Author Archives: omegalfa

#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