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The UK CD-i Magazine offered to subscribe to CD-i News, but what was this...
CD-i member Adam Shockz has just pointed out that in Issue 10 of the UK Philips CD-i Magazine, there is a form you can fill out to receive 6 issues of 'CD-i News' which apparently was a magazine for...
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The first version of Alien Gate on CD-i contained a bug which didn't allow...
Another very cool CD-i item: The official Alien Gate mask! I recognize this mask as they had them at some point in the Philips Personeelswinkel, but CD-i member Jacco van Schie shared another story:...
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Philips generally released seperate language versions/discs of CD-i titles,...
L'Affair Morlov is a rare multi-language CD-i disc, as both the english version as well as the french version are on the same disc. Also be aware there's only one booklet, always stating it's a...
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Thanks to the lessons Sony learnt during CD-i, their Playstation was the...
The role of CD-i in the videogaming history of Sony always brings back highly interesting stories. While CD-i was Sony's first CD-based gaming console, their Playstation was actually the first CD-based...
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It's time to play Pac-Attack on CD-i with the 'CD-i Experience' episode 3, by...
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 third...
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When Philips Interactive Media of America closed its office, 'Independent...
At the end of his stream CD-i member xsuicidesn0wmanx showed the 'Healthcare Advisor' CD-i player, which we investigated a few months back. "Here's a closer look at the new console I revealed at the...
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Reader question: "Is there only 1 Digital Video Cartridge? I.e. does it fit...
in this overview you see which CD-i player requires which type of DVC, the 9141 or the 9956 . So in principle, there are two types of DV cartridges. The original, large one with red in the design: the...
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Stock photos are everywhere and even CD-i made it into the catalogue of Alamy
You've certainly come across stock pictures before: Loads of pictures of virtually everything you can think of, companies like Alamy earns money by selling the rights of these pictures. Their...
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This CD-i member turned his CD-i 220 shell into a fully working media center
I remember this picture from over 10 years ago when a CD-i member experimented with the metal case of his CD-i 220 to build his own unique media centre. Thanks to CD-i member Adrian Zanoli this...
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Which CD-i players have two ports for pointing devices and which CD-i players...
David Balston has an intersesting remark for us: "Was anyone else under the impression that the socket at the back of the CDI-210. The instructions (or was it a magazine review) erroneously stated...
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A guide how to set up Philips CD-i emulation on RetroPie and a new Raspberry...
In September 2019 we shared with you a guide how to set up RetroPie on a Raspberry Pi 3, thanks to the MESS and MAME . While in principle it worked, it suffered from some slowdown and it was quite...
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What if you've replaced the rubber loading belt of your CD-i player but it...
Did you notice any dust or dirt inside, sometimes the mechanism gets stuck because of that. Does the tray open when the cover is taken away? Is it the cover that holds it, or is it something else...
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Today the first re-release of a classic CD-i game takes place on Steam: From...
Today marks the day that the first classic CD-i release is rereleased on a modern platform: As of August 20, 2020, you can download and play Mystic Midway: Rest in Pieces from Steam! In December 2019...
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Pyramid Adventures Episode 1: Treasures of the Lost Pyramid was a promotional...
CD-i member Ricardo Batista Alves recently posted some pictures of his physical copy of Pyramid Adventures, perhaps one the rarest CD-i games published in USA. It was originally a give-away for...
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Philips pressed official CD-i T-shirts to promote the launch of Digital Video...
Philips made official CD-i shirts to promote various CD-i highlights. CD-i member Jak Boumans shared a couple of these T-shirts with us. The Litil Divil shirt celebrates the release of Litil Divil on...
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What is the best controller to use with CD-i?
Most CD-i players were originally bundled with a CD-i thumbstick: Philips positioned the CD-i more towards education and reference purposes like encyclopedias, art, music and other themes, rather than...
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A CD-i about DCC: DCC had the same prospect as CD-i in the same era, both...
A CD-i about DCC, that's actually combining two worlds. DCC was next to CD-i a high potential of Philips in the Nineties. Philips made a sales promotion disc on CD-i, based on everything DCC had to...
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The Philips Media Sampler Pack holds 5 discs, each of a different format to...
Philips released various sample discs and even a few 'packs', which included a variety of CD-i discs to show off the system and its capabilities. This one might be the most well known, the Philips...
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The first movies on CD-i were published as "Digital Video on CD-i" but they...
The first movies that were published as digital movie on CD-i were encoded as "Digital Video on CD-i" which made them not compatible with the white book (Video CD) standard but with the Green Book...
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Infogrames developed, next to CD-i games, also more professional CD-i's like...
Infogrames is known as the most prolific CD-i developer next to Philips, they brought CD-i games like Asterix: Caesar's Challenge, International Tennis Open, Kether, Shaolin's Road, Chaos Control, and...
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