Media: CD-ROM

Hardware theme

Parent group

Media

Child groups

Red Book Audio, Hybrid disc

Games by year

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A1985 - Yellow Book CD-ROM format created
B1995 - DVD specifications finalized
C2003 - End-user DVD adoption outweighs CDs

The first Media: CD-ROM video game was released in 1984.

Electronic Arts, Sierra On-Line and Lasersoft published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 791
Mac OS Classic 664
MS-DOS 519
Win3.1 154
Linux 55
PS2 42
Mac OS X 40
Jaguar 36
Amiga AGA 26
Neo-Geo 23
32X 10
Tandy VIS 8
Amiga 8
FM Towns 4
OS/2 4
NEC PC9801 4
Pandora 3
Dreamcast 3
Atari Falcon 2
CD-I 2
3DO 1
BeOS 1
BSD 1
Tandy Coco 1
Atari ST 1
PC Engine 1
X360 1
Archimedes 1
PC Engine CD 1