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Amiga CD32
“A keyboard-less computer with big dreams, gone when its maker went under.”
“A CD player that dreamed of being a computer, a decade too polite to say so.”
The CDTV — Commodore Dynamic Total Vision, though everyone eventually just said Compact Disc Television — was a home multimedia and video game console launched in April 1991. Built on the same technology as the Amiga, it came with a single-speed CD-ROM drive and, notably, no floppy drive as standard. Add optional peripherals and it transformed into a full-fledged personal computer, which was a genuinely charming part
Commodore pitched it as an all-in-one multimedia appliance, squaring off against the Philips CD-i. Alas, the expected market for such appliances never materialized, and neither machine found real commercial success. By 1993 it was gone — but fans remember it as a bold, tidy little idea that arrived before the living room was ready for it.
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“A keyboard-less computer with big dreams, gone when its maker went under.”
“Fifteen years, one joystick, and a cartridge slot that never said die.”
“First of its kind, gone by New Year's Eve — Marty left the party early.”