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Latest additions on the site – April/May 2019

The World of CD-i website is in constant updates.
We are always adding information like new titles, covers, screenshots, videos, etc…
Our website members are a great value for us, this is why we encourage you to register, this way you’ll be able to add yourself new stuff. We always add credits to our contributors!

The latest titles additions are:
Games
NFL – The Ultimate Football Collection – Triple Pack

Multimedia
A National Parks Tour (credits: Arethius_Rgc)
ADI Klasse 1+2 – Mathe
Around Hollywood
Kursbuch Gesundheit
n-tv 1995 – Gut zu Wissen
The Human Body (credits: Marco Parisio Java)

CD-i Music
The Downhome Blues
The Uptown Blues

Video-CD Music
Opera Imaginaire (credits: Thorsbabelis)
U2 – Rattle and Hum

DV on CD-i Music
Andrew Lloyd Webber – The Premiere Collection Encore
Bon Jovi – Keep The Faith
Cure – Show
Sting – Ten Summoner’s Tales

Demo
CD-i Demonstratie Disc
CD-i World
A Title Sampler

The latest covers additions are:
Games
Asterix® – Caesar’s Challenge (credits: Marco Parisio Java – Italian covers)
Burn Cycle (credits: Marco Parisio Java – Italian covers)
Do you remember the 60’s? (credits: Marco Parisio Java)
GO (credits: Marco Parisio Java – Italian covers)
NFL – Hall of Fame Football
Super Test (credits: Marco Parisio Java)

Kids
Il Tesoro dell’Isola dei Giochi (credits: Marco Parisio Java)
Stickybear® – Family Fun (credits: Marco Parisio Java)

CD-i Music
Rhythm Maker (credits: Arethius_Rgc)

Unreleased
Taco’s Toyroom Troopers (credits: Bas)
Tank Doodle (credits: Bas)

A Special Thanks to our contributors Arethius_Rgc, Marco Parisio Java, Bas and Thorsbabelis!
More is coming… 😉

CD-i emulation

Emulation is the term used when you want to make something work from a specific system, using something that is not the original platform.
In our case, play a CD-i title without the need of any dedicated player.

This quest isn’t new. Back to the early days of the interactive system development, Philips tried many ways to emulate CD-i titles to make it easier to develop new titles.

Find out all the different ways to emulate a CD-i title using a software.
Some of them are abandoned by their creator, others are still under development.

Donation to the site


The world of CD-i is a free website and it will stay this way. But some money is needed to keep it running year after year, that is why a yellow donation logo as been added in the upper right side of the page. By clicking on it you will be able to contribute to the cost of this huge resource website maintenance.

We ask your help for any contribution you may be able to offer.
We don’t need a huge amount but the sufficient to keep running the site.

People who pay/contribute for something always need to know why they do that, this also applies to this case.

We need to pay:
– The server and keep it in good health.
– Domain name registration.
– WordPress wiki system and plugins.

What we offer:
– A free navigation advertisements experience, no popup opening windows!
– A continued website updates with tons of new stuff like titles info, screenshots, scanned covers and videos.

Give what you want, from 1€ to whatever you like, the extra money we get will be invest on paid extensions for a better experience over the site. Donate with PayPal or donate with a Debit or Credit Card.

We also accept any other kind of donation. If you have CD-i related material like player, accessories or titles.
All we receive will be posted in the news pages. A repair article will be done if needed, juts like a review of a title.

Visiting the site, if you find missing info about a title you own, please let us know by contacting us.

The World of CD-i team thank you very much for any contribution you may make.

#CDiDay on Twitter

Our member and Live Streamer CDiArcade started in March of this year on Twitter an exciting project!
It’s called #CDiDay and the objective of it is very simple but also very pertinent…
Every Friday, he tweets CD-i related messages with or without pictures adding every time the hashtag #CDiDay.
In April (a few weeks after the site opening) we got a nice chat together and he invited me to help him in his honourable quest.
I am now proudly inviting you to do the same if you have a Twitter account.

Every Friday, tweet a CD-i related message using hashtag #CDiDay. More than once a day if possible!

The more people will see it, the more about CD-i they will talk on Twitter!
With some luck, your followers will retweet them. It is a good way to spread the good word over the net and who knows… call the attention of game journalists or other retro specialists.

It’s in your hands now to help us! Long life to #CDiDay!

You can find and follow me on Twitter under @omegalfapt.

CDi Arcade – Live streaming tonight at 02.00am France time!


CDiArcade’s next Live streaming will be tonight at 20:00 (08.00pm) EST time.
This means for us, Europeans (The good ones 😆 ) it will be at 01:00 (01.00am) Portugal time or 02:00 (02.00am) France time.
In this steaming CDiArcade will answer some questions about any consoles but CD-i specifically.
I will be there with him (no voice, just chat).

Follow the streaming on Twitch:
Twitch.tv/CDiArcade

Later, an edited version of the stream will be posted on CDiArcade’s YouTube channel.

“ERR” on your CD-i player display

Have you ever get this error message from your CD-i player?
I am pretty sure you did!

“ERR” message can be shown on the CD-i player display for many reasons.
1st – CD-R quality.
2nd – Bad position of the disc.
3rd – The disc not spinning.
4th – Timekeeper problem.

Define your problem to get the solution for it.
Join me to put your CD-i player back in track again!

Let me remind that we can repair your CD-i players and accessories!
Just contact us to know how!

Roller Controller repair

Your CD-i Roller Controller isn’t working?
The pointer doesn’t move at all?
Only the buttons are working?
GREAT! This guide is just for you!

Repair your Roller Controller now!

You can find this guide on the Open-Source section under Hardware Repair submenu.
This is the first repair guide to be published but this is not the 1st repaired.
In fact, more already done repairs will join the same section in a couple of weeks.

Let me remind that we can repair your CD-i players and accessories!
Just contact us to know how!

Sonic Eraser – Unreleased CD-i game?


I couldn’t confirm this information on any magazine articles from the era, so I can’t say if this is true story.
In 1991 Sega decided to jump into the online gaming, not like today with multiplayer online games, (this is a CD-i revolution with Ram Raid) no, just to download exclusive games.
To be able to do such a thing you needed some quite specific things.
– 1st, you needed to live in Japan or Brazil.
– 2nd, you needed a Sega Mega Drive.
– 3rd, you needed a Mega Modem add-on.
– 4th, you needed a Meganet subscription.
– 5th, you needed a game called Toshokan (or Sega Game Library).
This is where Sonic Eraser was available to download.
Well, nothing really special… very easy…

So what does it have to see with CD-i?
I found over the net some sites who claims that a Game Gear and a CD-i version was planed (as I said, I still can’t find any proof of that).

This is game developed by Sega, up to 2 players like Columns or Puyo Puyo.
The game was only available for a very limited world zone, so unknown for almost everybody until February 2004 when Sonic KulT website managed to get the Rom.
It will be hard to confirm the possible CD-i project due to the specificity of the game (Japan/Brazil zone & Online).
To be true, this means CD-i could also get a game from Sega Mascot, Sonic! Just like Philips did with Zelda’s and Mario!

You can try the game using the online emulator from Let’s Play Sega!

Source:
Nostallgia (Brazilian Blog)
Sonic Scene

Philips patents lawsuit against Nintendo


This is not a news due to the fact it is from 2014.

Let’s make a short resume of what happened.
Philips accused Nintendo for violate at least 2 patents from 1996, used on Nintendo’s gaming next generation consoles.
Philips filed a suit against Nintendo back in 2012 in the UK and Germany, then in 2013 in France and finally in the USA in 2014.

The 1st patent said to be infringed describes a virtual body control device that models a user’s body in a virtual environment and lets an animated version of the body follow physical movements of the user.

The 2nd patent describes a user interface system based on a pointing device that lets users give commands to another device by moving it in a particular way.

Philips sent a warning to Nintendo about the 1st patent violation back in 2011, but the Japanese company never tried to get the rights of it, and then with the Wii U, the 2nd patent got also violated.

With this lawsuit, Philips wanted to stop importations and sells of the Nintendo consoles in the 4 countries and get compensation for damages.

In 20th of June of 2014 the Judge Colin Birss from UK patents tribunal ruled the violation of the patents 498 and 650 under the following consoles and systems:
Nintendo Wii, Wii Mini, Wii U and accessories Wii Remote, Wii Motion Plus controllers, Nunchuk, Balance Board and GamePad.

In December of the same year Philips confirmed a settlement with Nintendo that involves a cross-licensing agreement that spans the patent portfolios of both companies. The other terms and all financial details were withheld.

“We are very pleased to have reached this agreement with Nintendo,” said Brain Hinman, chief IPO officer at Philips. “It demonstrates that both companies recognize the importance of intellectual property rights. It also shows the value of our extensive IP portfolio and our commitment to protect our significant investments in research and development.”

This is clear proof of a possible development of a possible CD-i 2 or similar system back in 1996 but unfortunatly, never made.

A definitive proof of being far ahead is time…