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'Matite Colorate' - Philips advertised the new digital color pencils with the...
Here is another rare CD-i poster from 1993 - This time an Italian poster about the purpose of the CD-i thumbstick, presenting as the follow-up to your classic color pencils, designing and coloring can...
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This Philips Explorer case holds a CD-i 220, a karaoke mixer and all the...
Another package including the karaoke mixer, but this time in a case that I never saw before: This Explorer case actually holds both cd-i player and the karaoke mixer, ready for a remote karaoke...
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The LG / Goldstar GDI 750 CD-i player has a transparent viewing window to...
The Goldstar GDI 750 CD-i player is a licensed version of the Philips CD-i 450 model. The players are built by Philips in Belgium and sold by LG under their Goldstar brand. Compared to the 450 model,...
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The better understanding (and availability for CD-i Emulator purposes) of the...
ICDIA has been updated with some new documentation about the processors of the Sony IVO and the Kyocera CD-i player. This is a result of the work on CD-i Emulator and the availability of both players...
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The Philips CD-i 472 and Touch Monitor were built by Videotronic and orin;...
CD-i member Muh Mullet got in contact with the guys behind the Videotronic CD-i system: "Rob, who still runs Videotronic got me in Touch with Marcel, of http://www.marcelstvmuseum.com/ who also worked...
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Perfect to watch on this Halloween movie-night: RCV released the horror movie...
It's halloween tonight and that is a perfect excuse to set up your CD-i player to play one of the horror movies that the CD-i library has: Braindead is a nice example that sets the mood! Released by...
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When you renew the Timekeeper battery chip in your CD-i 450, there's not...
Repairing your Timekeeper battery chip in a CD-i player is always a bit tricky, as it requires quite some soldering and skills. Each Timekeeper chip has 28 connection points, which you'll need to...
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Classic Philips CD-i advertisement: There are 9,462 nerve endings in the...
Printed in EGM² 1 (July 1994), Scan source: RetroMags
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The Goldstar GPI1100 portable CD-i player is essentially a...
The GPI 1100 was basically a GPI 1200 without an LCD screen. It turned out that the small design of the portable player was ideally suitable for in-store and kiosk applications, where there was no...
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A system size comparison between Playstation 5 (PS5), Xbox Series X versus...
When you see the new/upcoming generation consoles PS5 and Xbox Series X, one thing that we can say is that the design is rather big. On Twitter, John Linneman compared the PS5 and Xbox Series X...
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The list of PhotoCD titles on ICDIA may be doubled if all known PhotoCD...
CD-i member Blazers shares more pictures of rare Photo CD's of his own collection: "Here’s a few more Kodak PhotoCD/PhotoCD/ Photo CD Portfolio titles that I own. I have some others that I can post...
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Based on the books of "Make it Work!" by Two-Can Publishing, The Epic...
In UK, the company Two-Can Publishing is well known for creating the "Make it Work!" series of books: There are quite some editions focusing on a specific subject within the world of science,...
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I'm ready for CD-i - another badge by CD-i member Andy AVAV Systems
Clearly an old design but very typically how many badges like this pop up. Were these given away at some kind of promotional event? Was it to celebrate the introduction of .... CD-i Ready discs?...
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Inca was the final CD-i game release in a European longbox; NFL Trivia...
When Philips launched CD-i in Europe in 1992,all CD-i titles were released in a 'longbox' jewelcase. This packaging was specific for Europe only. Halfway 1993, alongside the introduction of 'Digital...
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The Expo '92 in Seville celebrated the 500th anniversary of Columbus reaching...
The Universal Exposition of Seville (Expo '92) took place in 1992 on La Isla de La Cartuja (Cartuja Island), Seville, Spain. The theme for the Expo was "The Age of Discovery", celebrating the 500th...
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One of the first releases by BEPL on CD-i was "Anne Willan Presents The Food...
Robin Back and Johnny Byrne started the company BEPL in 1989 to make interactive stories for television initially hosted on CD-i. BEPL is short for Backs Electronic Publishing Limited. Their first...
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RIP: Alex Trebek passed away - He was the presenter of Jeopardy in USA and...
Yesterday we heard the news that Alex Trebek passed away at the age of 80. Alex has a long track record in the entertainment industry. He was the presenter of the USA show Jeopardy for 36 years,...
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The full artwork of the first (and only physical) homebrew CD-i title: Frog...
Limited to 50 physical copies, Frog Feast is a pretty rare title to get hold of nowadays. Thankfully, CD-i member Orlando Arroyo shared with us some nice artwork of this release. In 2007, CD-i member...
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As of today you can download 'International Tennis Open' again on Steam, 27...
Do you know that you can play quite some CD-i games on your PC via the Steam platform: Litil Divil, Chaos Control, Flashback and Myst are all available via Steam. Of course (or probably), these Steam...
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The secret Marvinvaders game in The Apprentice on CD-i holds another sexual...
Well past the commerical demise of Philips CD-i, Cheat Codes for The Apprentice have only been released by CD-i member cdidev in 2005. One of these cheat codes opens up a mini game which turns out to...
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