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To check if you bought a NEW CD-i player or a re-sealed second hand mint...
We've seen several auctions of CD-i players that are sold brand-new, sitting in a storage place for over 25 years and now ready to be sold for a high price. Brand new CD-i players are always...
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Dress like a CD-i fanboy with this unique Philips Media CD-i jacket and a...
I never realized back in the day that you could actually buy clothing like this: Merchandising about CD-i, jackets with the CD-i logo or other advertizing stuff by Philips Media. CD-i member Jaco van...
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There are actually two different CD-i discs about Centurion, the big Philips...
Not one but two different discs about Centurion, who would have thought that? Back in March we showed you this Centurion CD-i disc. Now it appears that a different, second one exists. Both Digital...
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Philips Interactive Media had a special 'Myst Language Conversion Kit' to...
Here's another interesting and rare piece of CD-i: This is a CD-i called "Myst Language Conversion Kit" by Philips Interactive Media. It's not yet clear what this disc was about but it is clear there...
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Rare CD-i Records #18: Spartiti Interattivi Per Chitarra (Karaoke by...
Rare CD-i Records #18: Spartiti Interattivi Per Chitarra (Karaoke by Polygram/Philips Italia, 1993)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 original European CD-i jewelcases came in different variations and ended...
In Europe CD-i titles launched in a specific design: Philips created a vertical oriented jewelcase with extra space to show the CD-i logo. It came in different variations. The one on the bottom right...
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A general history of CD-i and the biggest CD-i collection which is publicly...
CD-i (Compact Disc Interactive) was developed by Philips in collaboration with Sony and Microware in the mid-1980s. The interactive multimedia platform was intended as a successor to the successful...
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Thanks to 'Club d'Investissement Media', Microids was able to bring Secret...
It appeared to happen many times during the development era of CD-i that CD-i projects were funded by investment clubs, one notable example is the French 'Club d'Investissement Media', which logo we...
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Which platform offers the best quality of FMV games? Videogames Obsession...
Both 3DO and CD-i offer various FMV games, like Mad Dog McCree and Dragon's Lair. Which version offers generally the best quality? CD-i member Matthew Henzel (Videogames Obsession) did some testing and...
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International Tennis Open on CD-i was - back in 1992 - a hyper realistic...
CD-i member Omegalfa from the website 'The World of CD-i' shared some screens of the CD-i game 'International Tennis Open', an early tennis game for CD-i made by Infogrames. I remember it was one of...
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With publishers like 'Double Diamond', 'RCV' and 'RMB' there are hundreds of...
The regular Philips CD-i catalogues always offered a Video CD section with all the VCD's that Philips had to offer. And while in other sections of the CD-i catalogue only titles published by Philips...
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The official European launch event of CD-i was on June 24, 1992 in 'La Grande...
A while back we were discussing the official launch dates of CD-i worldwide, as on the internet various dates are published which are not always the same. CD-i was first launched October 15, 1991 in...
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With a classic Gravis PC gamepad you can tune your CD-i gamepad quite easily...
The original Philips (22ER9017) CD-i Touchpad was actually a licensed Gravis PC gamepad that was released in the ninetees. If you have both versions, you can easily swap buttons and the d-pad, which...
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Laser Lords' entire side quest to get the Gongor's Crown is useless, it seems...
Laser Lords is a game that comes close to an RPG, which is a rare genre on CD-i. The game is rather big, just like the other Spinnaker CD-i titles. When we hear CD-i members talk about Laser Lords, it...
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The Philips TV/CD-i combo 21TCDI30 was not a dedicated CD-i design, but it...
Philips released a television with integrated CD-i player, mainly positioned towards professional areas but it was as well sold to consumers, at least in The Netherlands. The TV/CD-i combination was...
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The Touchpad claims it's unique for use with CD-i 2xx players
In the manual of the original CD-i Touchpad (the Gravis gamepad version, with the joystick on the D-pad) it is stated it is design specific for use witth the CD-i 2xx players. I wonder why they...
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Even professional CD-i titles sometimes try to include game elements, like...
Quaeritur Quest a Medical Interactive Program designed to test both your knowledge of respiratory medicine and general knowledge. It is in fact a professional CD-i probably used in kiosk systems that...
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The 'Philips CD-i NEW' decals / stickers were mostly used on early CD-i 210...
When you bought a CD-i 210 or CD-i 220 player in the early ninetees, there was probably a sticker on the front cover of the CD-i player with 'Philips CD-i NEW' on it. It seems like these stickers were...
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Local television station "Omroep Brabant" interviewed Jorg Kennis about the...
You've heard about the largest CD-i collection that we have now available in the Home Computer Museum in Helmond, The Netherlands? Our CD-i group is now the first one to have a physical component >...
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An overview of base-case CD-i games (which don't require the DVC) and an...
By request: Several members of our community opted to have a list of CD-i games that do not require the Digital Video CartridgeHere is an overview of base-case CD-i games (CD-i games which do not...
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