Oldest CD game you own? [Archive] - Retrogaming Roundtable

link1110

03-13-2005, 11:42 PM

Oldest, or first one I bought? If it's oldest, definately Tengai Makyou: Ziria, came out in 1989. I don't know what the earliest one I bought is, because I did alot of selling of games at Funcoland around the time I got my PSX. It's probably my release day copy of SaGa Frontier, though.

Flack

03-13-2005, 11:43 PM

The first CD-Roms I ever bought were a couple of disks called "Quicktoons". They were those crappy, public domain Bugs Bunny and Popeye cartoons that some company had copied to CD format. I bought them in the spring of 1994, and still have them for some unknown reason.

I have lots and lots of CDs from late '94 and early '95, when I worked at Best Buy.

Some of the earliest CD games I remember buying were Magic Carpet, Willy Beamish, and the PC versions of Dragon's Lair and Space Ace.

Richter Belmount

03-13-2005, 11:44 PM

cosmic fantasy 2

Dimitri

03-13-2005, 11:48 PM

Sonic CD. I mean, I don't have a Duo or even a TG16, so...

*runs from the wrath of Johnny Turbo*

DigitalSpace

03-13-2005, 11:49 PM

Hmm... probably PSX Destruction Derby in the longbox.

soniko_karuto

03-13-2005, 11:50 PM

it came from the desert, cosmic fantasy 2, sega cd.

Not sure wich one is the oldest one.

dojosky

03-13-2005, 11:52 PM

mine is fighting streets turbografx CD yes I bought it in 1990 or 1991 even before I finally owned a Turbografx CD system LOL ...

dbiersdorf

03-13-2005, 11:55 PM

Jet Moto

Joelius

03-13-2005, 11:59 PM

Star Wars Dark Forces

GobopopRevisited

03-14-2005, 12:15 AM

My first CD system (PC) came with a large ammount of software... Journeyman Project Turbo, Spider-Man Cartoon Maker, and thats pretty much it for games. First Games I purchased for it seperately though were Stellar 7, Space Quest V or VI, and 3D Ultra Pinball.

First for a Console were Daytona USA, Virtua Fighter 2, and Virtua Cop that came with my Saturn... seperately though, World Series Baseball II and Panzer Dragoon.

Snapple

03-14-2005, 12:21 AM

I didn't get a computer until '94, and I didn't get a CD-ROM drive until '95. If I remember correctly, my very first CD game was King's Quest 7, the one where you play as both Rosalia and Valanese.

Uzi 9mm

03-14-2005, 12:29 AM

Jet Moto

Jet Moto 2 or A Bug's Life for me.

The first game CD-ROM game I ever remember playing is Toy Story for PS1.

dreamcaster

03-14-2005, 12:33 AM

SKVermin

03-14-2005, 12:33 AM

The 7th Guest. Picked it up a day before I got Doom: Knee Deep in the Dead in a big multi-pack.

SoulBlazer

03-14-2005, 12:40 AM

Command and Conquer for the PC, 1993.

pkupstixx

03-14-2005, 12:48 AM

O_O O_O Sewer Shark when i bought my Sega Cd. Pack in.
First game bought i think was Road Avenger. O_O O_O

Necromutant

03-14-2005, 01:01 AM

My first CD "game" would have to be tat Sherlock Holmes garbage I got for Sega CD around the the launch date with the system. I think that the first cd game I bought that didn't come with the system was that Wonderdog game...

Mog_the_Destroyer

03-14-2005, 01:06 AM

Loom, Sherlock Holmes, and Sewer Shark are the first cd games that I clearly remember playing. God Loom was so easy to play, trail and error and memorization were the key to that game.

SkiDragon

03-14-2005, 01:26 AM

Sonic CD or Sewer Shark, whichever came first.

Nez

03-14-2005, 01:31 AM

Betrayal at Krondor (PC). I have the map and manual CD case but not the box.

-hellvin-

03-14-2005, 01:33 AM

Ultima 6

Poofta!

03-14-2005, 01:36 AM

Ys III for the TG16

i also got a bunch of sega CD games, dunno if those are older, probably not.

robotriot

03-14-2005, 03:18 AM

Command and Conquer for the PC, 1993.

Hardly, as it was released in 1995 ;)

My first CD game I got was The Dig, also 1995. The oldest one I own is Fighting Street.

WanganRunner

03-14-2005, 06:43 AM

Mine is probably Rebel Alliance, for the PC. I have the original X-Wing on CD too, but I think it's a later release, as I know that was originally put out on FD.

Mattiekrome

03-14-2005, 07:02 AM

Ground Zero Texas for sega CD, several years ago

jdc

03-14-2005, 07:05 AM

Without dragging them out to check the dates, I'd say that mine is Tomba (PSX). Nothing too old in my disc section.

Balusilustalu

03-14-2005, 08:44 AM

Fighting Street for the PC-Engine definately... The Jap version that is... which got released on the 4th of december 1988. I know that's one of the first CD games for the PC-Engine CD unit. And the CD-Unit (the suitcase model) being the first CD-based console.
I think Fighting Street got released at the same time as Noriko?

izret101

03-14-2005, 08:53 AM

Z for PC all i remember is it is from the early 90s and you could run it in DOS.
To bad it doesn't work right anymore very cool game.

ktulu

03-14-2005, 10:51 AM

well the oldest cd I own is a game compilation, some abandonware and some C64 games and emulators. It was a while ago, some 95-96 or something.

@izret101, well if the game's old, that doesn't mean u can't play it... Get DosBox :).

ghostangelofcky

03-14-2005, 11:54 AM

Indiana Jones and the fate of atlantis (MAC)

Sewer Shark (SEGA CD)

Kid Ice

03-14-2005, 12:36 PM

3DO Crash n Burn is the oldest one I have now.

The first one I bought was Slam n Jam 95 for the 3DO.

Raedon

03-14-2005, 01:31 PM

hmm.. thought I was in Off topic

I still have a PC copy of 7th Guest.

Mr.Faxanadu

03-14-2005, 02:47 PM

mine is Fighting Street for the TG16CD...

Same Here. I think its 1987

Aussie2B

03-14-2005, 06:22 PM

Well, I guess my oldest disc games would be my cardboard box Sega CD releases. Not sure which in particular is the oldest, but I'm guessing they're all roughly from the same time period.

As for the first I ever bought, I think it Final Fantasy VII (GH) and Star Ocean: The Second Story for PlayStation. O_o Yep, I didn't get into disc games until quite late. I was a Nintendo girl, so it was just carts for me.

And for my first CD ANYTHING ever, I think it was what, 1996? I know I was around 14 when I got my portable CD player and my first music CD. I pretty much had zero interest in music up until that point, so all I had before that were a handful of cassettes and a walkman. I didn't have a PC until 1998 either, so that's when I got my first computer-related discs. So yeah, I'm a late bloomer in all regards, I suppose. I didn't get into DVDs until pretty late also.

ECWSandmanECW

03-14-2005, 08:12 PM

Jungle Book for the PC.

Crush Crawfish

03-14-2005, 09:52 PM

I dunno..either raiden project or jumping flash for Ps1, which ever came out 1st.

Slate

03-14-2005, 10:09 PM

If oldest: Sewer shark.
If earliest bought: Driver.

Jorpho

03-14-2005, 10:14 PM

For some reason I do have the PC version of Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective.

vulcanjedi

03-15-2005, 02:45 PM

Hmm

Didn't multimedia just come out in 91? So for the PC anything before then was file related only?

I have a game called Beyond The Wall Of Stars from 1992. It is a cheasy live acting multimedia adventure by RA Montgomery who wrote the books of the same name.

It's a PC/MAC game. And I even beat it.

VJ

TurboGenesis

03-15-2005, 02:48 PM

I dunno..either raiden project or jumping flash for Ps1, which ever came out 1st.

Raiden Project was out at launch I don't think Jumping Flash made the launch thought it did come out shortly after.

My oldest CD game would likely be Y's Book I&II. I think it was the third game released on the Turbo CD preceded by Monster Lair and Fighting Street. I think Valis II came out after Y's.

drwily008

03-15-2005, 02:55 PM

I still have my Dune game I bought in the very late 80's or possibly 1990 at the latest for the PC. I didnt even have a computer at the time I bought it to play on my rich Uncle Ray's computer.

Lady Jaye

03-15-2005, 03:22 PM

Myst for Mac (is it PC too? I'd have to check), bought in 1994.

Tritoch

03-15-2005, 04:13 PM

WipEout, which I purchased with my PSX in early 1996. I remember having such a giddy feeling that I finally owned a GAME ON CD-ROM (yes I'm a dork). I didn't own a computer until early 1997, which also came with a bunch of CD shovelware.

cracked8ball

03-15-2005, 05:32 PM

Viewpoint for Psone. Disc only though D:

drewbrim

03-15-2005, 05:51 PM

One of the Turbo CD's, JB Harold, Fighting Street, Sherlock Holmes, Ys 1&2 etc..

Yago

03-15-2005, 06:26 PM

Star Wars Dark Forces

Heck ya! I have this too still for PC. I have all my old games like Doom 1-2. The problem is uless you have an old PC running Win95, the games are worthless. That is one reason I don't get into PC gaming that much. The games just don't last. BUT, I did play the original Bard's Tale for the PC on a WinMX machine. Can't believe after all these years this old DOS game would work on a PC today, amazing!

Sotenga

03-15-2005, 06:37 PM

My oldest game could be Final Fight CD, released for the Sega CD in 1993. Definitely beats the hell out of the SNES version, I tell you whut.

Berty

03-15-2005, 06:56 PM

Sherlock Holmes for the Sega CD 8-)

Iron Draggon

03-15-2005, 09:16 PM

Not counting PC games, it's Sol Feace for the Sega CD, mint and complete. I got it when I bought my original Sega CD way back in the day. I didn't keep any of the other games that came with it though. I kept the Rock Paintings CD, but that's it. I don't think I even have the Hot Hits CD anymore. But I don't really care. I consider Sol Feace to be the true collectable in that lot.

Counting PC games, it's hard to say. Probably something like 21st Century Pinball Gold Pack, or some other DOS monstrosity that's completely useless with XP. Why DOS games were ever burned onto CD's without first being rewritten specifically for Windows 95 is beyond me, but that's what they did. Kinda like burning a 2600 ROM onto a CD and saying OK, try to make it work!

DigitalSpace

01-20-2009, 12:19 PM

Thought this would be an interesting thread to bump.

Hmm... probably PSX Destruction Derby in the longbox.

Now I'd say it's a three way tie between that and the other two longbox games I own - Doom and Twisted Metal - since they were all released on the same day.

TheGam3r

01-20-2009, 12:25 PM

i have alot:

PS1:
1995-1996
Ridge racer
Gex
Tekken
Battle arena toshiden
Twisted Metal
Road rash

Mac
MDK

jcalder8

01-20-2009, 12:30 PM

Probably Fighting Street for the PCE.

Gunface

01-20-2009, 12:39 PM

Either this terrible game from the early 90's called Stalker or the Magic Carpet and Nascar Racing cd's that came with my family's NEC. I was so excited when we got that computer!

tom

01-20-2009, 12:55 PM

I used to have Codemasters CD Rom games pack for Commodore 64, it's from around 1990, but heck, I cannot find it anywhere:
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c173/thomasholzer/cd.jpg

Game Freak

01-20-2009, 02:16 PM

i have like 13 or so sega CD games, if not that, then must be a copy of Myst i got at a yard sale. *consults database*

*sigh* Putt Putt Joins the Parade, PC, 1992 ._.

Zap!

01-20-2009, 03:47 PM

Fighting Street for the Turbo Grafx CD-ROM. First US console (not counting computers)CD game ever. I was a privileged kid to get this in 1990/1991!

shopkins

01-20-2009, 04:56 PM

I have the CD versions of King's Quest VI (1993, I think) and Wizardy VII. When Wizardry VII was released in 1992, did the CD version come out at the same time? Not the Gold version, this is the original on CD. If those were released later then probably either my Sewer Shark or Sherlock Holmes for Sega CD. Wait, I have Rock Painting's somewhere, too, although I guess that's not technically a game.

PentiumMMX

01-20-2009, 05:05 PM

Not counting PC games, it's Sol Feace for the Sega CD

Same here. It's probably the best $3 I ever spent on a Sega CD game.

tom

01-20-2009, 05:08 PM

My first 'real' gaming CD was (1993):
http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=202096&g2_serialNumber=2

and what an excellent game it was :-)

98PaceCar

01-20-2009, 05:49 PM

I have a burned CD from 1993. I think it was just a bunch of random stuff some friends and I had collected from the internet (wuarchive!!).

I pull it out every so often and check to see that it still works. Almost fifteen years and still going strong!

Gameguy

01-20-2009, 06:08 PM

Why DOS games were ever burned onto CD's without first being rewritten specifically for Windows 95 is beyond me, but that's what they did. Kinda like burning a 2600 ROM onto a CD and saying OK, try to make it work!
I'm guessing it's because a lot of DOS games were written before Windows 95 was made. Not a lot of people had CD-ROMs back then, but some people did.

Fighting Street for the Turbo Grafx CD-ROM. First US console (not counting computers)CD game ever. I was a privileged kid to get this in 1990/1991!
I also have this game, I guess it would be the oldest then. I have a bunch of computer games but I don't know if any were released before then.

I have a burned CD from 1993. I think it was just a bunch of random stuff some friends and I had collected from the internet (wuarchive!!).

I pull it out every so often and check to see that it still works. Almost fifteen years and still going strong!
Your friends had a CD burner in 1993?

snes_collector

01-20-2009, 06:52 PM

Either Keio's Flying Squadrun for Sega CD or Fifa Soccer for 3DO. Both came out in 1994 apparently.

As for the first CD games I owned, I pretty sure I never had any until I got Super Smash Bros: Melee & Tony Hawk 3 with my GameCube in 2001.

TheDomesticInstitution

01-20-2009, 07:02 PM

I think it's My Paint for the Sega CD, which I picked up a few weeks ago. Before that it was Apache for Windows.

Steve W

01-20-2009, 11:35 PM

The first CD-ROM based game I had was the ones that came with the TurboGrafx-16's CD add-on. Fighting Street was one of them. I don't recall if Y's Book I and II was a pack-in, but I recall it being one of the firsts I had. Along with Exile.

My earliest memories of using compact discs as data storage devices are accompanied by the whirring sounds that the Turbo CD drive made as it loaded. :) Ah, memories.

j_factor

01-21-2009, 01:18 AM

Monster Lair, which was was one of the original two Turbo CD games in the US (released the same time as Fighting Street). I also have Ys Book I & II, which came out shortly after.

It's (somewhat) common knowledge that these were the first console CD-ROM games, but does anyone know what the first commercial CD-ROM games for computer systems were?

Gameguy

01-21-2009, 01:44 AM

It's (somewhat) common knowledge that these were the first console CD-ROM games, but does anyone know what the first commercial CD-ROM games for computer systems were?
Apparently it's The Manhole, from 1989.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Manhole

Zap!

01-21-2009, 01:44 AM

Zap!

01-21-2009, 01:45 AM

Apparently it's The Manhole, from 1989.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Manhole

Beat me to it by literally seconds! :)

Gameguy

01-21-2009, 02:43 AM

Beat me to it by literally seconds! :)
That's usually the same way I end up getting great finds. :)

It wasn't all that easy to find the info, searching for "the history of CD-ROMs" or "first CD-ROM game" got me nowhere. I just came across an article on Myst, saw that it mentioned Manhole came out earlier, and looked that up to see if it was available on CD-ROM. Luckily the article on Wikipedia said it was the first game available on CD-ROM.

Zap!

01-21-2009, 02:47 AM

That's usually the same way I end up getting great finds. :)

It wasn't all that easy to find the info, searching for "the history of CD-ROMs" or "first CD-ROM game" got me nowhere. I just came across an article on Myst, saw that it mentioned Manhole came out earlier, and looked that up to see if it was available on CD-ROM. Luckily the article on Wikipedia said it was the first game available on CD-ROM.

Wow, I did it off the top of my head without researching anything, and you STILL beat me to it! 8-)

jdc

01-21-2009, 09:47 AM

Can't really compete here. My oldest disc game is one of the 100% cardboard long box PSX games, probably Wipeout. The disc game that I believe I've owned the longest would be my copy of Turismo #1. Even though I'm 49 years young, I got into gaming later than most. My very first ever game purchase was my copy of the just-released Diddy Kong Racing for the N64, at the same time of purchasing the console.