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The CD-i 452 was a regular CD-i 450 with integrated Digital Video Cartridge....
CD-i member Ekim Skirdneh: "I bought a few years back, this boxed CD-I 452. And always wondering why the 452 and not just 450 with a sticker on the box with “incl video module”. Now a saw the light 😉,...
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Accent Media Productions developed CD-i versions of Jeopardy, The Joker's...
Accent Media Productions was known for its interactive television shows which they created on CD-i: The Joker's Wild, The Joker's Wild Junior by Barry Entertainment and Jeopardy: a licensed USA...
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How to rip audio and video of a CD-i Bridge disc like this one: "Tangerine...
This CD-i Bridge disc offers 9 videos of "the most famous German band in the field of electronic music", which are only playable on a CD-i player or a compatible Windows/Mac computer. It is a music...
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The Head of Philips Consumer Electronics gave you a warm welcome letter when...
When you bought a new CD-i Player in The Netherlands, you were welcomed by the (at that time) Head of Philips Consumer Electronics, the department that was responsible for 'Interactive Systems'. At...
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The Philips product catalogue of 1992 was also digitized into an interactive...
CD-i member Jaco van Schie shared better scans of the rare interactive Philips Magazine that was released in 1992 on CD-i by Codim. Philips released a paper version every year conatining its current...
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Algebra TV Interactive 1 - Two major themes of CD-i brought together:...
CD-i member Michiel Roos brought another previously unknown CD-i to our attention: Algebra TV Interactive - Tested in 1995 but as far as we know it did not get any further than this. It looks like an...
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Rare CD-i Chronicles #1 - Fiat Multipla (CD-i Bridge)
Rare CD-i Chronicles #1 - Fiat Multipla (CD-i Bridge)When you count all compatible CD-i discs, including all video-cd's, CD-i bridge titles and CD-i Rainbow formats, there are thousands of discs to...
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Now we can look inside the Mondrian CD-i Bridge disc thanks to CD-i member...
Earlier this month we showed you a copy of a rare CD-i Bridge disc about the art of Mondrian. It triggered CD-i member Orlando Arroyo to buy a copy and now he received it he shows us some of the...
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Philips was active in car navigation with their CARIN system and various...
When browsing through our local thrift store I came across an old book by Chriet Titulaer. In this book there was another reference that the Philips car navigation program (CARIN) was actually using...
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Reader question: "Do you know if there is a CD-i homebrew scene at all?"
I wish there was! Unfortunately, there is no current active homebrew scene. Probably because the CD-i format is not well documented and the standard is difficult to understand. There were 2 efforts in...
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Rare CD-i Records #2: Ennio Morricone - Vidi Aquam Id Est Benacum (by New...
Rare CD-i Records #2: Ennio Morricone - Vidi Aquam Id Est BenacumWhen you count all compatible CD-i discs, including all video-cd's, CD-i bridge titles and CD-i Rainbow formats, there are thousands of...
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VideoCD's don't support overlay subtitles, BUT the VideoCD on CD-I does so...
Most Video CD's have subtitles that are actually encoded in the video stream and they can't be turned on or off. Who has some examples of this? VideoCD's don't support overlay subtitles, BUT the...
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The "Tell Me Why" CD-i discs by 'Interactive Production Associates' offered...
We're often surprised by the quality of various CD-i kids titles and they often don't get the attention that they deserve. Some of them have real high production values and were quite unique in the...
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On this #CDiDay we have two classic reviews by GamesMaster Magazine from 1995...
GamesMaster was a monthly multi-format computer and video game magazine published by Future plc in the United Kingdom. As of 2012, it was the biggest selling multi-format video games magazine in the...
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The map of the boardgame Asterix: Caesar's Challenge on CD-i was also...
Some CD-i games offered a little extra included with their packaging, even if it was just a jewelcase. For example, Litil Divil included a paper map where you could draw the mazes on. The same happened...
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Rare CD-i Records #3: Golf My Way (USA title by Philips Insight Entertainment)
Rare CD-i Records #3: Golf My Way (USA title by Philips Insight Entertainment)When you count all compatible CD-i discs, including all video-cd's, CD-i bridge titles and CD-i Rainbow formats, there are...
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These Case Logic CD-i disc holders have slipcases for 48 CD-i's, often used...
CD-i member Arethius RGC spotted this Case Logic CD-i holder, like we've seen often before in various CD-i sets full of demo discs and prototypes. I guess Philips themselves had a lot of these, I never...
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Reader question: "How many bits is the Philips CD-i? Is it a 16 bit machine...
CD-i is not easy to categorize in the line of game consoles of the ninetees era. At core is it a 16 bit design which sounds like it should be capable of games that were also possible on the Super...
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The Sega-2-CD-i adapter is another way to have a wireless gamepad for your...
We've talked quite some times about the SNES-2-CD-i adapter, a solution that allows you to use a SNES gamepad on your CD-i player. It's a great way to play CD-i, as the buttons work better and you can...
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Rare CD-i Records #4: ROCK Methode de Guitare avec Paul Personne (by Sonic...
Rare CD-i Records #4: ROCK Methode de Guitare avec Paul Personne (by Sonic Images)When you count all compatible CD-i discs, including all video-cd's, CD-i bridge titles and CD-i Rainbow formats, there...
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