In this video I refurb an Amiga CD32. I also build a power supply pigtail to connect to an A500 PSU and check out video cables. I also try to burn some games.

Backcover: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:249...

S-Video cable: https://www.amazon.de/vergoldete-S-Vi...

KTRL CD32 - a way better controller: https://www.amibay.com/threads/ktrl-c...
SEGA Megadrive/Genesis-Controller Adapter: https://www.amiga-shop.net/en/Amiga-H...
The games: https://archive.org/details/Amiga_CD3...
The manuals: https://emumovies.com/files/file/706-...
The CD art: https://emumovies.com/files/file/4540...
The CD-Front covers: https://emumovies.com/files/file/429-... - Print at 120mm width / 120mm height
The CD-Back covers: https://emumovies.com/files/file/432-... - Print at 151mm width / 117.98mm height
Comprehensive CD32-FAQ: https://faberp.tripod.com/cd32faq2.htm

The CD³² (Codenamed Spellbound) was a gaming console developed by Commodore International based on the Amiga 1200, with a CD-ROM drive - and the successor to the CDTV.

It was released for about $400 in Europe on September 16, 1993 and later in Australia, Brazil and Canada.

It was the first gaming console in the European market with a 32-bit architecture and was intended to compete with Philips' CD-i. It was discontinued 8 month later in April of 1994.

Due to an overdue royalty payment from Commodore to Cad Track the CD32 never made it officially to the USA and the already produced consoles remained in the manufacturing facility in the Philippines until they were later sold of for as cheap as $50. The CD32 sold around 100.000 units in Europe alone. Not enough to keep an already struggling Commodore from filing bankruptcy.

There were 8 game titles in total at launch. Ultimately, very few exclusive titles were released on the CD³², and most games were conversions from Amiga 1200 or even Amiga 500 titles. There is no copy protection or regional coding on the CDs so you can burn them yourself. The only problem is, that you would need a single or double speed cd burner and the right CD-R media since the CD32s CD drive is superpicky!

Technically the Amiga 1200 on which the CD32 was based on was reduced to the essentials for gaming and supplemented with a CD drive. However, through a slot at the back, the CD³² could be expanded into a fully-fledged Amiga or alternatively into a Video CD player.

The CD³² used a special custom chip called Akiko instead of the Gayle system controller used in the Amiga 1200, which was intended to simplify PC conversions and enable more complex 3D graphics.

It came with a power supply, a RF-cable, a horrible controller and at its release date the packin games Oscar & Diggers. Later packs contained more games.

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