Alan_CDIZone – The World of CD-i

New Philips CD-I game – Treasures of Oz

For fans of The Wizard of Oz, and/or puzzle titles, you will be delighted to hear that Treasures of Oz will be released on Philips CD-I on Sunday 14th May 🙂
Check out the beautiful packaging shown here.
The game is very much in the mould of ”Labyrinth of Crete” and ”Merlin’s Apprentice”, but aimed at a younger audience. However, puzzles prove a good test at the hardest level and there are also action games to play too 🙂
You are also treated to many wonderful animated sequences based on the Wizard of Oz story, which has delighted millions over many, many years. The game has a happy, colourful feeling to it and will provide many hours of joy for CD-I gamers of all ages.
To order your copy, visit www.worldofgamespublishing.com or www.philipscd-i.com
Don’t miss out! And be sure to leave your thoughts about the game here at The World of CD-I 🙂

New Philips CD-I releases

I do hope all of our CD-I family are well and enjoying the thrill of competition for the Tetris high-score as introduced by Omegalfa – there are just under 2 weeks left to get your scores (and evidence 😉 ) in!
I wanted to make you aware of the first two titles as part of a series of new CD-I releases – now available to purchase in a limited print run. Here are the listings (these are live at the time of publication):
New for 2022! James Bond 60th Anniversary Special for Philips CD-i Video CD VCD | eBay
New for 2023! Tales From The Outer Limits. Philips CD-i VCD | eBay
As you will see, I have bought my copies 🙂
I am hoping to interview the seller for The World of CD-I, and am in discussions with him about a future interactive movie CD-I game release – watch this space!!! 😀
In the meantime, grab your copy of each disc before they are gone!

What is your greatest CD-I achievement?

Ahead of the monthly CD-I competition as previewed by Omegalfa a few days ago, we at The World of CD-I would like to know your greatest CD-I gaming achievement to date 🙂
It might be the completion of a game, a top score, reaching a level that you never dreamed you’d get to, or even finding a rare gem game!

I will start the ball rolling by sharing my greatest ever CD-I achievement in nearly 29 years of playing… it was in 2019 and I played 4 rounds of World Cup Golf, finishing level par – with the pressure of needing a birdie and 3 pars on the last 4 holes. I’ve never come close to this since, or before.
We very much look forward to hearing yours (photo evidence welcome, if available 🙂 ), before the competition proper starts 😉

Some titles require you to set the CD-i clock!!

Sadly, many of our CD-i players no longer have a working timekeeper. Some people have managed to fix this issue with skill and ingenuity (here, here and here), but for those people who are happy to keep their player as it is, without being able to save high scores, please note that certain titles that I’ve identified recently require you to set the time 🙂

I usually play Earth Command at Christmas! 2022 was the first year that my 740 player no longer had a working battery. For some reason, Earth Command wouldn’t play – I just had a blank screen. I realised that the game monitors how long you’re in post as Commander, and displays the date at the top of the screen – and this relates to the timekeeper! So you must set the time before loading the CD-i!!

But without a doubt, the most bizarre aspect relating to the timekeeper is that of trying to play Interactive Video Charts 1995. I first discovered these titles back in the early/mid 2000’s but for some strange reason, no 1995 discs would play on any of my machines – apart from the FW380i. Why? 1994, 1996 and 1997 discs all played fine! In the last month or so, I realised that, to play these 1995 titles, the clock must be set to the year 1995 🙂 So, if the timekeeper is still working, the CD-is won’t play! And if the time is not set, or is set to 2023, they also won’t work. Go back in time to 1995 though and, hey presto, you’ll be able to enjoy fantastic music videos from the ‘club classics’ era 😉

If there are any other CD-i titles that you know of that require setting the clock, please do let us know!

Happy New… Philips CD-i Game :-)

Remember the good old days, when we would read a preview of a new CD-i game in our favourite gaming magazine? Well, we at The World of CD-i are very pleased to reveal, on this New Year’s Eve 2022 that a new title will be coming – in February 2023 😀
The game was first previewed in Philips Media CD-i Software catalogue 1995:
Treasures of Oz is similar to Merlin’s Apprentice and Labyrinth of Crete, but aimed at a younger audience. Featuring multiple puzzles, 3 levels of difficulty, and some games 🙂 It will be released by World of Games Publishing, who recently brought you the superb Felix the Cat. Have you bought your copy yet? If not, you can still snap it up at www.worldofgamespublishing.com.

Do get in touch with us at The World of CD-i to let us know what your CD-i highlights of 2022 have been, the year that CD-i celebrated its 30th anniversary since release in Europe.

Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year and thank-you for supporting us throughout 2022 🙂