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Not only Nintendo licensed titles on CD-i, also Philips Media experimented the other way around by bringing games to SNES

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We know that Nintendo licensed a few titles on CD-i but did you know also Philips Media experimented with this the other way around? Philips Media was not only experimenting with CD-ROM, but also with SNES. Philips started a subsidairy named Motown Games, together with Motown Records and they planned to bring various music related games to the Super Nintendo. Philips even planned a CD-ROM and CD-i release if this was succesful. The first game they created was RapJam Volume one. It featured music from both Motown and Polygram (owned by Philips).

Rap Jam: Volume One is a basketball video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, developed by American studio 64WD Creation and published by Motown Games (part of Philips Interactive Media of America), in which the players are rap and hip-hop artists. The game is played on an urban basketball court, with fisticuffs and no foul calls. There is an exhibition mode and a tournament mode. The game was released in January 1995. It featured music by Coolio, Public Enemy, Warren G and Queen Latifah. Despite the Volume One moniker, this was the only installment released. The game was not well received and sales were too low to continue developing the CD-ROM and CD-i version. They also planned a music games based on kids music and aimed at younger children in 1996, but it didn't happen because Philips Interactive Media of America stopped business in 1995.

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