The same game converted to numerous formats also made it's appearance on CD-i. One notable difference in this version is the inclusion of Music from Brian May who you might recall was the guitarist from QUEEN with tracks called "Resurrection" and "The Dark". Also worthy of mention is that the only programmer that worked on this CD-i conversion, Pete Dabbs developed the first publicly available CD-i Emulator named CD-iCE (Compact Disc - interactive Computer Emulator). Only a preview version of CD-iCE was ever released which emulated Rise of the Robots, although it's rumoured that the emulator can be tricked into playing other CD-i games.
The fact why two-player games were not really a focus of Philips clearly shows on this cover: it is nowhere mentioned that you can play this game with two players simultaneously. It was the case with more CD-i titles: The cover of manual didn't explain clearly for how many players the title was actually designed. It was also not helpful that you needed the CD-i splitter cable to actually connect two controllers on your CD-i player. Well, at least that counts for the following CD-i players: 910/00, 205/00, 205/05, 210/00, 210/20, 220/00, 220/20, 220/40, 21TCDi30
Another strange thing is that the cover sais Rise of the Robots CD-i requires the DVC, while in fact it is playable without. We have some doubts it may have ended up as 'Digital Video Optional', which means that the title could benefit from the extra memory like in playing SFX sounds and background music simultaneously, just as what The Vision Factory did in the CD-i game "The Apprentice"... Who can try Rise of the Robots with and without DVC to notice any differences?