Announcing CD-i Emulator version 0.5.3-beta8 for Windows
A new beta release of CD-i Emulator is now available from the Downloads section of the CD-i Emulator website at https://www.cdiemu.org/downloads/.
Release notes can be found in the RELNOTES file included in the download; a summary as well as the full version is available from the Release Notes section at https://www.cdiemu.org/relnotes/.
This version of CD-i Emulator is the eighth and probably last beta release for version 0.5.3, which is now in maintenance mode as all development has shifted to version 0.6.0 for which a first public beta release is expected soon.
Relative to the previous version 0.5.3-beta7 release only one small enhancement has been made; see the Release Notes for details.
Note to would-be crackers of this version (you know who you are):
I really would prefer it if you didn't. There is really no need!
As with all previous beta versions, using a Mono-I CD-i system ROM (also called BIOS) will give you unlimited emulation functionality; this is the same ROM file needed for the MESS/MAME CD-i driver.
Saving the contents of the CD-i NVRAM to a file is still supported.
To obtain unlimited emulation functionality with a different CD-i system ROM file, please buy the still available unlimited edition of version 0.5.2. Activating this on your PC will also unlock the unlimited emulation functionality of this beta version.
If you have bug reports or feature requests please use the GitHub issue tracker at https://github.com/cdifan/cdiemu/issues; as of right now no CD-i Emulator source code is on GitHub but eventually there will be.
For comments, questions and discussion you can use the #emulation subforum of the Philips CD-i Community Discord server reachable at https://discord.gg/TKPejTfw6D. I am known there as CD-i Fan (cdifan).
You can also reach me via e-mail using cdifan@gmail.com, but this will not involve the larger CD-i community and is hence discouraged.
If you like my work and/or would like to support future development, you can also send me a donation. You can send PayPal payments to payment@cdiemu.org or use one of the following websites:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cdifan
As of right now you can also still buy the unlimited edition of version 0.5.2, but in the near future this will no longer be possible. Go to the Payments section of the website and get an original serialized version while you still can!
Have fun emulating your favorite CD-i titles!