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Zelda's Adventure on CD-i has one of the most beautiful maps out on the CD-i:...
CD-i member Shikotei has an ambitious task to show us the art and places in CD-i games that are not easily accessible through normal gameplay. Shikotei: "Many of the games I played had big areas that...
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Shaolin's Road on CD-i: An animated adventure with some arcade/puzzle...
Shaolin's Road started as a regional french game in 1994 made by Infogrames. In 1996 Philips published this game in other regions as well, including The Netherlands. Philips did this to compensate for...
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The Philips CDI 210/60 PAL/NTSC switch, how to switch between 50Hz and 60Hz?
There are ways to alter your CD-i player (like CD-i 200/00, CD-i 220/20 or CD-i 210/40 player) to switch between 50Hz and 60Hz (PAL/NTSC), but info about the CD-i 210/60 and the mono IV motherboard...
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The 7th Guest on CD-i might have been a result of the Nintendo SNES CD-ROM...
The 7th Guest was a PC CD-ROM game and one of the very few early popular FMV titles that was not ported to many other platforms, like 3DO, Sega and other new CD based consoles. The only exception is...
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CD-i Emulator 0.5.3-beta 5 supports proof-of-concept DVC emulation for Gate...
CD-i Emulator 0.5.3-beta4 (and previous 0.53 betas but with lower compatibility) support proof-of-concept MPEG playing for Gate Array MPEG cartridges but not for the other types. It does however...
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Demo CD-i discs that came together with CD-i Magazines or Gold Club...
In a time without mainstream internet like the CD-i era, Philips Media produced quite some demo discs to preview their content to the customers. Some of them were bundled with the CD-i Magazine, some...
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The original vertical oriented CD-i jewelcases come in different variaties
Who can tell? There is a difference in these vertical jewelcases: the CD-i logo is different on the top of the case. I wonder if this may be a regional difference: left for european version (the non...
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Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia had a lot of features like the Time...
Before the internet was big, encyclopedias on a disc were pretty popular on CD-ROM. It was a way to hve all kinds of knowledge close to you and available right within a few clicks. The digital...
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From the Archive: An interview with cdifan, the author of CD-i Emulator, who...
The aptly named CD-i Emulator is the work of an ex-developer for the Philips CD-i platform who goes by the nick name "CD-i Fan". In light of the upcoming public release of CD-i Emulator 0.54 or even...
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Earth Command on CD-i: Ruling the world from a spaceship is very educational...
"A catastrophe is about to strike Earth. Population expansion, environmental devastation and plummeting food production are rapidly threatening global civilisation and the survival of life itself. Only...
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The LG GDI 7000 CD-i Player was also released with the Goldstar brand; both...
CD-i member Orlando Arroyo posted a nice picture of his Goldstar CD-i player which looks exactly the same as the LG (=same brand) GDI 7000 CD-i player. Both players look exactly the same so it might...
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Unique view on the rare USA Web-I internet kit: It actually WAS released and...
A few weeks back we were openly doubting the existence of the USA Web-I internet kit. "The Web-I disc is one of the CD-i mysteries! There is nothing to see on the internet about it, for a stranger it...
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The CD-i big box versions (Flashback, Secret Mission, The 7th Guest) - are...
Philips Media France released certain CD-i games in a big box version, comparable with its CD-ROM counterparts. In these editions, the jewelcase was also present inside with the same boxart, but it...
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Screenshots of the Web-i CD-i Internet software: you can't connect anymore...
CD-i member Orlando Arroyo posted some screenshtots of the Web-i CD-i Internet disc. A few days back our member VGCollectaholic showed us an original Web-i Internet kit for CD-i. We previously thought...
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Tom Steenbergen was the dutch publisher of Philips Media Benelux and brought...
Last year we contacted again Tom Steenbergen, who was the head of the publishing activities behind Philips Media Benelux. The headquarters of Philips Media were located in Eindhoven, The Netherlands....
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Made by Margulies in 2008, this cartoon shows clearly the focus of Philips...
Cartoons about Philips CD-i are rare and when we see them, they are related to the failure of the business case and focused on what Philips has done wrong during the process of CD-i. We often forget...
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An early version of The Apprentice CD-i shows some level design differences...
Bundle Disc early version of The ApprenticeYou might not have noticed any differences at the time you received the free Bundle Disc on CD-i that was spreaded by Free Record Shop in The Netherlands, but...
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Unknown USA released CD-i titles found by CD-i member Blazers: Cosmetic...
CD-i member Blazers found a few USA CD-i titles that were unknown to us:"I have two or three CDi titles from the US that don't seem to have anything at all online related to them. I may well have the...
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A complete list of CD-i titles that were released in a long box version...
CD-i member Blazers collected a complete list of CD-i releases that were released in the original USA grey long box: Including cardboard wrap and a sticker on the front. How many CD-i titles were...
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Why was 'Super Mario's Wacky Worlds' never finished? (a consideration why...
Why was Super Mario's Wacky Worlds on CD-i never finished, while everyone agrees this title had huge potential on CD-i? CD-i member Catpix made an interesting observation, something that was not...
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