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Rare CD-i Records #96 - Astronomie Flammarion (Flammarion, Club...
This local French CD-i release from 1994 is a new addition to our catalogue and yet unknown again to the CD-i Community. It is the Flammarion Astronomy CD-i version. (Camille Flammarion was a famous...
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Reader Question: "Why does the white CD-i Mouse not work properly on the CD-i...
First a little background. Philips released various pointing devices for use with CD-i, including a CD-i Mouse and a CD-i Trackball. Both consumer versions were released in a dark grey colour. However,...
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Early CD-i documentation refer to an official Philips CD-i accessory: The...
Browsing through old CD-i documentation, specifically in the amazing archive of the ICDIA documents, sometimes some interesting CD-i facts pop up. We've seen an official CD-i joystick in this document...
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CD-i Fanart Collection #17 - Zelda CD-i's world created by CD-i member Paku
While the art style of the CD-i Zelda games are often point of discussion, it has also created a very special fan-art style by the community. Several artists who are fan of the genre have specifically...
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Promotional publications of various popular Video CD releases by Polygram...
In collaboration with the excellent Video CD overview website by Sven, here are a couple of Video CD advertisements that he gathered recently. These were published in CD-i Magazine publications -...
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'The Black Moon Project' today celebrates its 20th anniversary (one of the...
Did you know 'The Black Moon Project' exists 20 years today? And did you know Interactive Dreams is proud to be part of this extensive CD-i network? The network hosts more websites, and the oldest CD-i...
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All CD-i BGM discs play in any CD-i Player. If mastered correctly & to Green...
CD-i member Andy AVAV Systems has a long history in BGM and the discs, he often shows us pieces of his collection, he owns several BGM players and a lot of classic discs, all compatible on your CD-i...
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Marilyn Monroe starred in more CD-i-compatible discs (Photo CD and Video CD)
A few weeks back we showed you this rare Marilyn Monroe Photo CD and it seems she starred in a few other CD-i-compatible discs as well. CD-i member Orlando Arroyo (oaacdi) shared with us a few nice...
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Exactly 25 years ago, Philips officially signed the deal to discontinue CD-i,...
On July 5th, 1996 (exactly 25 years ago today) - Philips officially signed the deal to stop with CD-i, selling the business to various companies including Infogrames. Philips mainly was about to stop...
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Professional CD-i games? Wimbledon Challenge was presented as the official...
There a few CD-i games that we call games because they have a trivia element in it. This is not a tennis game in which you can play tennis, but it offers a trivia quiz about Tennis in general and...
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Rare Video CD Records #12 - The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) (Video Collection...
Classic animation movies like Disney or Warner cartoons are are on Video CD, especially in the roster of Philips and Polygram. However, if you look closely, several smaller publishing houses released...
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This developer built the first CD-i Mastering System 1 year before CD-i was...
A former CD-i developer about starting a joint venture to build the very first CD-i mastering system, even before CD-i technology was ready (experienced @ Bell Labs): "I actually built the very first...
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Rare CD-i Records #97 - Philips Media Retail Sampler '95 - 'experience the...
Philips released a lot of samplers, showing people what what coming to CD-i and especially to convince the market what it was capable of doing. Recently another demo CD-i disc surfaced thanks to CD-i...
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Reader Question: "On my CD-i 660, when inserting a disc, it spins and...
CD-i member Omegalfa is the lucky owner of a professional CD-i 660 player but it is having troubles. Omegalfa: "On my 660, when inserting a disc, it spins and recognize the disc, but the CD skates......
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Japanese magazine 'Famitsu' (October 1991, issue 0149) shows the unreleased...
Japanese magazine Famitsu holds a huge archive of game related news and recently Archive member 'JapaneseMagazinesScans' is uploading and sharing scans of full editions. You can support his work here....
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A previously unknown Spanish version of the CD-i boardgame 'GO' surfaced,...
Thanks to the CD-i preservationists and collectors 'Blazers' and 'Seventy7' a previously unknown local CD-i release was discovered: The Italian CD-i game 'GO' was in fact not exclusively released in...
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CD-i member Jimmy D talks about some inconsistencies in the Zelda CD-i...
CD-i member Jimmy D talks about some inconsistencies in the Zelda CD-i animations. Jimmy D: "People rightly love to point out how often the CD-i characters go off model, but nobody seems to talk about...
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Joris de Man (music composer of The Apprentice SFX, Dimo's Quest CD-i, but...
Joris de Man is a musician and he worked on the SFX of The Apprentice and on the music of Dimo's Quest on CD-i. He also worked on a few projects lead by The Lost Boys, who created quite some CD-i...
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Marvin from The Apprentice CD-i appeared as an easter egg in one of the Lucky...
CD-i member Jorne spotted Marvin in one of the Lucky Luke CD-i levels! Marvin was the main character in The Apprentice, a platformgame by The Vision Factory (SPC Vision) made in 1994. That same company...
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An official Tetris CD-i soundtrack will probably not happen, as the composer...
Despite various contacts and tryings to get an official release of the CD-i soundtrack of Tetris out of the mud, it is probably not going to happen. The composer, Jim Andron, retired by now, does not...
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