I have built a 1990 year specific build. I did not include a CD-Rom drive because I was not aware of anything that would of been available in 1990 to take advantage of it. However, after searching, I came across the JRR Tolkien Lord of the Rings Vol1 that appears to have been released in 1990 on CD-Rom. Is this year of release accurate? Also, are there any other titles released on CD in 1990?
Almost certainly a later re-release. Very surprised if they produced content for MS-DOS CD-ROM before about 1992.
Thats what I was thinking but I cant find much information saying it was a later release. Just that the game was released in 1990 with Floppy and CD versions.
wrote:I have built a 1990 year specific build. I did not include a CD-Rom drive because I was not aware of anything that would of been available in 1990 to take advantage of it. However, after searching, I came across the JRR Tolkien Lord of the Rings Vol1 that appears to have been released in 1990 on CD-Rom. Is this year of release accurate? Also, are there any other titles released on CD in 1990?
Yes! Arguably the cdrom's "Launch Title" for the PC was King's Quest V and came out in 1990. Good game too.
Found some of those early titles listed here: http://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/2014/03/e … -rom-games.html
I really wouldn't trust the dates that are reported for a lot of this stuff, though.
Mixed Up Mother Goose has a mail order price listed in the August 1991 issue of Computer Gaming World, the other Sierra titles and Battle Chess Enhanced were listed TBA.
I'd assume 1991 at the earliest and from Sierra at that... Stellar 7 is the oldest CD-ROM game I own (~Sep 1991). My KQ5 CD is from 1992.
Maybe it would be a good thread, if it doesn't exist already, to make a list of early cd-rom games just to get a general consensus on this. I'm gonna go for it and see if it sticks.
