More scans of the Goldstar (LG Electronics) "Interactive Education" CD-i discs
CD-i member Orlando Arroyo posted more scans of the Goldstar Interactive Education series on CD-i. We know that next to Philips, LG (Goldstar) was the second company that was the most active in CD-i...
View ArticleBits Corporation was busy with CD-i development on New Day, Cartoon Academy,...
Bits Corporation was another company that had a lot of plans with CD-i, but in the end all the plans were either too ambitious or not suited for the CD-i hardware. As we've seen before, Bits took the...
View ArticleCD-i Passport of "The 7th Guest" - 1993 - Trilobyte / Virgin Interactive...
Originally developed by: Trilobyte, Virgin Interactive EntertainmentCD-i conversion by: Philips Freeland Studio (Dorking, UK)Published by: Philips Interactive Media, Virgin Interactive...
View ArticleNext to Philips and LG/Goldstar, also Sony was active in CD-i and released...
Most people only think about Philips when they hear about CD-i. Interesting enough, lots of other companies have produced their own CD-i players, some of them were borrowed Philips models. Exceptions...
View ArticleA selection of virtual musea on CD-i: learn more about cultures and historic...
Philips CD-i was such a broad medium offering much more than games and video: Let's have look at the virtual musea that are available on CD-i. These reference disc offer a unique view in high valued...
View ArticleCD-i Passport of "ABC Sports presents: Power Hitter" - 1992 - Fathom Pictures
Developed by: Fathom PicturesPublished by: Philips Interactive Media of AmericaOriginal release: 1992Genre: Sports (Baseball)CD-i type: Compact Disc Interactive, base-case standard CD-i disc, no DVC...
View ArticlePhilips had 25% shares of B&O from 1990 till 1997: Is this why the BeoCenter...
A few months back we had a detailed look at the Bang & Olufsen BeoCenter AV5, a sleek TV design with integrated CD-i player, probably the most beautiful design to have a CD-i inside. This design...
View ArticleHere's another unknown CD-i player: TaliLaser released the TL-2000: An OEM...
Recently another OEM CD-i player popped up, this time from Saudi Arabian based TaliLaser: This might be the first specific arabian CD-i player that we come across. The TL-2000 was announced as a...
View ArticleCD-i Passport of "ABC Sports Presents: The Palm Springs Open" - 1992 - Fathom...
Developed by: Fathom PicturesPublished by: Philips Interactive Media of AmericaOriginal release: 1991Genre: Sports (Golf)CD-i type: Compact Disc Interactive, base-case standard CD-i disc, no DVC...
View ArticleFrom the Archive: Marty Foulger worked as a designer at Novalogic on Super...
Merijn: Hello Marty, could you tell us about yourself and your career as well as your work for Novalogic.Marty Foulger: I have a BS degree from Oregon State University in Technical Journalism, with a...
View ArticleOfficial CD-i FAQ 2020 Edition by Jorg Kennis: Chapter 10 about Copying CD-i...
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...
View ArticleCD-i Passport of "Accelerator" - 1997 - SPC Vision
Developed by: SPC Vision (SPC Vision is credited on the back cover, but the intro of the game shows "The Vision Factory", which was the games department of SPC Vision)Published by: inhouse at SPC...
View ArticleA true CD-i 220 + 22ER9060 Karaoke Mixer and lots of CD+Graphics in a special...
CD-i member Muh Mullet posted some nice pictures of a true CD-i Karaoke Set: A CD-i 220 including the official Philips Karaoke Mixer 22ER9060, bundled in a metal case so you could transport it. Lots...
View ArticleBefore all the Brain Training games, Philips was already planning Mind Quest...
We found another unique CD-i prototype, going with the name "Mind Quest" The game is full of puzzles: picture puzzles, crosswords and a 13 level maze game which features mini puzzles of various...
View ArticleCD-i Passport of "Alfapet" - 1993 - CD-i Studio Adatek
Developed by: CD-i Studio AdatekPublished by: Adatek Original release: 1993Genre: Boardgame, this is a swedisch version of the popular game 'Scrabble'CD-i type: Compact Disc Interactive, base-case...
View ArticleThe DVS VE-200 CD-Interactive Player was the educational companion of the LG...
CD-i member TheFriendlyNeckbeard posted a picture of his original DVS CD-Interactive box: "Behold! The box for my DVS VE-200 CD Interactive Player! Manual says this model was made as an educational...
View ArticleThe definitive reference list of all known CD-i prototypes, unreleased titles...
In the past years we have found a lot of CD-i prototypes. There are in fact so many lost CD-i projects that we have lost track sometimes of some of them. With our recent masterlists of all kinds of...
View ArticleCD-i Passport of "Alice in Wonderland" - 1992 - Spinnaker Software
Developed by: Spinnaker SoftwarePublished by: Philips Interactive Media of AmericaOriginal release: 1992Genre: AdventureCD-i type: Compact Disc Interactive, base-case standard CD-i disc, no DVC...
View ArticleThe CD tray belt of your CD-i player ensures your CD-i player will have a...
The website Hackaday.io has a very nice tutorial about 3d printing the CD tray belt of a CD-i 220. The CD tray belt won't live forever and there will be a time that the belt needs to be replaced. You...
View ArticleIn 1993 "Educational Management Group" brought us the CD-i bundle...
Another professional publisher of CD-i titles was the Educational Management Group. They released a few educational CD-i's in the past: Exploration: The World around You and Discovery: Your Place in...
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