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Accessing the low-level tests on a CD-i Player, what are the possibilities...
CD-i member Rosewood recently experimented with connecting a Psion 5MX Pro to a CD-i player with a Direct Modem Cable (not a CD-i Null Modem Cable in this specific case), to easily access the LLT...
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Rare map to draw the mazes while you explore Litil Divil on CD-i (download...
The original Litil Divil game featured a paper map that you could use to draw out the mazes you were about to explore in Litil Divil. A system that has been developed further in games like Etrian...
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The CD-i hardware emulators E1 & E2 were used during disc development to...
"These CD-i emulators were used during disc development to simulate a CD without having to burn a write-once disc. The app, images, etc could be compiled into a disc image file (sort-of like a .iso)....
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The 7th Guest on CD-i offered Dolby Surround sound. How was this done with...
The 7th Guest on CD-i offered some nice audio tricks on CD-i to have a more immersive experience. The audio was recorded and processed in Dolby Surround, an official licensed technique by Dolby...
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[CD-i Launch Line-up] Philips launched CD-i in USA first in 1991 with 13...
The launch window of the Philips CD-i was in numbers pretty decent: When the CD-i system was launched (the CD-i 910 / Magnavox 205) there were, next to the music/reference/multimedia titles 13 games...
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First look on the 22ER9030 CD-i Graphic Control, for use with the CD-i 180...
One of the remaining mysteries on CD-i was the existence of the CD-i Graphic Control, a touchpad with a touchpan that was used as a pointing device on the CD-i 180 system. We've never seen it for...
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At Lost Boys Interactive there was room for "friday-afternoon-experiments" to...
Like in many places where development or research activities take place, there is room for so-called 'friday afternoon experiments': do your own experiments, try to find new stuff, new ideas, out of...
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Upcoming in 2020 in the world of CD-i: New CD-i Emulator 0.6, new CD-i...
Let's talk a bit about what we expect to happen in 2020 in the world of CD-i. The future actually looks pretty bright with a lot of projects going on in different places, that's quite a contrast...
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There's a company that claims to have recently acquired the rights to The...
With our CD-i member Shikotei preparing an awesome PC version of our beloved CD-i game "The Apprentice", he recently came across a surprise. Shikotei: "A few months ago I was contacted by a company...
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After 9 years of development, CD-i member 'Shikotei' finished his PC...
Our CD-i member Shikotei has more awesome news to share: His PC conversion of The Apprentice has completed and he just released the first version! Now we can all play the original The Apprentice...
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Alien Gate on CD-i: SPC Visions introductory title to what would become a...
Alien Gate was SPC Visions introductory title to what would become a stream of visually brilliant and critically acclaimed CD-i games. The fact your ship had hands and feet didn't seem to worry the...
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Christmas Country on CD-i: A minimalistic holiday platformer using Super...
It was early 1996 and dutch company DIMA (‘Dutch Interactive Media Associates’) just delivered Christmas Crisis to Philips Media. It was a hit platformer on CD-i selling for just 30 NLG and...
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Seasons Greetings from Philips Media 25 years ago: An exclusive CD-i to...
1994 - That was a great CD-i year. Philips Media had a lot of great CD-i projects just released: Burn:Cycle, Dimo's Quest, Litil Divil - Philips Media was probably pleased what the limited hardware of...
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Happy Christmas to your beloved ones and let's celebrate the rising of CD-i...
Interactive Dreams has a long history and we are still (after 15 years) having great fun in developing the premier resource for Philips CD-i related material. Including reviews, movies, articles,...
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The CD-i 22ER9055 IR Thumbstick Commander comes in different variations and...
CD-i member Ekim Skirdneh just shared an interesting bit of CD-i trivia with us. Ekim: "I have few CD-I remote controllers typ: COMMANDER 22ER9055. So I know that there where 2 version, with and...
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In this little news article the sequel to "Escape from Cybercity" was...
Fathom Pictures was busy on a sequel to Escape from Cybercity and it was called "Return to Cybercity". Unfortunately it never happened. This article (published in the UK CD-i Magazine) is the only...
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Your CD-i player can play MPEG video, but what types of Video-CD's are there...
Welcome to the original CD-i FAQ 2020 Edition, originally written by Jorg Kennis in early 2000 and updated in 2019 by Sebastiaan Batenburg, together with Jorg Kennis. Proudly presented by Interactive...
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Why did the front cover of Micro Machines on CD-i feature a tag across the...
In 1995 CD-i received a conversion of the miniature toy car racer Micro Machines which appeared across many console platforms of the time. The front cover of this game featured a tag across the top...
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In the end, 'Hanna-Barbera’s Cartoon Carnival' was the best selling CD-i...
"It should be noted that Hanna-Barbera’s Cartoon Carnival was Philips’ most popular title — I have the royalty statements to prove it! And though Philips gave up the ghost on CD-I in 1996, it is some...
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Philips was planning a 5-disc CD-i carrousel player (possibly instead of the...
Two weeks back we published some interesting details about the CD-i Thumbstick Commander. Next to the third action button on the top, this CD-i commander gives away a reference to an unknown CD-i...
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