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Background

Much more unlike a traditional video game system, the Commodore CDTV was an attempt by Commodore to bring up a multimedia platform that could connect to a television. The console was launched in March of 1991, running on AmigaOS 3.1 and also functioning as an average Amiga computer with modifications. The very high price range, limited user support and poor sales made the CDTV a forgotten component of the video game console industry. Even Commodore tried to bring up the same CDTV functionality with the special Amiga A570 computer, which was also a failure. Besides that, it was one of the early video game consoles to make function of the CD storage (like the PC Engine CDROM2 and Sega CD), leading into advanced technology. Commodore replaced the system with the Amiga CD32 in 1993, but the limited international range and short runtime also made it perform terribly with other game consoles.

Logo (March 1991-1993)

Visuals: Set on a purple-pink gradient background (like in the 80s WMHT/WMHX logo), there is a CD lying on the side of a rock. A laser is shooting the disc from the right, which is projecting 3 spinning glass "CDTV"s in the upper-right hand corner. When it loaded, the logo fades out.

Technique: 2D computer animation combined with pre-rendered 3D graphics for the spinning "CDTV".

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen when you turn on a CDTV.

Commodore CDTV

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-=== Background ===
+===Background===
-Much more unlike a traditional video game system, the Commodore CDTV was an attempt by Commodore to bring up a multimedia platform that could connect to a television. The console was launched in March of 1991, running AmigaOS and also functioning as an average Amiga computer with modifications. The very high price range, limited user support and poor sales made the CDTV a forgotten component of the video game console industry. Even Commodore tried to bring up the same CDTV functionality with the special Amiga A570 computer, which was also a failure. Besides that, it was one of the first video game consoles to make function of the CD storage (like the PC Engine CDROM2 and Sega CD), leading into advanced technology. Commodore replaced the system with the Amiga CD32 in 1993, but the limited international range and short runtime also made it perform terribly with other game consoles.
+Much more unlike a traditional video game system, the '''Commodore CDTV''' was an attempt by Commodore to bring up a multimedia platform that could connect to a television. The console was launched in March of 1991, running on AmigaOS 3.1 and also functioning as an average Amiga computer with modifications. The very high price range, limited user support and poor sales made the CDTV a forgotten component of the video game console industry. Even Commodore tried to bring up the same CDTV functionality with the special Amiga A570 computer, which was also a failure. Besides that, it was one of the early video game consoles to make function of the CD storage (like the [[NEC PC Engine CD-ROM2/TurboGrafx-CD|PC Engine CDROM2]] and [[Sega CD/Mega-CD|Sega CD]]), leading into advanced technology. Commodore replaced the system with the [[Amiga CD32]] in 1993, but the limited international range and short runtime also made it perform terribly with other game consoles.
-=== (1991-1993) ===
+===Logo (March 1991-1993)===
+[[File:Commodore CDTV (1991-93).png|center|frameless]]
-'''Logo:''' Set on a purple-pink gradient background (like in the 80s WMHT/WMHX logo), we see a CD lying on the side of a rock. A laser is shooting the disc from the right, which is projecting 3 spinning glass "CDTV"s in the upper-right hand corner. Then the logo fades out.
+{{YouTube|id=ni5QY8V8luk}}
+'''Visuals:''' Set on a purple-pink gradient background (like in the 80s WMHT/WMHX logo), there is a CD lying on the side of a rock. A laser is shooting the disc from the right, which is projecting 3 spinning glass "CDTV"s in the upper-right hand corner. When it loaded, the logo fades out.
+'''Technique:''' 2D computer animation combined with pre-rendered 3D graphics for the spinning "CDTV".
-'''FX/SFX:''' The spinning of "CDTV", the laser shooting. Good animation for the time, at least for a video-game console.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' None.
+'''Audio:''' None.
-'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. Seen when you turn on a CDTV.
+'''Availability:''' Seen when you turn on a CDTV.
+{{Chronology||[[Amiga CD32]]}}
+[[Category:United States]]
+[[Category:American video game logos]]
+[[Category:Video game logos]]
+[[Category:Console start-up logos]]