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Jurassic Park Interactive was mentioned in a list of upcoming CD-i titles,...
In the USA CD-i publishing it was mentioned that Jurassic Park Interactive was going to be released on CD-i in 1994. That's until now the only mentioning of this title on CD-i, but it's again a sign...
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This Philips CD-i Collection was a package that Philips bundled in Italy to...
More local CD-i bundles arrive in our office: This one is brought to us by CD-i member Marco Parisio Java from Italy and it is a set of four diverse CD-i titles packaged in one box, labeled 'Philips...
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If the Zelda CD-i characters were influenced by a Japanese manga design, the...
CD-i member BunniiMega (MeguBunnii) created an art collaboration with RikyFung and Sarah Nazareth including drawings of Princess Zelda as how she appeared in all the different games, including Zelda:...
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Philips designed their audio sets to fit nicely with your CD-i as well
Our CD-i member Ekim Skirdneh found a nice detail on his Philips Amplifier/Receiver component: "Today I discovered this Dolby Receiver from Philips. Not really a CD-i system, but one the first button...
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With Philips re-organizing their business heavily since the Centurion...
The timeframe of CD-i captured a few remarkable events in the storyline of Philips. One interesting example is the Philips 100 event: Philips existed 100 years in 1991, a year that is within the...
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Jac Goudsmit worked at Codim on CD-i titles and he shares his thoughts on...
Othello on CD-i was developed by Codim, The Netherlands At some point there was an attempt to join forces of SPC Vision with Codim Interactive Media and so SPC/Codim (tentative name) was born. The SPC...
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This CD-i kiosk system looks like a true classic kiosk, who has ever seen one...
The picture is not very sharp buth it shows clearly an unknown CD-i kiosk system. This one was spotted by Videogame Obsession along with the documentation of his CD-i 910 player. The CD-i system here,...
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Cryo Interactive created a technique to play MPEG video at variable frame...
CD-i left us with a lot of unreleased prototypes, that's for sure. Some of them were never found and it remained unclear if any playable demo actually exists. Sometimes its existence was promoted by...
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The CD-i engine of The 7th Guest was built in a modular way so it could be...
While Luc Rooijakkers (ex-CD-i developer at SPC Vision) was reverse engineering 'The 7th Guest' on CD-i during a job to extract audio files for the Android 'remastered' version in 2015, he observed an...
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Another 'CD-i demo-disc on Video-CD-i format' by Philips Media France: "Le...
Following the news by our CD-i member Arethius RGC about two demo-CD-i's of Chaos Control and Burn:Cycle, which were actually video-cd-i's (following the Digital Video on CD-i standard, not Video-CD)...
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From the Archive (but unpublished): An interview with the guys behind SPC...
Niklas MalmqvistStefan Posthuma, Tim Moss, Luc Rooijakkers, Niklas Malmqvist shared some answers on our questions about the history of SPC Vision / The Vision Factory. SPC Vision was responsible for...
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CD-i website 'The World of CD-i' exists 1 year today! Happy birthday!
Here at Interactive Dreams we love to see more attention to our CD-i format. Thankfully our friends at 'The World of CD-i' have managed to give us a whole new CD-i website since April 1st, 2019. That...
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Frequently asked questions about the CD-i's Timekeeper battery: What options...
In this article we will dive deeper in the use of the timekeeper battery inside a CD-i player. Every CD-i player has a Timekeeper NV-RAM chip. It holds the save files, it holds a real-time clock, it...
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Philips used Mad Dog McCree to extensively promote Digital Video on CD-i and...
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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CD-i games were originally ranged in different prices, covering the...
In The Netherlands, CD-i games were priced in guilders, NLG, and Philips had strict rules about what a certain title was allowed to cost. The prices were divided in the following categories: 60, 80,...
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CD-i Passport of "Alien Gate" - 1993 - SPC Vision
Developed by: SPC Vision (it was before SPC Vision set up their games division ‘The Vision Factory’ )Published by: Philips Interactive Media BeneluxOriginal release: 1993Genre: 2D vertical shooterCD-i...
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Do all infrared CD-i remotes, including the Thumbstick and the Commander,...
The 22ER9051 (bigger/older thumbstick) was based on the Enhanced RC5 standard. It was bundled with the CDI 205, CDI 910 and with early version of the CDI 210 and the CDI 220. The newer/smaller...
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The definitive Masterlist of all Reference & Educational CD-i titles (We...
CD-i was a multimedia system. It did not offer only games, although that's what you are reading about the most these days. CD-i also offered lots of reference titles, focused on art, nature, education...
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You can still buy brand new Timekeeper NV-RAM chips for your CD-i player here
As an addition to our Timekeeper NV-RAM chip FAQ article, CD-i member Erik Jacob posted an valuable link to let us know where to buy brand new Timekeeper chips for your CD-i player. It seems these...
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CD-i Passport of "Third Degree" - 1992 - PF Magic
Developed by: PF MagicPublished by: Philips Interactive Media of AmericaOriginal release: 1992Genre: Interactive TV Show, QuizCD-i type: Compact Disc Interactive, base-case standard CD-i disc, no DVC...
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