CD-i member Blazers shares more pictures of rare Photo CD's of his own collection: "Here’s a few more Kodak PhotoCD/PhotoCD/ Photo CD Portfolio titles that I own. I have some others that I can post images of at a future date. These and the other titles posted earlier by DataPro barely scratch the surface of just how many were made back in the day across all Countries. These are just a small percentage. They made a LOT, and they are all fully CDi compatible. If anyone has any others that they’d like to trade or sell please do let me know.
These are all professionally made, pre-pressed discs. Some I have seen other copies besides mine for sale, others never. The PhotoCD format is very difficult to search for, and will return many worthless results. Ebay searching is also tough, as you have to search via very broad parameters and sort through a lot of results to find titles that are potentially CDi compatible, and some of them will not have any sort of indication that they are indeed Kodak formatted PhotoCDs.
These are all professionally made, pre-pressed discs. Some I have seen other copies besides mine for sale, others never. The PhotoCD format is very difficult to search for, and will return many worthless results. Ebay searching is also tough, as you have to search via very broad parameters and sort through a lot of results to find titles that are potentially CDi compatible, and some of them will not have any sort of indication that they are indeed Kodak formatted PhotoCDs.
There also seem to have been a substantial number of Adult PhotoCDs that were made back in the day. Be very careful searching for some if you do decide to add them to your PhotoCD collection.
The list of known PhotoCD titles on ICDIA can easily be doubled, and probably tripled or even quadrupled if ALL of the known PhotoCD titles were added.
A few details on some of the following:
House of Windsors and Hotels der Welt are among a whole series of PhotoCDs created by Philips and released in Germany. Two other titles include Oldtimer (about the car) and Film Legends. They’re a whole separate sub-series within the realm of PhotoCD collecting. There’s almost certainly more.
The Playboy Picture Disc actually has Compact Disc Interactive right on it, and may not have actually been a retail release, though I’ve seen references to similarly named retail releases.
What Dreams May Come is a 1998 PhotoCD featuring various promotional images of the late Robin Williams. There are no external indications of it being a PhotoCD, only the inner instructions specifying Kodak was what confirmed it. Sure enough though, it fired right up and played perfectly in my CDi player!
Four Seasons and the 24th Annual National Street Rod finals are titles that were bought as leftover stock from a vintage computer software seller.
The list of known PhotoCD titles on ICDIA can easily be doubled, and probably tripled or even quadrupled if ALL of the known PhotoCD titles were added.
A few details on some of the following:
House of Windsors and Hotels der Welt are among a whole series of PhotoCDs created by Philips and released in Germany. Two other titles include Oldtimer (about the car) and Film Legends. They’re a whole separate sub-series within the realm of PhotoCD collecting. There’s almost certainly more.
The Playboy Picture Disc actually has Compact Disc Interactive right on it, and may not have actually been a retail release, though I’ve seen references to similarly named retail releases.
What Dreams May Come is a 1998 PhotoCD featuring various promotional images of the late Robin Williams. There are no external indications of it being a PhotoCD, only the inner instructions specifying Kodak was what confirmed it. Sure enough though, it fired right up and played perfectly in my CDi player!
Four Seasons and the 24th Annual National Street Rod finals are titles that were bought as leftover stock from a vintage computer software seller.
R.S.C. Anderlecht is one PhotoCD title that has been known for many years, and is on the ICDIA classic list. It’s mostly pictures of some European soccer team. I’m in the US, so that description may be a bit flawed.
Mask of Zara, Phantasmes Gay, and Eurotica are among the many Adults-only PhotoCDs that were made. There’s a LOT more where they came from.
The Louvre: 100 Paintings is the same as the one mentioned above.
Grand Prix Special must have sold fairly well back in the day, as I’ve seen it in quite a few CDi collections and listings. It is NOT the similarly named Euro version of the US Video Speedway.
Mask of Zara, Phantasmes Gay, and Eurotica are among the many Adults-only PhotoCDs that were made. There’s a LOT more where they came from.
The Louvre: 100 Paintings is the same as the one mentioned above.
Grand Prix Special must have sold fairly well back in the day, as I’ve seen it in quite a few CDi collections and listings. It is NOT the similarly named Euro version of the US Video Speedway.
Multimedia Ireland is a deluxe two-disc box set featuring a normal CD-ROM and a cool PhotoCD. I have to think that other box sets like this must have been made but haven’t actually confirmed any as of this post.
The two Japanese PhotoCDs are just some of possibly over 100 different PhotoCD titles that were released in Japan. I’ve seen more different PhotoCD titles for Japan than any other part of the World. The format seems to have done very well over there, if the Saturn Photo CD OS and similar cards for other systems are any indicator.
The two Japanese PhotoCDs are just some of possibly over 100 different PhotoCD titles that were released in Japan. I’ve seen more different PhotoCD titles for Japan than any other part of the World. The format seems to have done very well over there, if the Saturn Photo CD OS and similar cards for other systems are any indicator.
[Thanks, CD-i member Blazers]