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Reader Question: "What are your thoughts on CD-i prices? Will we ever see the...
Jacob Davis: "What are your thoughts on CD-i prices? What I mean is, over time we have seen prices skyrocket for many handhelds and systems. Things that were undesirable or whatever to collect for...
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Why was Super Mario's Wacky Worlds (1993, Novalogic) on CD-i cancelled?
Why was Super Mario's Wacky Worlds on CD-i cancelled in 1993? It seems like there was plenty of time to overcome technical difficulties. Out of all the Nintendo CD-i projects, this one came closest...
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Rare Records #57: 'Op Jacht naar Vernuft' (Philips Nederland BV, Laurens van...
'Op Jacht naar Vernuft' was an educational course, workshop and technical playground initiated by Philips Nederland, specifically aimed at schools. All classes in the Eindhoven region were invited to...
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When clicking on hidden objects in Family Games 2:Junk Food Jive, surprises...
The developers behind Family Games 2: Junk Food Jive, DIMA, implemented several 'jokes' in the game, like close references to popular game franchises including Mortal Kombat (Mortal Pong), Street...
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Marantz Japan marketed the Philips CD-i 205 player in Japan as 'Super Home...
CD-i member Blazers bought this Japanese CD-i 205 player by Philips, which gives away some more details about the marketing strategy of Philips in Japan. As what we've seen more in Japanese flyers,...
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Rare CD-i Records #58: Retratos de Cidades - Lisboa (CITI Group, 1993)
CD-i was also interesting for tourism: Local Philips Media offices created the series 'Portrait of a City' with specific editions that we know of Lisboa, the capital of Portugal and Venice, a...
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In 1994, Japan Interactive Media published this exclusive CD-i title...
CD-i member Blazers brings us a rare view on a very rare exclusive CD-i title, named 'Horoscope'. It was published in 1994, which is remarkably late in the CD-i cycle in Japan. It has the same layout...
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The Nintendo licensed CD-i games gave the Philips CD-i a lot of attention in...
The Nintendo licensed CD-i games gave the Philips CD-i a lot of attention in 1993 as well as today in 2021, its history is one of the more remarkable pieces in this Zelda anniversary - Whatever you...
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CD-i member Roy might return to put together a new, better version of the...
Do you remember the CD-i data extraction tools published by Roy in 2015 on the CDInteractive Forum? This repository contains tools for dealing with the Philips CD-I disk format, also known as 'Green...
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CD-i Fanart Collection #7: The 35th Anniversary of Zelda is celebrated with...
With the specific drawing style as well as the exclusive CD-i costumes, both 'CD-i Link' as 'CD-i Zelda' have become characters of its own in the Zelda Universe. The internet is full of people who...
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If Philips Media didn't stop CD-i but pushed on existing CD-i projects in...
'The best was yet to come' - The various games releases on CD-i show that CD-i developers were getting better and better in getting the max out of the (limited) power of CD-i. Compared to the early...
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Rare CD-i Chronicles #59: Socrates Interactive CD Patient Education (New...
CD-i member clblets owns (and sells!) a couple of Socrates CD-i players + original CD-i discs that came with it. The disc is called :"Socrates Interactive CD Patient Education; Patient Education &...
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Some common CD-i titles appear to be very rare to find in the newer audio-cd...
You might not have noticed but there are a few 'common' CD-i titles that have a quite rare jewelcase version on CD-i. Let's take Dark Castle, a 1991 CD-i game that was in the launch window of CD-i. In...
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'Demon Driver' was a hybrid point & click adventure with racing elements,...
In 1996, Haiku Studios promised some great CD-i titles during the ECTS in 1996 (both in London in spring and in the summer edition) as well as during the E3 in Los Angeles in 1996. It was the first...
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You can now read the full book 'SAMS - CD-i and Interactive Videodisc...
CD-i member KailoKyra has prepared a full book scan of 'SAMS - CD-i and Interactive Videodisc Technology' which was published in 1987. He promised more books about CD-i will follow, like the CD-i...
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The upcoming version of CD-i Emulator is indeed CD-i Emulator 0.6 - The...
Small signs of life and lots of testing is currently happening to shape the upcoming version of CD-i Emulator. The new version was some kind of 'guesstimating' until now, after leaving behind the 0.53...
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A closer look at the Japanese CD-i titles recently obtained by CD-i member...
A closer look at the recent Japanese CD-i titles obtained by CD-i member Blazers. Do you remember our extensive catalogue of Japanese CD-i titles? Blazers also shared a view on this Japanese CD-i...
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The next CD-i book is available online: "The CD-I Production Handbook from...
CD-i member KailoKyra promised he would scan more CD-i books and today he published a digital copy of "Addison-Wesley - The CD-I Production Handbook - Philips IMS" from 1992. It is the official guide...
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Rare CD-i Records #60: Lycéenne Graphics (Japan Interactive Media, 1993)
Lycéenne Graphics was a Japanese exclusive CD-i about Japanese fashion. It was published by Japan Interactive Media and together with titles like Horoscope, Mah-Jong and Golgo 13 it belongs to a list...
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CD-i Fanart Collection #8: A beautiful handdrawn map of Tolemac, the...
CD-i member Mary Emma created this beautiful and handdrawn map of Tolemac, which is the overworld of Zelda's Adventure on CD-i. It is full of details and I've never seen anything like this before,...
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