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laserdiscoking · **Posted:** 02 Apr 2021, 05:03

1) Contrary to many responses in this thread, CD+G discs can be played natively on most CD based video game consoles of the 1990s without additional cards or peripherals. CD+G plays natively without question on the following systems:

Turbo/PC-Engine CD (including Laseractive module)
Philips CD-i
Sega CD (including Laseractive module)
Sony Playstation
Sega Saturn
3do
Atari Jaguar CD
Amiga CD-32
PC-FX

Theoretically, the PS2 should be able to play CD+G discs because it is backwards compatible with the PS1. However, since the only way for the PS2 to trigger PS1 mode is to use a PS1 disc, then loading a CD+G disc in a PS2 loads the PS2 CD Player and plays the disc as a regular audio CD.

Starting with the Sega Dreamcast in 1999, CD+G support was dropped across the board for all subsequent consoles.

2) Kodak Photo CD's can be played on the following systems:

Philips CD-i (natively)
3do (natively)
PC-FX (natively)
Sega Saturn (Video CD/Photo CD card installed required, or Photo CD Operator disc required)
Amiga CD-32 (requires a Photo CD boot disc, similar to the Photo CD Operator disc on the SS)

3) Video CD can be played on the following systems

Philips CD-i (Digital Video Cartridge required or integrated Motorola DV capability required)
3do (Digital Video Module required/ FZ-1, FZ-10, Goldstar, and Samsung)
Sega Saturn (Video CD card required, various manf.)
Amiga CD-32 (DV card required)
Sony Playstation (there is one official Hong Kong PS1 model that plays them natively, and there are various third party (HK) VCD add-on cards that are notoriously terrible at playing them.)
Sega Dreamcast (with the Dream VCD add on as well as some HK add ons. Also has a lot of problems with playback.)