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Both 'The Apprentice' and 'Link: Faces of Evil' were recreated on PC by the...
In the recent past we have seen recreations of a couple of CD-i titles, made by the CD-i Community. One the one hand because chances that an official company will ever remaster/recreate these CD-i...
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Why did TripMedia never considered a Digital Video version of Burn:Cycle on...
it's #cdiday so let's check out this little piece of CD-i history, the making of Burn:Cycle on CD-i - one of the best valued cyberpunk adventure on Philips CD-i. Burn:cycle is a base-case CD-i title...
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The remastered versions of 'Link: Faces of Evil' and 'Zelda: Wand of Gamelon'...
CD-i member Dopply have been working hard on remastering the classic CD-i games 'Link: Faces of Evil' and 'Zelda: Wand of Gamelon' on PC and a few anonymous contributors have picked it up to patch it...
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Also XDRA dabbled in publishing various Karaoke CD-i's, all with specific...
This flyer shows five specific Karaoke CD-i titles themed 'Family Favorites', Greatest Love Duets', Male Standards', Contemporary Pop Female' and 'Special Occasions' - All published by XDRA via a mail...
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'The Greatest Interactive Magazine' was a 'Universal CD-ROM' containing both...
CD-i member Seventy7 uploaded some interesting magazine discs that were distributed in Italy and Spain by New Sounds Multimedia. He uploaded three Italian versions of different discs, all three of...
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Morshu the Shopkeeper from 'Link: Faces of Evil' - now in pixel art thanks to...
Morshu the Shopkeeper only appeared in Link: Faces of Evil and he appears to be the most famous character in the CD-i Zelda Universe - Many of you have made fan drawing and videos of Morshu, some of...
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1995 - The year Philips Media Games presented many CD-i games that in the end...
Philips Media had its final call to make CD-i a success in 1995 and they really tried it by emphasizing the gaming of CD-i heavily on the forefront. Philips announced a lot of games that would be...
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Philips CD-i might be the one system for which nobody will ever have a full...
CD-i member Blazers shares his view on CD-i collecting: "When it comes to CD-i collecting, a lot of the information out there is incomplete. It might be the one system for which nobody will ever have...
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Rare Video CD Records #7: "Chess for All" (XDRA, 1994)
Another mail-order only CD-i disc by XDRA, this is one of the more early Video CD releases in 1994 about how to play chess. It involves instructions of the pieces and how to play chess in general. It...
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The fact that the CD-i 450's power brick uses -5V next to +5V seems to...
Last year CD-i member Keenan Cross worked on the CD-i homebrew project to build a new power supply to work with the CD-i 450. Keenan: "I'm still working on it! I'm limited by having to order components...
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Dead End on CD-i was the ultimate Digital Video title implementing MPEG...
Dead End was a project by Cryo Entertainment who was interested in CD-i development thanks to Virgin who commissioned the CD-i version of Lost Eden by Cryo. A parallel CD-i project was done by Betson...
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Vivid Interactive made quite a lot adult CD-i's in USA like this 'Immortal...
Vivid Interactive was active in USA in the adult industry and they prepared quite some CD-i titles. One of them is 'Immortal Desire', and it is interesting that, when this was released in 1994, Vivid...
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Hannu & Minna play Foqus on CD-i, a Swedish videogame adaption of a classic...
I'm impressed (again) by the quality of CD-i reviews that are shared by Hannu Mäkinen, who runs the blog Hande's Blog. He also has a small CD-i collection including one rare CD-i title that he had in...
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Rare Video CD Records #8: "A Tour of the Universe" (CMM, 1994)
This rare Video CD offers a video presentation by Tommy Boyd about the universe, including explanations of our solar system, the planets, and various introduction topics related to astronomy. Being...
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The McNo (formerly XDRA) CDi catalogs also were the main, and sometimes only,...
cCD-i member Blazers shares his knowledge on the specific McNo CD-i catalogue: "The McNo (formerly XDRA) CDi catalogs also were the main, and sometimes only, way to buy a few CDi titles back in the...
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Philips POV re-used a music track in both 'Tetris' CD-i as well as in 'Lords...
Nice CD-i trivia bit found by CD-i member VWS. Level 8 of tetris CD-i features the same music track as what Philips POV used during the credits section of 'Lords of the Rising Sun'. This music is...
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These printed test guides look like the official test guides we have...
In a hidden corner of the internet, many years back we at Black Moon digitized a couple official test guides originating from the Philips Test Centre in Hasselt, Belgium as well as a couple that were...
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Another CD-i title by CD-i studio Adatek and publisher Alga was this...
Originally uncovered by Devin this Swedish exclusive game 'Alfapet' is another CD-i title by CD-i studio Adatek and publisher Alga. Alfapet is an early regional CD-i release to Sweden with what looks...
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"Game Over" was a Finnish TV gameshow that allowed people to call in and play...
There are several local initiatives on television featuring CD-i technology. It was often challenging to combine television standards with CD-i technology. CD-i member cdifan shares a memory about...
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CD-i Fanart Collection #6: A cute handdrawn collection of Zelda CD-i characters
Fanart is true loyalty to the platform, the characters, I love the effort people putting into this. This one is made by CD-i member Thilinky.[Thanks, Thilinky]
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