The Beginners Guide to CD-i Zelda...

[Ezlo's Apprentice]

Well, looks like there isn't a thread dedicated to these games yet. I wonder why that could be.

Maybe the following will inform anyone who has missed out on this er... phenomenon...

Wand of Gamelon intro...
Turns out the Triforce of Wisdom is a bit thick at times, Hyrulian arms are frequently over-animated and the King of Hyrule is really Brian Blessed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVe4iF8slms&NR

Wand of Gamelon ending...
That's right folks. The boss battle ends in one strike.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVe4iF8slms&NR

Faces of Evil intro...
*Smart *** comment about how this game starts sucky goes here*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNpLXo55yfw&NR

Faces of Evil ending...
Again with the one hit boss fight KO thing...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imlyVV0yYKo&NR

Zelda's Adventure Intro...
Yes, this one ditched the poor animation for real actors! Fantastic! Oh, wait... Maybe not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37sjxPXTKFg

How to Play Zelda's Adventure...
Now view the awesomeness of How to play, and the return to the top-down perspective... Still crap.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpbwsvtI-1s

There's plenty more clips floating around on YouTube. But at this point, I dare not venture further.

[Hyruleansoldier]

This is mere provocation, EzlosApprentice

But still, I am quite thankful. I know almost nothing of the CDi's, and though nearly no (living ) Zelda fan likes 'em, I always figured I wasn't missing out on much. Still going to go to the trouble of checking them out video-wise though. Must know exactly WHAT it is we're all hating so much :D

[Ezlo's Apprentice]

This is mere provocation, EzlosApprentice

I know it might be asking for trouble, but you are proof enough that there are a lot of people who know the CD-i games suck, but aren't quite sure why.

For obvious reasons they didn't make it to my Definitive LoZ Review thread

[Hyruleansoldier]

I know it might be asking for trouble, but you are proof enough that there are a lot of people who know the CD-i games suck, but aren't quite sure why.

It's true though. Everyone hates them, but hardly anyone really *knows* about them. We should at least dare look at the facts, first. Cause what are we? Critical people. We should be.

For obvious reasons they didn't make it to my Definitive LoZ Review thread

Now THAT would have been a just reason to get banned...

[Ezlo's Apprentice]

NEWSFLASH: I'm gonna do a separate "Rank the CD-i's" later... >.>

I saw them on eBay a while back. The guy really was trying to make them sound good. Failed, and failed hard.

[Kendra]

But dude, they rocked. O_O

[Ezlo's Apprentice]

If that's a genuine statement and you're not "high" or whatever you kids call it, you're gonna have to work hard to convince me.

[Kendra]

It was sarcasm.

[Ezlo's Apprentice]

That was sarcasm...? Needs a little work.

More info @ Zelda Elements for those who dare to venture further...

Faces of Evil
http://zeldaelements.net/cdiseries_foe.shtml

Wand of Gamelon
http://zeldaelements.net/cdiseries_wog.shtml

Zelda's Adventure
http://zeldaelements.net/cdiseries_za.shtml

[bastian]

I actually played Wand for like a half hour once long, long ago when it was first out. I hated it beyond anything.

[Sheldon Cooper PhD]

Nevetr played them but seen clips and it was like a true WTF have they done to Zelda. The only good part was that it wasnt on a Nintendo system.

[Ikkutebayo]

The boxarts are pretty good. A mask hiding the true fear inside...

[Kendra]

The makers had a contract for 2 more games so they decided to f*ck the game up badly.

[Hab]

Ew it actually makes me not want to play Zelda.