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This "CD-i Prototype Disc / Some technical Aspects of CD-i" from 1988 comes...
At the time when this CD-i disc was produced, the only available CD-i player was the CD-i 180 set. All other CD-i had yet to be developed. However, this disc doesn't run on any CD-i player, not even...
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There are three types of CD-i discs and they don't like all to be dumped in...
If you want to contribute to the growing CD-i preservation team and you have some CD-i titles that are not dumped yet, keep in mind these differences that will help you dump the discs easier. Not all...
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CD-i member CaptainJ, the CD-i collector behind philipscd-i.com, sells his...
A long time ago, in 2007, CD-i member CaptainJ promoted his new website www.philipscd-i.com. He was a big CD-i collector, showing us some very interesting rare promotional items from PMPRO....
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CD-i designer Jason Bakutis shares more interesting CD-i relics, next to the...
In 2012, an interview with Jason Bakutis appeared online at Nintendo Player, showing the clay sculptures he made for Zelda's Adventure on CD-i. More recently, CD-i member CD-i Queen / Mary Emma...
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Dictionnaire Hachette Multimedia was one of the biggest releases in France...
Dictionnaire Hachette Multimedia was one of the biggest releases in France published by Philips and licensed by Hachette Multimedia. Hachette also released a version itself, and this was also...
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Rare CD-i Chronicles #92 - Het Nieuwe Reglement Rijbewijzen - demonstratie...
With several CD-i developers struggling to earn money with consumer CD-i titles, more companies were shifting focus to the professional market. In 1996, Dutch based SPC Vision was producing more...
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Reader Question: "Who has the longest cord? For my controllers, it's CD-i"
CD-i member Pixels & Creatures compared the cords of various gamepads and it seems like the CD-i gamepad has the longest one. It has a length of almost 3 meter. With that in mind, what would be the...
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Reader Question: "When installing a new NV-RAM Timekeeper battery, can you...
CD-i member Kyle Daniels has repaired the timekeeper battery chip and he asked us if you could use a dual battery holder, if that's the only holder your store has in stock? "Also another question I'm...
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T+M Media Consulting made interactive helicopter views of Hollywood and...
In 1995 T+M Media Consulting surprised the German CD-i market with 'Around Hollywood', a Digital Video CD-i title focused on a flight in an interactive helicopter. T+M planned a series around this,...
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The Sony CD-i Mouse, part IVA-M10, also works on Philips CD-i players
In general, CD-i is a universal compatible standard but it seems there are exceptions: The controllers that work on your CD-i 180 player (the first one built by Kyocera) do not work on other CD-i...
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Sport Freaks was a sports quiz game on CD-i, released in 1996 by the famous...
Sport Freaks was a TV show on the dutch television (broadcasted by Veronica) aired in the nineties and presented by Henk Spaan and Harry Vermeegen. Lead by Wilbert Gieske (all three on the cover)...
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CD-i member Нигракоптер interviewed Denis Chernov, one of the animators at...
Recently CD-i member Нигракоптер, an enthusiast in the CD-i Zelda community, interviewed one of the animators, Denis Chernov, who was working as a contractor at Animation Magic in Russia. He was...
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CD-i Merchandise Collection #4: The Ýou can do it all with Philips CD-i - bag
With more and more CD-i merchandise popping up in our mailbox and online, we think this is a great way to create a stage for all the merchandise items we come across about CD-i. Today CD-i member Ed...
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Chaos Control on CD-i was also released in a CD-ROM style big box version in...
Philips Media France made specific big box releases of high profile CD-i title, to compete against CD-ROM games and to give them more exposure. CD-i games like Chaos Control, Secret Mission,...
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Reader Question: "The Mobius Strip Technologies' RGB mod for the CD-i 450...
Muh Mullet: "I'm testing and comparing my RGB mod for the 450/550 and Mobius Strip Technologies' solution for RGB from these models. From what i can see on my CRT so far, the Mobiusstrip board...
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With your phone camera you can easily check whether your CD-i thumbstick is...
When your CD-i player doesn't function anymore it can have a lot of causes, but to rule out if your remote is still functioning CD-i member Omegalfa shared a nice and simple tip. If the arrow on the...
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The Philips Mini HiFi set with integrated CD-i (FW380i) was based on classic...
Just like the CD-i 220 was based on the VR 702/703 VHS player by Philips, the Philips Mini Hifi set including CD-i FW380i was also based on other Philips models that lacked the CD-i functionality. Take...
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The Dutch CD-i exclusive 'Dit was 1994' news overview was continued yearly...
In 1994, CD-i developer Media Magic and Lost Boys Interactive (Both based in The Netherlands) developed 'Dit was 1994', the first Dutch news overview disc full of Digital Video material of the ANP...
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Today, the EK soccer league starts again. 25 years ago, CD-i was on the...
There are quite some soccer related CD-i titles on the market and especially in The Netherlands we have CD-i titles supporting specific themes/clubs, like AJAX, the UEFA Champions League or the World...
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The CD-i flyer that came in every USA longbox release hinted at quite some...
The beauty of classic CD-i catalogues is that they give away upcoming CD-i releases that never happened. Thanks to contributions by Videogame Obsession a couple of unknown CD-i titles popped up. We've...
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