CD-i mouse compatibility list?
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CD-i mouse compatibility list?
It looks like new old-stock CD-i mice have been found and made available on eBay. They are relatively cheap, so I thought about picking one up. Searching the forum I found this thread (http://cdinteractive.co.uk/forum/viewto ... ight=mouse) that names off a few titles that are compatibile with CD-i mice. I'm curious if there is a definitive list floating about somewhere?
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Hi Austin,
The CD-i Mouse is really just a pointing device just like the gamepad. It is basically compatible with every single CD-i title, but it's true some works better than another. For example, you don't want to play The Apprentice with a mouse, do you? You'd be rolling the ball constantly
Titles which use a pointer on screen are controlled well with a mouse, like shooting games and point&click adventure games. But it's not a right or wrong question, it's more what you think works best for you!
The CD-i Mouse is really just a pointing device just like the gamepad. It is basically compatible with every single CD-i title, but it's true some works better than another. For example, you don't want to play The Apprentice with a mouse, do you? You'd be rolling the ball constantly
Titles which use a pointer on screen are controlled well with a mouse, like shooting games and point&click adventure games. But it's not a right or wrong question, it's more what you think works best for you!
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That's great news. I was under the impression that it may be like the 3DO mouse where it only functions on certain games. Of course I will only be looking to use it with point and click titles, but the CD-i seems to have quite a few of these. Heck, controlling the 7th Guest more like its PC counterpart makes it worth it in itself!
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One of the requirements of Philips was that "every CD-i title should be playable with every CD-i pointing device". Although originally a very hard requirement, this was quickly softened somewhat, especially for games.
Technically, all pointing devices behave like a mouse to the CD-i software; there is no way to get "direction" signals from e.g. the joypad (except by detecting them in software, of course): all you get from the system is an X/Y coordinate pair and two button bits. This can produce some control lag if the detection is not quite right...
I can tell from experience that The Apprentice is quite playable with the mouse; did a lot of that during CD-i Emulator development.
Technically, all pointing devices behave like a mouse to the CD-i software; there is no way to get "direction" signals from e.g. the joypad (except by detecting them in software, of course): all you get from the system is an X/Y coordinate pair and two button bits. This can produce some control lag if the detection is not quite right...
I can tell from experience that The Apprentice is quite playable with the mouse; did a lot of that during CD-i Emulator development.
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