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CapDisc was planning to release its Italian exclusive CD-i game "Go" in...
CapDisc released a local version of "Go" in Italy only with catalogue number 8150058, but this catalogue mentions a specific french release with catalogue number 8120065. These catalogue numbers are...
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Something to tease your mind: Who knows Felix the Cat on CD-i?
Catalogue number 8100250. More when it develops :) It was a direct port of this eletronic comic book, in development on CD-i as well and meant to be published in 1995.
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Not all CD-i games in Japan were published by JIM, Philips also tried it by...
When Philips Interactive Media launched in Japan, they published some titles by themselves before or after they start the joint-venture JIM together with PonyCanyon and Yamaha, who obviously had more...
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3T Productions released a beautiful Cluedo CD-i package including detective...
It was 1999 and I was walking in a local 'Free Record Shop', which was a place where they sold games and music in The Netherlands. In the window display they had a big box package of the original...
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Tutorial: How to set up the MAME CD-i Emulator? And which CD-i games...
Together with others we experimented with the MAME CD-i Emulator (here, with Launchbox). Let's have a look how to set it up and how you can try it yourself. There are a few steps involved when you...
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Exclusive pictures of japan-only CD-i about the history of F1: Grand Prix...
A reference title about the history of F1 Grand prix racing, released in Japan only on CD-i and published by Japan Interactive Media [Thanks, Candela]
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The Philips Vintage Weekend (Philips Museum, Eindhoven) also covered CD-i and...
The Vintage Weekend in the Philips Museum (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) also featured CD-i again and the public could enjoy Tetris on a CD-i 450. It was the third time (already in April, so we're a...
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The biggest Belgian 'S. B. R. Radio und Fernsehgesellschaft' released mostly...
There were several companies who released their own CD-i player. Next to that, Philips released their CD-i players under different brands. What was the case with the unknown SBR CD-i player? SBR...
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The final CD-i releases by Philips Interactive Media of America were...
CD-i titles were generally released in three area's (as far as we know: Europe, USA and Japan). In USA, Philips Media had its own business set up with the name Philips Interactive Media of America...
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Mulk and Swank had their own CD-i in Korea with the Goldstar GDI 750
The LG Goldstar GDI 750 was sold in Korea, I've never seen a player with the korean signs on it. It had an integrated DVC and it was bundled with a special korean CD-i disc by LG about the Mulk and...
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CD-i Classic Advertisement: Secret Mission
Philips Media published heavily in printed media to advertise CD-i. The CD-i hardware and software was promoted in CD-i catalogues, CD-i magazines around the world but also in local videogames...
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Philips CDi 210 - Remote Teardown, Stick Cap Replacement & Timekeeper Battery...
In this video member GadgetUK164 cleans up the remote of his CD-i 210, give it a cap (which was missing), and he adds a CR2032 battery and hack away at the timekeeper chip. It's a useful and...
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Mega Maze: Polymedia delivered clever level design with minimal graphics and...
Sometimes, they say, ''less is more.'' But in Mega-Maze, less is certainly less. The minimalist approach of this production squanders a delightful idea and some clever level-designs. In Mega-Maze,...
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Italian exclusive CD-i game "Go" was actually planned to be released in The...
After browsing through an old dutch Philips Magazine I noticed that Go was on the release schedule of CD-i in The Netherlands in 1992. My former contactperson who worked at CapDisc confirmed that...
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Japan Interactive Media released quite a few CD-i games in Japan, let's have...
Philips Interactive Media America released a few CD-i games in Japan, but with the launch of CD-i, they joined forces with Japanese publisher Pony Canyon to reach a broader audience. Together they set...
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Quizard CD-i one more time: Download the games here and play them yourself by...
TAB Austria produced arcade cabinets based on CD-i technology. These days, there is no support anymore for these arcades, so if you have a broken unit, you have to repair it yourself. This blue...
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Interesting article about PF Magic in Retro Gamer magazine #96 - the company...
In Retro Gamer magazine #96 there was a reprint of an article about PF Magic, the company who brought 3rd Degree and Max Magic to CD-i. Owner Rob Fulop also developed Night Trap (for CD-i in 1987!)...
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in Asia, Video-CD (VCD, playable in CD-i players) is still sold in some...
Next to CD-i discs, CD-i players were also capable of playing video cd's. There are still stores in 2019 in Asia that sells Video-CD titles. They are sold in the 7-11 convenience stores, but also...
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The first version of CD-i's "CD Shoot" had different boxart versions,...
CD-i member Arethius Rgc posted an interesting post about CD Shoot: "Before the re-release in Europe CD-Shoot had a different label depending of the country. On the left the french version.On the...
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A rare view on a Philips CD-i model BO console: a Video Synthesizer Prototype...
During the heydays of CD-i development, here in 1989, Philips Research had a Video Synthesizer to develop and experiment with video synths for CD-i. A video synthesizer is a device that electronically...
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