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Feature: "I'd Hoped I Would Become The Next Elton John" - Remembering The Vaporwave Bliss Of Tetris CD-i

Time Extension about 13 days ago

"Even when I was in school, I would go off for hours at a time and write pop songs".The following article originally appeared on the website Fanbyte back in 2020 but has since been removed as part of an SEO cull. Given its one of the only interviews we're …
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Collector Finds Rare Philips CD-i Hotel Mario Prototype In Goodwill

Time Extension about 3 months ago

The disc is labelled v0.09.A rare prototype of the Phillips CD-i game Hotel Mario has just been discovered in a Goodwill store in the US, by a YouTuber and collector named GamePakRat.Hotel Mario, in case you've never heard of it, was a title for the Philli …
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One Of Gaming's Worst Controllers Is Back Thanks To Zelda "Spiritual Successor"

Time Extension about 3 months ago

Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore is giving you the full CD-i experience.Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore has been dubbed as the spiritual successor to the Philips CD-i Zelda games by its developers, so it's only fitting that it gets a controller to match.Relea …
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Feature: How Many Of These "Lost" Zelda Games Have You Played?

Time Extension about 5 months ago

Board games, books, Barcode Battler cards and more...If you've followed my work over the years you'll know I'm a huge fan of The Legend of Zelda series, including all the non-canonical material, even things like Faces of Evil and Wand of Gamelon – to the …
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Feature: The Legend Of The "Lost" Zelda Games

Time Extension about 5 months ago

Board games, books, Barcode Battler cards and more...If you've followed my work over the years you'll know I'm a huge fan of The Legend of Zelda series, including all the non-canonical material, even things like Faces of Evil and Wand of Gamelon – to the …
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PC Build Of Lost CD-i Sequel Reportedly Found In Thrift Store

Time Extension about 9 months ago

Return to CyberCity was in development in the mid-'90s for CD-i & CD-ROM.Fathom Pictures' Escape From CyberCity isn't exactly the most well-known video game for the Phillips CD-i. It is a 1992 port of the obscure arcade laser-disc title Freedom Fighter, wh …
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Feature: Like Zelda And Mario, Donkey Kong Was Supposed To Get A Philips CD-i Game - What Happened?

Time Extension about 9 months ago

We try to find out.Sometimes the most innocuous of threads will lead you down a rabbit hole of investigation. This initially started as a chat with Adrian Jackson-Jones regarding his work on The Hunt for Red October on SNES, a colourful and surprisingly fu …
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Feature: Meet The Unsung Pioneer Behind The Most Hated Zelda Games Of All Time

Time Extension about 10 months ago

"I can understand that people were disappointed".The Legend of Zelda series is home to some of the most critically-acclaimed video games ever made, and the franchise is without a doubt one of the most important in Nintendo's illustrious catalogue. However, …
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Episode 108 - Electronic Chicken McNuggets + Battle Of The Systems: Best 8-Bit Cartridges - Parsec (Ti99/4A) vs Temple of Rom (TRS-80 Color Computer)

Pixel Gaiden Gaming Podcast about 11 months ago

We're back for Episode 108! In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news +  Battle Of The Systems: Best 8-Bit Cartridges - Parsec (Ti99/4A) vs Temple of Rom (TRS-80 Color Computer)  We are doing news for the first monthly episode and then "catchi …
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New Dreamcast-Compatible ODE "Phøde" Announced!

The Dreamcast Junkyard about 12 months ago

In case the term "ODE" is something new to you, it's an initialism for "optical drive/disc emulator", which serves to replace something like a CD-ROM or, in the case of the Dreamcast, a GD-ROM drive with a board that allows one to use flash storage to hold …
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Episode 106 - Bears Vs Baby Dragons - Banjo Kazooie (N64) vs Spyro the Dragon (PS1)

Pixel Gaiden Gaming Podcast about 12 months ago

We're back for Episode 106! In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news +  Battle Of The Systems: Banjo Kazooie (N64) vs Spyro the Dragon (PS1) We are doing news for the first monthly episode and then "catching up" later in the month.   Episode …

CD-i Emulator Support Forum • Announcing CD-i Emulator version 0.5.3-beta6 for Windows

CDinteractive about 1 year ago

A new beta release of CD-i Emulator is now available from the Downloadssection of the CD-i Emulator website at https://www.cdiemu.org/down... notes can be found in the RELNOTES file; a summary is availablefrom the Release Notes section at https …
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Wuzzo Goes on Holiday

CD-ROM Journal about 1 year ago

In writing this article, I'm indebted to Aura Triolo, whose research assistance was incredibly helpful. Wuzzo is an anthropomorphic bird, and he's about to have the worst day of his life on his way to the best day of his life. The poor hapless fellow stru …

The Strange History of Photo CD Games

CD-ROM Journal about 1 year ago

Humans love play, and humans are endlessly creative in finding ways to play no matter what. The history of video games is filled with designers finding ways to take interactive formats, no matter how limited, and build games within them. Of those formats, …

The New International CD-i Association (ICDIA) • New disc images and two documents

CDinteractive about 2 years ago

Added Engineering 5.0 and FPD v8.04 disc images to the CD-i Downloads / CD-i Disc Images Downloads section.Added recovered technical note #055 on pre-release CD-RTOS problems to CD-i Documentation / PIM Technical Notes section.Added new Conference Proceed …

CD-i Marketplace Sell/Trade/Buy • **CDI 21TCDI**

CDinteractive about 3 years ago

I'm thinking of selling or part exchanging my CDI 21TCDI due to space issues at home. I recently had it serviced with a timekeeper fix done also so is all working great. Obviously due to the weight and value of the item I would insist on collection only …

Philips CD-i Forum • **CDI 21TCDI**

CDinteractive about 3 years ago

I'm thinking of selling or part exchanging my CDI 21TCDI due to space issues at home. I recently had it serviced with a timekeeper fix done also so is all working great. Obviously due to the weight and value of the item I would insist on collection only …
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The New International CD-i Association (ICDIA) • Technical Training Manual, CD-I, Philips CDI910

CDinteractive about 3 years ago

I have added the following new document to ICDIA:Technical Training Manual, CD-I, Philips CDI910Philips Consumer Electronics Company - 1992This is a training manual for technicians needing to repair a Philips CDI910 player. It contains a general introduct …

3DO Game Reviews • Review - Montana Jones

3DO Interactive about 3 years ago

Another day, another out-of-region 3DO game beaten and now reviewed. This time it's Montana Jones, a Japan-only licensed release based on an anime series of the same name.That series lasted for a year, with 52 episodes total, and apparently got localized …

The New International CD-i Association (ICDIA) • All PIM Technical Notes now available

CDinteractive about 3 years ago

Added all remaining currently available technical notes to the CD-i Technical Documentation / PIM Technical Notes section.Statistics: Posted by cdifan — Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:35 pm — Replies 0 — Views 9472 …

The New International CD-i Association (ICDIA) • An Overview of CD-I Standards, Balboa and CD-I Fonts guides and a bunch of technical notes

CDinteractive about 3 years ago

• Added An Overview of CD-I Standards to the Authoring Book(lets) section.• Added Balboa Video Users Guide and CD-I Fonts User's Guide to the Authoring Manuals section.• Added TN #41, #46, #47, #49, #57.1, #62, #85.1, #87, #89, #91, #99, #100, #101 …

The New International CD-i Association (ICDIA) • Added HAL90 manual

CDinteractive about 3 years ago

Added HAL90 manual in the Authoring Manuals section.Statistics: Posted by cdifan — Thu Mar 04, 2021 10:52 pm — Replies 0 — Views 9607 …

The New International CD-i Association (ICDIA) • Panasonic picture, links and emulators update

CDinteractive about 3 years ago

• Added picture of Panasonic player to The Complete CD-i Players Overview section.• Added retrostuff.org to the CD-i Links section.• Added Super Quartet and CeDImu GitHub projects to the CD-i Links section.• Added MAME and CeDImu emulators to The …

The New International CD-i Association (ICDIA) • Service manuals added for FW380i, IVO-V11 and IVO-N7

CDinteractive about 3 years ago

• Added service manuals for Philips FW380i and Sony IVO-V11 and IVO-N7 players to the CD-i Service Manuals section.• Added operation manual for Sony IVO-V11 (also suitable for IVO-N7) to CD-i Player Manuals section.• Corrected CDM mechanism for FW38 …