Instead of finishing up Signalis or putting more time into Pokémon Violet, I spent a night getting a CD-I emulator up and running. Kind of a pain in the ass and was not worth it. This is just shitty Elevator Action! Don't know if it's just the emulator, but the controls felt a bit unresponsive. I legitimately did want to finish this, but every world seems to go on forever. Using save states also crashes the game after finishing a level, so fuck it! Maybe I'll come back to this when CD-I emulation gets better. I can at least say I've played Hotel Mario now.

Reviewed on Nov 26, 2022


8 Comments


1 year ago

If I remember correctly from old reviews, I think the controls being unresponsive were always there.
We have to "convince" (force) people to make actual CD-I emulators so that we aren't forced to use MAME

1 year ago

@Angel_Arle I see... Well I'm sure if I play it for long enough I'll adapt to its crap factor.

@BlazingWaters Screw PCSX2, CD-I and Jaguar emulation are what the people really need! Unironically though, it would be nice if these more niche consoles got any love.

1 year ago

I played a lot of CD-i as a kid (family friends owned one) and can confirm it's quite unresponsive on original hardware. Everything on the system handles like a DVD menu, even if you play with a wired controller.

1 year ago

Got bed bugs staying at the Hotel Mario.

1 year ago

Someone needs to release a Pokemon game on CD-I, you'll get a working standalone emulator in record time.

1 year ago

I hope she made lots-a spaghetti

Ayy, Luigi

1 year ago

Pasta la vista