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We love the image of these CD-i sales representatives who travelled...
In a time without internet and social media channels, the job of a sales representative was a common sight in the ninetees. CD-i member Tony Pierce was a sales representative in the USA. Tony Pierce:...
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CD-i member Bo Raun worked as a CD-i developer at the Danish company 'AM...
CD-i member Bo Raun was a CD-i developer at AM Multimedia. He was mostly active on professional CD-i titles. Bo Raun:"I was a CD-i developer in a small danish company, and did C programming on this...
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Rare CD-i Records #16: Mediterranea - Ricette e tradizione della pasta...
Rare CD-i Records #16: Mediterranea - Ricette e tradizione della pasta (Traditional Pasta Recipes)When you count all compatible CD-i discs, including all video-cd's, CD-i bridge titles and CD-i Rainbow...
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Apparently a previous version of MAME (v0.217) offers better CD-i...
CD-i member Isaac from Twitter reports a problem with MAME CD-i Emulator. "I'm trying to run Hotel Mario but the command prompt keeps coming up with this error (picture above). This picture shows the...
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Also in The Netherlands television shows received exclusive dutch interactive...
During the heydays of CD-i it was a popular thing to bring an interactive version of any television show, including Thunder in Paradise, but als Quiz shows like Third Degree and Jeopardy. Also in The...
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Press release from 1995: Philips plans to release more games on Sony...
Mention Philips to anyone in the interactive multimedia business, and you're likely to get the term, CD-i, thrown back at you. That's because Philips is synonymous with the optical disc technology...
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Movico built this Kids Truck in 1993: a moving playground including two demo...
Philips and Movico worked together to promote Philips activities in the Ninetees: Movico is a company building all kinds of mobile facilities and actually still exists today. CD-i member Jaco van Schie...
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Reader Question: "Would the CD-i have been more successful if it had been a...
In the world of retrogaming CD-i is not recognized as a popular console. In fact, CD-i was no game console as it took a much broader approach. But the format was not as successful as Philips would have...
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You can emulate CD-i in MESS but it may take hours to figure out the details....
Thanks to our CD-i Community we can confirm it works! "Just got CD-i games up-and-running in Mame 215 and Launchbox using this tutorial and whatever else I could scrounge up around the net. They...
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Rare CD-i Records #17: Abrunhosa & Bandemónios (Music CD-i by Pedro...
Rare CD-i Records #17: Abrunhosa & Bandemónios (Music CD-i by Pedro Abrunhosa)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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What are the differences between "The Joker's Wild" and "The Joker's Wild...
In 1994, Accent Media Productions released both The Joker's Wild as well as the Junior version on CD-i. These two CD-i games were based on the same engine, they just changed the content and the host....
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Rare CD-i footage of CD-i prototype "Riddle of the Maze" by Fathom Pictures...
Over several years, CD-i members Daniel Hyatt and Adam Shockz together made a unique video series about CD-i games together. The series is called "The CD-i Experience" and you can now watch the second...
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This Panasonic Technology Report shows the Panasonic CD-i prototype player...
One month back CD-i members Orlando Arroyo and Gluon Van spotted a Panasonic folder on a Japanese auction site. Panasonic was part of the CD-i development team (thanks to its former parent company...
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Rare CD-i Records #18: Full Motion Video - Technical Aspects (By Philips...
Rare CD-i Records #18: Full Motion Video - Technical Aspects (By Philips Interactive Media Systems)When you count all compatible CD-i discs, including all video-cd's, CD-i bridge titles and CD-i...
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The Teletransportsmurf has an obscure link with Philips and CD-i. It was...
The Teletransportsmurf is a 1996 Infogrames game full of minigames starring The Smurfs. It also has some platforming elements. The game was released on the DOS platform and we thought that was about...
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The first re-release of classic CD-i games on modern platforms will be...
In December 2019 it was the first time we've heard about new owners of the rights of classic CD-i game franchises. It was actually because CD-i member Shikotei released a free remake of The Apprentice...
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Reader Question: "Can you play USA CD-i titles on a European (PAL) CD-i...
CD-i is a region-free standard which means in principle you can play USA CD-i titles on European CD-i players and vice versa. But that doesn't mean the contents of all discs is the same. In fact, in...
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In a time when Internet was not mainstream yet, the Philips CD-i filled the...
In the archive of ICDIA we have quite a lot of Volvo CD-i's all with a different theme or about a different Volvo model number. There are also quite some professional Volvo CD-i discs in the...
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Are you looking for a SNES2CD-i adapter? Supply and demand are looking for...
In our CD-i Community we see that quite some members are looking for a CD-i controller. The original CD-i controllers like the Gamepad are pretty expensive and often exceeding the 70$ price mark. On...
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Rare CD-i Records #19: Hot & Cold: A collection of Belgian Jazz from the...
Rare CD-i Records #19: Hot & Cold: A collection of Belgian Jazz from the Igloo label (by Sowarex and Philips Professional Publishing, Dorking, 1993)When you count all compatible CD-i discs,...
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