace with the more 3D games PS1 and Saturn would release, plus maybe Sony could buff the PS1 ITTL and SEGA yet their shit together and make a Saturn could live up his potential. So the Game Card would be worth even more. Is up to how butterflies unfold, but that link show is feasible, HECK otl Saturn used Ram Cart too.This timeline's SNES-CD obviously has less of a need for it — SNES-CD–enhanced cartridge games, if any, would likely just stick to using enhancement chips hard-wired into their cartridges —, but here's something interesting I found out about while looking for CD-i game details:
Philips explored the possibility to develop a "CD-i Game Cartridge" that would go in the DVC slot to boost gaming performance
The Digital Video Cartridge slot in a CD-i player is actually designed as general purpose system bus interface. This means that in prin...
Anyway, that makes the case for this timeline's SNES-CD having a counterpart to the CD-i's Digital Video Card slot slightly better. Maybe this could give Nintendo an additional small bit of extra buffer time before they release this timeline's N64 counterpart if they really end up needing it by extending the SNES-CD's life a tad? I don't know if that's something that should get considered with any level of seriousness, but it's just something to throw out there.
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As for EA, I don't think they will get the FIFA license after what they pulled with Sega
@RandomDSdevel About the apprentice, I think the game would be pushed far earlier as SPC Vision would be founded earlier and not waste time with FMV and barely games virtual utilities. the same is the sequel. About Namco, they barely published games for SNES OTL(weird, seriously, they only published less than 10 titles) so that's up in the air but if Namco wants to work on CD, Arcade Collection would be there for the Japanese launch.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacekeeper_Revolver Maybe the Phillips Peacemaker is pushed over the Super Scope? plus that would give Nintendo some ideas too
https://jcmit.net/diskprice.htm I thought about An HDD for expansion but refrain against it,MB/$ Was expensive as hell till they collapse in 2000. Maybe Diskettes? Flash Carts? i think we might just re-release or use the idea of an expansion disc... a cheap spinoff.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacekeeper_Revolver Maybe the Phillips Peacemaker is pushed over the Super Scope? plus that would give Nintendo some ideas too
https://jcmit.net/diskprice.htm I thought about An HDD for expansion but refrain against it,MB/$ Was expensive as hell till they collapse in 2000. Maybe Diskettes? Flash Carts? i think we might just re-release or use the idea of an expansion disc... a cheap spinoff.
That's a Massive understatement, nothing stops them from making a football/soccer game but without the monopolistic license that leaves it just another soccer-football game
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Remember that I floated the idea of:
I suppose that thought could be expanded to include using that same port as a generic external storage interface that players can connect with more than just hard drives. Other storage media and mechanisms available to interface with this port could be:
- External diskette drives, though I presume that by 'diskette' you meant something more like a Zip disk for higher-capacity expansion storage, as opposed to a floppy disk.
- External non-volatile/flash memory banks/arrays.
For option 1, I could see at least some external drives' manufacturers offering two-disk models. For option 2, another interface I could see cropping up on the market would be an external flash cartridge docking station with one or more slots. (They might look funny, though, like power-tool battery charging stations, depending on the flash cartridges' shape.)
In any case, this is something that we can keep thinking about until later.
At least some titles that get expansions will probably see complete compilation re-releases that include both their base games and any and all of their add-on content come to market later.
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Oh, one more thought: I was thinking the external flash cartridge docking stations would likely use non-interchangeable, arbitrary proprietary interfaces — unless the SNES accessory market converges on some kind of de facto standard, of course, but I'm not counting on knowing or being optimistic about the odds of that happening. It's occurred to me, however, that some company might release a bundle containing a bootstrap cartridge or CD and an external multi-bay SNES cartridge adapter once Nintendo Power cartridges arrive on the market. Some third-party accessory manufacturers might also start producing Nintendo Power cartridge knock-offs after that point, too.
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Final Fantasy VI could be a CD-enhanced cartridge game that has a vocalized opera if the CD add-on is used with a 1-disc CD of orchestral versions of music from the game that launches alongside the game.
Yeah I was thinking of options or ideas but some are very expensive(HDD) and others dunno if would have enough file space(flash carts, etc) for me, just leave the CD add on and maybe the VCD Cart or Game Cart, downloads can be the difference added value for ITTL N64, but let's wait and see how that unfold
I've an Idea but would be Limited for Cartridge Games than you can use both CD and Cartidge for Add-on but that left pure CD games on the dust...maybe the opposite could happen? maybe if we accelerated the idea of Nintendo Power like Cartidges....
This could work... Ummm a special flash cartridge?
Why just not simply a CD game? at that point CDs would have proliferated and easier than buying the game twice(or buying the game and the add-on disc). We all know you love FFVI we already noticed it
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I think that FFVI should be a dual format release so that both systems have one of the best RPGs ever made. FFIV and V should remain cartridge exclusives so that the cartridge SNES has exclusive Final Fantasy games, and thus great exclusive JRPGs.
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