Anyone still using CD ROMs with their A1200s?

[eXeler0]

Seems its gone out of style with everyone running whdload from cf cards and gotek usb floppy emulators.
I still have a bunch of Amiga CDs Id like to use but but retailers have cleaned out their Amiga CD ROM kits.
Anyone actually still using CDs on their desktop Amigas (A1200s etc)?

[Sandro]

the towered A1200s of course they have cd roms connected
but most of the desktop of course it haven't
today cdroms are only useful to play cd32 titles with audio tracks, but you can use winuae for those

[edd_jedi]

I only ever really use the CD-ROM in my A4000 to listen to audio CDs. The problem is there are so few dedicated/enhanced CD games, the vast majority of CD32 games are just the floppy versions. And the few that are worth checking out often don't work properly, eg talkie Simon the Sorcerer.

[ptyerman]

Yes, I use a SCSI CD Writer on both my A1200's and on my A2000.

[Amicol]

Yes, for Clickboom's Quake
You need the CD inserted, or no BGM...

Oh yeh, and T-Zer0

[Sandro]

Originally Posted by edd_jedi

I only ever really use the CD-ROM in my A4000 to listen to audio CDs. The problem is there are so few dedicated/enhanced CD games, the vast majority of CD32 games are just the floppy versions. And the few that are worth checking out often don't work properly, eg talkie Simon the Sorcerer.

you don't need a cdrom to play simon cd32, it haven't cd audio tracks
you can install it and run it from hardisk

[eXeler0]

I have a somewhat rare game, "Shadow of the third moon". Bought it on CD but hadn't had a chance to try it yet. Does anyone know if I can install it to CF from WinUAE?

Amicol, I have the click boom Quake too, but that was way back before the source was released. These days ppl who still play quake, go for AmiQuake since its probably a lot more optimized and runs faster. One could probably copy the levels/maps in WinUAE into a AmiQuake install?

[Nobby_UK]

Have not used a CD-Rom Drive since I extracted my 1200 from its Tower.

Originally Posted by eXeler0

I have a somewhat rare game, "Shadow of the third moon". Bought it on CD but hadn't had a chance to try it yet. Does anyone know if I can install it to CF from WinUAE?

http://hol.abime.net/1894

Suggests it is possible.

[_psy]

recently used the cdrom to play beneath a steel sky cause i dont have the memory to preload whdload version with speech,
bubble heroes ,t-zero,on escapee and microcosm (the last if you have cd32 pad , i only have a gamepad with 2 buttons) are nice games to play too ,

i wanted to run defender of the crown 2 cd32 version,
burned a cd from the iso on the file server but it says its a CDTV game and doesnt run , i run all cd32 games with idefix cd32 emu

[edd_jedi]

Originally Posted by Sandro

you don't need a cdrom to play simon cd32, it haven't cd audio tracks
you can install it and run it from hardisk

I'm pretty sure the speech is out of sync on anything other than a 'real' CD32:

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=48204

[Thorham]

I sometimes use DVDs (do these count?) for transferring large amounts of data, such as multiple music CDs converted to WAV files. I also burn CDs sometimes as short term backups.

[eXeler0]

I have a couple of old IDE DVD/CD players, an external molex psu and a split 1 to 2 IDE cable so it should be easy enough to hook it up on the A1200 but uts aint gonna look pretty.
Does anyone have info on some nice looking slim drives that could be used? Most external DVDs are USB these days.. That would be another obstacle to overcome. Not sure I wanna go down that road.

[fitzsteve]

I don't have cdrom on A1200 anymore, I used to have scsi cdrom then slot loader but I never really used it.

I do on my A4000 though mixing cd audio via my toccata sound card

Same games as above, t-zero, payback, genetic species.

[Michael]

There are plenty of CD collections and old archives to look through.
You do need a CD to install all flavours of later AmigaOS too.

Currently using SCSI drives, while my stocks last ;-)
These things tend to die very quickly here for no reason, maybe because not used regularly :-(

On A1200 desktop it easy to make a cardboard case from some nice material
and it will good, has such a setup with IDE drive around 1995.

Microcosm...
MYST...
Nightlong...

[FOL]

I use an internal DVD-RW on my A1200 for playing CD32 games and Music.
CD will never go out of fasion, I still use minidisc .

[alexh]

Does that answer your question?

[FOL]

No, I see more VCR tapes than CD's,

[alexh]

We're having our first child and my retro-gaming room is becoming the nursery and so I have had to get rid of lots and lots of stuff.

The VCR cassettes and CD/DVD-R discs went in the bin in first wave. Then my 32" 4:3 TV and a load of 14" CRT monitors went to the recycling centre

Next is the Magazine collection. Pretty much every UK Spectrum/Atari ST/Amiga magazine. They take up a huge amount of room. Pretty much all of them are now available in PDF format. I am hoping I can find someone with more room than myself who will take the lot rather than sell them one by one. Unlike my retrogaming hardware (which is moving to the attic) the magazines won't last very long up there as it is cold and slightly damp.

[eXeler0]

Hey alexh, what happened to ebay ;-)

[FOL]

Originally Posted by alexh

We're having our first child and my retro-gaming room is becoming the nursery and so I have had to get rid of lots and lots of stuff.

The VCR cassettes and CD/DVD-R discs went in the bin in first wave. Then my 32" 4:3 TV and a load of 14" CRT monitors went to the recycling centre

Next is the Magazine collection. Pretty much every UK Spectrum/Atari ST/Amiga magazine. They take up a huge amount of room. Pretty much all of them are now available in PDF format. I am hoping I can find someone with more room than myself who will take the lot rather than sell them one by one. Unlike my retrogaming hardware (which is moving to the attic) the magazines won't last very long up there as it is cold and slightly damp.

Wrap them up, I have loads of mags safely wrapped up in my attic, .