PC-FX CD Player

[pc_kwajalein]

When it comes to CD-based consoles, one thing that I've always been very fond of is a system's audio CD player screen and visualizer (if any). It's just something that's fascinated me for a long while.

One of my favorite resides on the Sega Saturn.



The CD player controls are creatively displayed onscreen as spheres, and when a track plays, a starship navigates its way through the cosmos. Great little easter egg on the Saturn. 

Also of note are the visualizers for the PS3, 360, Dreamcast, and Jaguar.

What does the PC-FX’s CD player interface consist of? Are there any kind of visuals?

[esteban]

STATUS: Great idea for a thread

[roflmao]

Wow, I never knew that about the Saturn!  I used my Turbografx-16 as a music player bitd because it was my first CD player, but by the time I got a Saturn, I had a dedicated CD player as part of my sound system so never tired playing audio through it.  Now I feel like hooking it up again just to watch some tunes!

[Necromancer]

Hmm, interesting question.  I've never popped a music disc in the ol' FX, so I'll have to give it a try tonight.

[_joshuaTurbo]

Wow, I never knew that about the Saturn!  I used my Turbografx-16 as a music player bitd because it was my first CD player, but by the time I got a Saturn, I had a dedicated CD player as part of my sound system so never tired playing audio through it.  Now I feel like hooking it up again just to watch some tunes!

Not only to watch, but the Saturn also has a Karaoke mode that *tries to take out the vocals of the music you're listening to!!  Also pretty fun messing around with the pitch audio settings!  Love the work Sega put into this. 

[esteban]

Hmm, interesting question.  I've never popped a music disc in the ol' FX, so I'll have to give it a try tonight.

I vaguely remember some blurry screenshots showing the CD player for PC-FX. It must have been old PCE Fan magazines or something.

[spawn844]

Not sure if your still looking but a quick google search lead me to this.

[esteban]

Not sure if your still looking but a quick google search lead me to this.

What happens if you press SELECT on the controller?

[_joshuaTurbo]

Not sure if your still looking but a quick google search lead me to this.

What happens if you press SELECT on the controller?

My hope is that it would change the skin colour....  holding select down would then turn it into disco flashing insanity mode!! 

[spawn844]

Just tested it, select does nothing, However a cool thing is there is a speed up song function, its the last slider with a music note on it.

[esteban]

Just tested it, select does nothing, However a cool thing is there is a speed up song function, its the last slider with a music note on it.

Damn, I can't believe they didn't offer different color palettes.

[spawn844]

Yea man, though nowadays everyone would just use any system but the pc fx to play CD's
Still a rocking system to own defintly some bragging rights

[turboswimbz]

http://pcenginefx.com/PC-FX/html/pc-fx_world_-_system_overview.html

I like the CD menu screen Aaron shows here.

[xelement5x]

The Sega CD was the first anything I had that would play CDs, so I remember using that all the time.  The little menu on it was okay, but was still kind of kludgy.  The fact that the Saturn basically hotkeyed certain buttons on the pad to CD playback functions was pretty awesome as well.

[wildfruit]

i like trying to play dreamcast discs on its player. the woman that tells you off on pal discs sounds damn hot. i must do as she commands