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By early 1990, about 300,000 CD-ROM drives were sold in Japan, while 125,000 CD-ROM discs were being produced monthly in the United States. [11] Some computers that were marketed in the 1990s were called " multimedia " computers because they incorporated a CD-ROM drive, which allowed for the delivery of several hundred megabytes of video ...
In June 1985, the computer-readable CD-ROM (read-only memory) and, in 1990, recordable CD-R discs were introduced. [a] Recordable CDs became an alternative to tape for recording and distributing music and could be duplicated without degradation in sound quality.
MPC Level 2 specification introduced (see November 1990). This was designed to allow playback of a 15 frames per second video in a 320x240 pixel window. The key difference from MPC level 1 is the requirement of a CD-ROM drive capable of 300 kB/s (double speed).
CD Gold (CD32/CDTV, 1993), commercial release and first known CD-ROM based disk magazine for the Amiga; produced by Goldtech with editorial support from Infinite Frontiers [3] CD World , CDTV, CD32, and Amiga CD-ROM systems; produced by Infinite Frontiers) Cee-64 Alive! (Commodore 64, relaunched as Commodore Cee (q.v.))
Most of these products were released on CD-ROM, ... ever since their development in the early 1990s. [4] ... Microsoft Works 3.0 for Windows on CD 1994
Notable graphic adventure games of the 1990s Game Developer Publisher System Date released ... Core Design, Virgin Games (PC CD-ROM) Amiga, DOS: November 1992: Rex ...
In a 2006 column, Michael Rogers, who was an editor of the Newsweek Interactive division in the 1990s, said the Sony MMCD player was "far ahead of its time" but "slow as molasses." He noted that, as the device loaded the Newsweek CD-ROM, it took a long time to display the magazine's logo and play the introductory sound bit. [23]
Ace Ventura: The CD-Rom Game: 7th Level: Bomico Entertainment Software Graphic Adventure (Point-and-click) Microsoft Windows: Oct 31, 1996: Aces High: HiTech Creations: HiTech Creations: Combat flight simulator: Microsoft Windows: May 8, 2000: Aces of the Galaxy: Artech Digital Entertainment: Vivendi Games: Rail shooter: Microsoft Windows: Jun ...