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Viridis produced 'Zelda's Adventure' and four other titles on CD-i
In April 1995, Daily Variety reported that Viridis had been hit with layoffs. The Hollywood trade magazine cited IVI’s pulling out of a deal for more multimedia software as the cause.“I think we had...
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Classic CD-i Advertisement #2: Link & Zelda again
I like it that the various Philips Media divisions al designed their own CD-i advertisements, while it would be easier to use the same format. This one has been published in France, totally different...
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ECTS 1996 Autumn CD-i Games Booth and Line-Up by Philips Media
The European Computer Trade Show, commonly known as ECTS, was an annual trade show for the Europeancomputer and video game industry, which first ran in 1988, with the last event occurring in 2004 in...
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CD-i Earth Command doesn't let you save, but it still NEEDS the timekeeper to...
The timekeeper issues are one of CD-i's biggest problems, maybe even the biggest design flaw that Philips made with it. Once the timekeepr battery runs out of power, CD-i titles don't allow you to...
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CD-i Game Cheats #2: Creature Shock
You might be interested to know that Creature Shock will actually work in the upcoming CD-i Emulator 0.53 beta 5! This is one of my favorite CD-i games, without a doubt. When your timekeeper doesn' t...
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CD-i had cost Electronic Arts a lot of money
EA embraced CD-I with the same enthusiasm they had recently shown for the Amiga, placing Greg Riker in personal charge of creating tools and techniques for programming it, working more as partners in...
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PF Magic (Max Magic, Jack Sprite) pioneered the use of "name insertion" into...
Ernest Adams programmed and collaborated on the design of Third Degree, a CD-I multi-player party game for adults. Right now The World of CD-i has an interview online with him (recommended!) He...
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'Zelda's Adventure'-producer Viridis was also busy with skate game 'Food...
CDi Magazine gave Food Dude, then called Skate Dude, a brief mention in its 1993 blurb about Zelda’s Adventure, referring to it as a 10-level game “with attitude” that focused on the player learning...
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Nintendo delivered cover art resources for Mario and Zelda on CD-i
Although Nintendo was not involved in developing the actual Nintendo games on CD-i, they did have certain requirements to meet the quality and look & feel of their characters. Most of the times...
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Philips ADS created the NIRD (Non-Intrusive Real-time Debugger) to help debug...
The NIRD is a real-time debugger in the form of a cartridge about the size of a DV cart that plugs in the DV slot, with a through connector and cradle so a DV cart can then be plugged in. There's then...
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Thanks to the release of Frog Feast's source code, 'Gameblabla' was able to...
Gameblabla is an Android developer who delivered the nice puzzle game Killminds on Android as well as on other platforms like 3DO.Get points by filling the 4 available slots with squares.Get even more...
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Philips created a DVD version of CD-i's 'The Lost Ride' as demonstrator to...
The amazing graphics (especially at that time) of The Lost Ride CD-i must have given the idea to someone at Philips to use this game as promotional material for the DVD format. At some point, Philips...
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The benefit of physical games: Litil Divil inserted an open walkthrough map...
Litil Divil was an expensive game, 120 NLG at the time, and it had a nice walkthrough insert like you see above so you can keep track of your progress. That's a real benefit of physical games, I like...
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The original Amiga version of Dimo's Quest had the frog Dimo, but Philips...
One little detail CD-i member Shikotei noticed: in the Dimo's Quest maps, you still have little frog Dimo: I take it this is actually a tile in the maps? The actual Dimo sprite in the final game is...
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Based on original sprites and sound, Shikotei completely remade The...
CD-i member Shikotei did a very remarkable job: He converted the CD-i game "The Apprentice" to PC by using the original sprites and graphics. Shikotei: "Throughout the years I've had a pet project...
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How to start the Space Invaders game in The Apprentice CD-i: "MarvInvaders"
Did you know that The Apprentice has a secret minigame called MarvInvaders? This is a Space Invaders clone, with cute typical Vision Factory graphics. You can play it when entering a cheat code in The...
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A few rare Italian/french regional CD-i games, have you heard of these?
I can't imagine any other game platform that has so many regional games, released only in one country. Like Alfapet, a wordgame that was only released in Sweden. Or Lingo, another wordgame exclusively...
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