Over the years we learnt some rules that publishing departments of Philips Media applied on the layout of CD-i titles. As we know, all titles published by Philips Media have a colored bar on the bottom of the front boxart, stating Philips on the left and the type of disc on the right. That could be Video CD, but in the case of CD-i, Philips had two choices: If it is a base case CD-i title, the front boxart indicates "Compact Disc Interactive". In the case that a Digital Video Cartridge is required, the front boxart sais "Digital Video on CD-i". Generally, in this way, you could tell from the front boxart whether a title requires a cartridge or not.
But it happened more than once that this process goes wrong. For example, Christmas Crisis indicates on the front boxart it is a "Compact Disc Interactive" title, while it actually requires the Digital Video Cartridge. "Labyrinth of Crete" is a another title that has a wrong indication. (it also requires the Digital Video Cartridge)
I never came across any examples that showed Philips adapted the front boxart just for this. Most of the time, any other variation just got the same boxart, accepting the error. In the case of Lost Eden, I found the first example that they actually updated the front cover just for the french release, which was perhaps released at a later point in time or simply by a different puglishing department (each country had its own publishing department at that time). As you can see above, The french edition of Lost Eden states "Digital Video on CD-i", while the original (and far more common) version (multi-language) states "Compact Disc Interactive".
Another interesting fact is that it not only indicates "Digital Video on CD-i" but it also mentioned CD-i instead of CD-I (so with a lower i instead of the capital I). The only other example I noticed this on was in The Lost Ride:
As this only happened in 1997 onwards, it seems like the updated Lost Eden was a late-in-the-day deal, but I can't really imagine this. A small detail, but interesting for our knowledge in CD-i publishing!
[Thanks, DataPro (aka Walter Zeick)]