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Is it a standard "feature" of the CD-i that the cursor moves so painfully slowly around the screen that games are unplayable that need the mouse? Seems to take about 20 seconds to go from one side of the screen to the other! Nuts! I have a CDi450/5, PAL.

Might not be the system but the controller.

I'm no expert on CD-i (far from it) so I don't know the actual name, but the controller I use (the one with the silly fake screw-in "joystick" on the d-pad) has a switch that changes the cursor speed (it also has one for using the controller upside down. I only just realised that yesterday. Now I finally know why the "." button appears twice).

Are you using a cdi-mote ? In this case it should be faster (1-2 sec max to reach the end of the screen)

Just the standard:



Only had two games of interest, Backgammon and Mario Hotel, Mario Hotel fortunately doesn't use the mouse cursor so no issue on that front.

Would be interesting to know though why the setup as below makes the cursor move so painfully slowly?

Think I found the problem the other day - the ground on the controller didn't connect to the ground on the console; when it did, the cursor moved quickly; also, Mario Hotel worked fine - ie "up" to open a door, "down" to exit door - rather than "up + down" to open door. Must have been a faulty cable connection!

ah,good job,it is a normal problems in connection.