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Flashback now works in the Mame Philips CD-i driver
It is worth mentioning that more CD-i games are now working in the new Mame CD-i driver, after being significantly worse in compatibility compared to CD-i Fan's own CD-i emulator. Now, the popular CD-i...
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CD-i Merchandise Collection #6 - A ball labyrinth game featuring CD-i
Not sure about the genuinity, but it sure looks cool and Philips did have quite some give-aways at events. This one is an Italian ball labyrinth game shared with us by CD-i member Jo Blanco. The...
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Which Philips CD-i players were also put on the market as Magnavox CD-i players?
The most reliable overview of CD-i hardware is, we think, available at ICDIA. It gives an overview of CD-i players which have been put on the market by Philips, LG and other manufacturers...
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The game engine of Atlantis: The Last Resort on CD-i started as a lunchtime...
Just like we still have Friday Afternoon activities here at Philips, to boost innovative ideas that we can think of, sometimes magical thigs come out of it that will turn into full projects and...
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At one point, the future of CD-i was in internet settopboxes, but that didn't...
Around 1996 and 1997, Philips launched the internet CD-Online services and modem for the CD-i, which allowed CD-i to go online and browse the internet. With CD-i itself being at the end of its...
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Utilizing the power of Blender to recreate the CD-i boxart of Tetris
Artist and aspiring game designer GM Nanika (@GMBoss4) shows us the power of Blender by recreating this beautiful CD-i boxart of Tetris. If you look closely, you'll see that this cover is the best...
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Fragol Tech to prepare a fresh source of SNES2CD-i adapters for you to buy
Electronic Hobbyist FragolTech is preparing a new batch of SNES2CD-i adapters! This adapter allows you to directly connect a SNES gamepad to yout CD-i player. It is based on an Arduino system with...
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From the Archive: Philips Media distributed Pac-Panic on CD-i but also on...
While Pac-Panic on CD-i was specifically ported by Philips Research and not by Namco themselves, it was actually part of a combined promotional campaign, advertizing the Mega Drive, Game Boy and CD-i...
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US versions of CD-i movies were sometimes split across more than 2 discs...
It just came to our attention that some VCD movies released in USA by Philips were not always split over the same amount of discs compared to the European version. For example, take Forrest Gump: The...
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CD-i website Philipscdi.com is not going to happen by owner Mathias due to...
We all get older and have a lot of other interests in our lives. We have families and jobs. Changing hobbies. Together with Mathias from the website Philipscdi.com we had a lot of fun talking,...
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Rare CD-i Records #108 - Cours Poids Lourd C-E(C)-D (1998, Codes Rousseau)
Like in more countries, in France there were driving schools making use of CD-i technology to bring their software to the next level. CD-i seemed to be very suitable for these kind of applications....
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CD-i Emulator 0.6x is in the process of adding floppy support, but it's not...
One of the key players by mathias was his CD-i player 605T, now owned by Jorne who made some new pictures of it, very much appreciated. It brings up the story of the floppy drive back again, as certain...
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Designed for CD-i authoring purposes, this player featured 5 MB of RAM, SCSI,...
The CD-i 605 is a rare professional authoring player, aimed at the professional market and used for developing on CD-i. Most units that come available, origin from a CD-i developer in one way or...
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New updates on ICDIA in 2022
CD-i member CD-i Fan, webmaster of the ICDIA website, keeps uploading new documents to ICDIA to have it more accurate and complete. Thanks to the immensive collection of folders, brochures and...
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CD-i Fanart Collection #22 - A digital sketch in this speedpaint of the...
CD-i member Christine shared a nice digital sketch on her Tumblr, and a speedpaint on her profile. Well done!
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After many trial-and-errors, CD-i member The Mundy Sea managed to find how to...
In 2020, we shared an article from CD-i member The Mundy Sea found an unused audio track in the code of Zelda's Adventure, next to the 'unused sprite' discovered by CD-i member Shikotei when exploring...
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Was the Philips CD-i 310 portable player actually released on the market? It...
Philips prepared several portable CD-i players, mainly aimed at the professional market. This was a time regular laptops of decent sizes did not exist yet and CD-i could fill the gap to have a portable...
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Bart Dekker's website Retrogamer on 'Nova Hollandia' serves you nice new CD-i...
Most of us write about CD-i purely for a hobby, because we are fascinated about the format, had the system our own in our youth, feeling nostalgic. We try to keep it alive. I love it to meet more...
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A few CD-i players have a DC out (5V) connection on the back. What would that...
Both the Philips CD-i 450 and 470 (+490) model have a DC out on the back of the system. It s rated +5V 50mA. It was meant to connect the power to the RF modulator, if used. According to ICDIA, the RF...
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Rare CD-i Records #109 - Triatec IDP (Laboratories Hoechst, 1993)
Burnt on an original Yamaha CDR disc, which Philips used a lot for CD-i proto versions, this is another rare CD-i disc from our collection in the Home Computer Museum, thankfully preserved and scanned...
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