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American Interactive Media congratulated companies who developed CD-i players...
We received a very interesting advertisement today. It was posted by American Interactive Media in 1990. American Interactive Media was the company behind the USA CD-i publishing, later renamed to...
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Philips CD-i had its own expandable mobile roadshow in 1996
Without a doubt the coolest mobile roadshow that Philips ever did was in 1996 in the dutch city Den Bosch, when the Tour the France started in The Netherlands. Philips asked the company Movico to...
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Center Parcs offered CD-i players in their bungalows and a CD-i Shop at the...
Who of you were at one of the selected Center Parcs in the Netherlands between 1992-1996? You might have seen this special CD-i next to the television as Philips signed a deal with Center Parcs to...
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Was RAM Raid CD-i released on the first or second CD-Online disc, or was...
As I was confused what was released when about the Internet kit of the CD-i, I prepared a little timeline. If you see any mistakes, have questions or additions, please let me know. As you can see, I'm...
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What kind of interest do you have in CD-i?
I would like to know who our readers are! What kind of CD-i Enthusiast are you? Which answer describes your CD-i hobby the best? You can answer in a comment below, or in our Facebook post, or even on...
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Was Magnavox CD-i as relevent as Philips CD-i in the USA?
Is it correct that CD-i in the USA was better known under the Magnavox brand? I guess Magnavox was better known than Philips, although it' s the same company. Sometimes I think they should have used...
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Return to Cybercity: A Digital Video version of the original or more?
One of our leads said: "I remember seeing this one in test but I don't think I worked on it (thankfully, I spent way too much time working on the first one to have to deal with this one again). If I...
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When you play Dark Castle during Christmas (and the CD-i internal clock is...
I love the small details that programmers put in their CD-i games, just like this one in Dark Castle. I think most of you don't play Dark Castle on a regular base because it is technically not the...
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Phil Hartman starred in two 30 second CD-i ads on tv around 1992-1994
"BURN CYCLE!" One unlikely demonstration of Phil Hartman's amazing knack for playing multiple characters came in a series of commercials for the Entertainment and Gaming Console called "CD-I". These...
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Back by popular demand, The Kyocera CD-i Pro 1000S player in full glory
The Kyocera Pro 1000S is another very rare CD-i player. It did not have a digital video cartridge and it was released in 1992, we believe for the professional market. Without Interactive Dreams this...
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Philips explored the possibility to develop a "CD-i Game Cartridge" that...
The Digital Video Cartridge slot in a CD-i player is actually designed as general purpose system bus interface. This means that in principle, Philips would have been able to develop different kind of...
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If CD-i was allowed to live a little longer, CapDisc released Space Pirates...
Mad Dog McCree, Crime Patrol, Who Shot Johnny Rock, Drug Wars, The Last Bounty Hunter.... CapDisc was pretty happy with the nice digital video quality of these FMV shooters. They fit the CD-i quite...
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New-old CD-i merchandise can be bought at Teepublic
It's not only t-shirts they have, but all kind of stuff like mugs and laptop-cases. It's based in USA.Have a look at their shop here [Thanks, CD-i Guy]
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Awesome CD-i pins with the DVC logo and the CD-i logo. Do you know of any...
Awesome CD-i pins by Django Kimmer
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SNES2cdi adapter: a practical example and explaining the use of an analog...
SNEStoCDi is an Arduino-based project that allows to use a Nintendo SNES (Super NES) / SFC (Super Famicom) gamepad on a Philips CD-i player. SNEStoCDi requires no more electronic than the Arduino...
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The classic shooter "Scramble" was remade on CD-i by The Vision Factory but...
The SPC Vision crew first mentioned this to us years ago when I rather presumed he'd mistaken it for an already released game on one of the Golden Oldies Volumes. However it turns out that this was...
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Watch here the authoring CD-i development player stack 180/181/182 in action
The Philips CDI-180 is an advance-technology CD-I player module that has been purpose designed as part of a sophisticated Philips CD-Interactive System. This user-friendly system fully exploits the...
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The extra memory in a Digital Video Cartridge was faster memory than what was...
Several CD-i games require the Digital Video Cartridge. It is often that these games show us full screen full motion video by using the MPEG1-hardware that is on the cartridge. Games like Mad Dog...
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European catalogue number location guide for CD-i titles
CD-i titles that were published by Philips in Europe all had the same type of catalogue number: 81C XXXX In this catalogue number, the C stands for the location, with a '0' in place for a general...
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