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6/12/2025, 6:44:51 AM
>>11795786
>I can't think of it as anything else but the coping man's Neo Geo both back then and now.
It's a real shame they put a 1x speed CD-Rom drive in the thing unlike its contemporaries the Saturn and PS1 which had 2x speed drives. Arcade games are by their nature, short, fighting rounds last a minute, stages in other games last 2 minutes so a 30 sec to a minute long load time is so much more noticeable.
It seems they prioritized expensive premium looking shells over playability. They eventually did make a Japan only model with a 2x speed drive called the CDZ (top model) that halved the load times though by then it was a bit late as by then the consoles reputation was already dragged down.
Load time video. CD vs CDZ.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWjLkwxuIqc
>I can't think of it as anything else but the coping man's Neo Geo both back then and now.
It's a real shame they put a 1x speed CD-Rom drive in the thing unlike its contemporaries the Saturn and PS1 which had 2x speed drives. Arcade games are by their nature, short, fighting rounds last a minute, stages in other games last 2 minutes so a 30 sec to a minute long load time is so much more noticeable.
It seems they prioritized expensive premium looking shells over playability. They eventually did make a Japan only model with a 2x speed drive called the CDZ (top model) that halved the load times though by then it was a bit late as by then the consoles reputation was already dragged down.
Load time video. CD vs CDZ.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWjLkwxuIqc
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