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ICDIA (The New International CD-i Association) in its current form exists 21...
In the CD-i Community there is by far one CD-i website that holds the highest number of technical documentation about the CD-i, which is the ICDIA, The New International CD-i Association. The website...
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Rare CD-i Records #64: "Horoscope" (Japan Interactive Media, 1994)
This exclusive CD-i title in Japan was recently uncovered by CD-i member Blazers. It features a horoscope based on the position of the stars, and it offers fortune telling in romance, business and...
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The deluxe packaging of the Philips Media 'Interactieve Encyclopedie' was...
When Philips Media launched the Benelux exclusive 'Interactieve Encyclopedia' on CD-i, a special deluxe leather-look packaging was designed to make it look closer to the book version of an...
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CD-i Fanart Collection #9 - Original sketch of "Zelda CD-i", made by CD-i...
CD-i member Lunar Moon created this beautiful sketch of "CD-i Zelda" - That's Zelda how she was designed in the game "Zelda: Wand of Gamelon" - The design of the Link/Zelda characters on CD-i is...
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Tetris CD-i was so different from other Tetris versions that it inspired...
The online Tetr.io Tetris game works well to customize a CD-i Tetris theme and catch a bit of the CD-i vibe with it. Tetris on CD-i was pretty different from the other Tetris versions, especially...
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'Hanna Barbera’s Cartoon Carnival' on CD-i started in Hypercard based on the...
One of the most beautiful tributes on the internet to a past Philips CD-i career is without a doubt The Fools Errand' website by Cliff Johnson. Cliff: "I shall always cherish Philips for granting this...
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How to claim free CD-i titles: At least in the UK in 1992 via this voucher
This voucher was posted by CD-i member Retrostuff and apparently seen in some early UK CD-i releases: A nice promotion example in a pre-internet era, you were able to save up for a free CD-i title in...
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Reader Question: "Does every standard (not long box) cdi release come with a...
The CD-i games that were released in a jewelcase in USA all have a cardboard jacket originally (in fact, this also counts for the longbox releases from USA, all CD-i releases (that were released by...
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"Catch the 'Young Telegraph'&'Philips CD-i' bus in the UK" - CD-i was...
Philips had a rather large initiative called 'School 2000' with the aim of introducing interactive learning materials into the classroom. Accompanying this educational approach, Philips organized...
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LG/Goldstar made their own version of the CD-i thumbstick, but it was not...
The LG/Goldstar CD-i players originally came with their own CD-i thumbstick. While you had to buy Philips CD-i accessories if you wanted to use a mouse, trackerball or gun with your LG CD-i player, LG...
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This Philips CD-i Sports Collection was a package that Philips bundled in...
Thanks to CD-i member Marco Parisio Java we have seen rare CD-i bundles of software exclusively released in certain countries. For example in Italy, Philips Media released the Philips CD-i collection:...
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Rare CD-i Records #65: The 'Enkhuizer Almanac 1997' (Zoutewelle Multimedia,...
The 'Enkhuizer Almanak' is a pocket book with yearly editions, giving information about the upcoming year including calendar, holidays, market dates, astronomy information (time of sunset and -rise,...
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The Interactive Compact Disc (CD-i) belongs to the CD Family, specified in...
Standardization was important when the different electronics companies of the world (including Philips, Sony, JVC, Matsushita) were exploring and inventing various purposes on what they could do with...
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The unreleased CD-i puzzle game 'Mind Quest' only exists in prototype version...
There is one CD-i prototype known of the unreleased project 'Mind Quest' - thanks to CD-i member Seventy7 we can see some video footage of it as well as various screenshots below. It was developed by...
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An Overview of CD-I Standards, Balboa and CD-I Fonts guides and a bunch of...
Recently more CD-i documentation is added to the ICDIA archive, originating from the CD-i collection of Jorg Kennis and cdifan. There is a lot more to come but scanning all the paper work is very time...
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Rare CD-i Records #66 - The AIDS Awareness Disc (Multimedia Software Inc.,...
The AIDS Awareness Disc shows a classic CD-i engine by a USA company to enter the professional CD-i market. In fact, developer Multimedia Software Inc developed the AIDS Awareness Disc in a way that it...
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What's new on CD-i in 1992 - Focusing on base-case CD-i and the newly...
This classic CD-i flyer was shared by CD-i member Retrostuff and probably be preserved in higher resolution on one of the CD-i preservation channels. While our blog is not the right 'preservation'...
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Rare CD-i Records #67 - Gnomes / 'De kabouter' (Eaglevision, 1995)
One of the books that was on my bookshelf when I was a kid was a copy of "De kabouter", a classic by Rien Poortvliet. In english it is called "Gnomes". It appeared that producer Eaglevision produced an...
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Happy Mar10 Day! Super Mario's Wacky Worlds is a unique story in the life of...
Last year CD-i member FLBond wrote an article about Super Mario's Wacky Worlds for the Super Mario Multiverse. Let's travel back and enjoy his love for Mario in general and CD-i specifically. Super...
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Without Lou Ottens, the storyline of CD-i would be very different. The former...
Lou Ottens was a key figure at Philips developing the techniques behind the cassette tape, which he is most famous for. But he is also credited for leading the team behind the development of the...
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