The first multimedia CDRom system, CDTV, was launched.
The CDTV was an A500 and kickstart 1.3 with a CD-Rom drive. CDTV wass the
shortened version of Commodore Dynamic Total Vision (codename: "babe"
as they were designing it for 9 months. Commodore hoped to sneak it into
the homes of computerphobes. Commodore also didn't put the Amiga logo,
anywhere on the CDTV. As a result, CDTV failed to catch the public's imagination,
partly because it was more expensive than an A500, and partly because the
software was disappointing. This year no more than 50 CD disks went on
sale, but the games was no better than the floppy disk versions. The CDTV
was operated by a user-friendly infra-red remote control. Later the same
year the option of turning the CDTV on a full A500 computer was available.
Maybe the market was not ready yet for that multimedia revolution.
A570, a CDROM drive for A500 released, before the end of the year.
The major problem was that all this years Commodore had a stable system.
They had to do a major system upgrade
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