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Discord CD-i Server

Who never heard of Discord? It is commonly used in the gaming communities, and now, the CD-i also have a dedicated place on it.
Randam Hajile created the server and Dopply made the rest of the job.

We have been invited directly by Dopply to join it.
As all other CD-i sites are represented there, we found normal to also be there to give a 24/7 support for all our already members and other people (CD-i lovers or not).

Join the Discord CD-i room right now!

Back in 2005, on Le Monde du CD-i, we already had a live 24/7 chat based on mIRC embed on the site and we meet a lot of people. Some of them are now on this new Discord server. At that time some people used to say it was a nonsense place… but it seams we was a little bit ahead… or others was a little bit against…

This Discord server is an independent place, not related to any other websites.


Discworld on CD-i fully playable

This information comes directly from our Facebook Group member Roberth Rivero who posts this news about a YouTuber called Manmonkee. Manmonkee talks about Discworld game, under various formats, including CD-i:

A YouTuber called Manmonkee dropped a bomb of a comment a month ago revealing something truly unexpected…It seems that Atari approached Perfect 10 Productions/Teeny Weeny Games (where Manmonkee worked) in order to port Discworld to the Jaguar CD, which never moved foward beyond the discussional phase via phone. Damn, we lost a good one…But you may be wondering what does this has to do with the CD-i? Well here’s the real kicker: Manmonkee confirmed to me that the CD-i version of Discworld was not only finished but fully playable as well. So there you have it CD-i fans, you lost a good title as well 🙁

I am glad to see that our return has shaken the community!

Here is Manmonkee’s YouTube video:


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.


Evidence – Another unreleased title

After another information on our Facebook group from Roberth Rivero (Thank you again!) who post a picture of a French article from CD Consoles. It makes me remember about another article I remember to see in the 90’s in another French magazine dedicated to the CD-i.
We are talking about an unreleased game called Evidence – The Last Report from Microïdes, the same producer of Secret Mission.

With a released date scheduled to early 1995, the CD-i version never saw the light of the day (just like for the Atari Jaguar CD). The only 3 released version went for DOS, PC CD-ROM and PlayStation 1.
One of the programmer of this game is the same who made the CD-i version of Secret Mission, Nicolas Gohin.

 

The Story:
The game is a classic crime story… an intense detective adventure. You play Daniel Singer (friends call him “Dan”), a reporter for Channel Z. Sarah Hopkins, Dan’s ex-girlfriend, has been murdered and Dan, unable to control his anger at her innocent death, finds himself being dragged into the desperate case. He launches his own investigation into the heinous crime but the job isn’t going to be easy… There are people in high places who don’t want Dan to uncover information which could implicate them in Sarah’s murder and destroy their careers.
The real-time 3D scenes slam Dan right down the barrel of a gun with high-speed pursuits, deadly shootouts and cat-and-mouse boat chases. In stark contrast to the action, a lot of the people Dan meets aren’t too interested in helping him out, so he’s got to use a bit of tact to get what he’s after. It’s times like these when a slick tongue and lots of cash go a long way. But Dan knows one fellow he can trust: Peter Rugler, DEA inspector. He’s there to back Dan up and supply him with whatever he needs to solve the crime and put the murderer behind bars for good.

The action of the game takes place in a big American city. There is a municipal election coming up and anarchy reigns in the streets. Under this dark backdrop Dan must quickly solve the brutal crime of the murder of the woman he once loved…

You can watch the Introduction and gameplay of the PC Version:

Credits:
Information from Roberth Rivero
Screenshots and video from Squakenet.com


Happy MAR10 Day!

Today is MAR10 Day!

What the hell are you saying Omegalfa? Mario day? Why today and not yesterday or tomorrow?

Easy answer…. today is March, day 10th.

Write the beginning of Mario and end it with the number of the month’s day, 10. You will get MAR10 = MARIO, so all March 10th, are Mario’s Day! 😛

To celebrate this day I can resist in sharing this great review from my friend Flbond who wrote an amazing read on The Well Red Mage website.

Do not miss this read and Happy MAR10 day!


Hidden Palace got new prototypes CD-i titles.

Jeremy Hewett just contacted me out about new CD-i titles added on Hidden Palace. We are talking about 24 prototypes.

The 7th Guest – Demonstration (Feb 4, 1993)
Amparo Museum – Demonstration (Jul 24, 1992)
Caesars® World of Gambling – Testing Phase 2 (Feb 5, 1992)
Compton’s Interactive Encyclopedia – Demonstration (Oct 27, 1992)
Creation for the Imagination (May 28, 1993)
Creation with MediaMogul (Jun 17, 1993)
Escape from CyberCity – Testing FPD (Jul 8, 1992)
Face Kitchen – Testing FPD (Oct 20, 1992)
Family Games 1 – Testing Phase 1 (Aug 22, 1994)
Gnomes – Preview Disc (Mar 7, 1994)
International Tennis Open – Demonstration (Apr 30, 1993)
MPEG Video Sampler Volume 1 (Feb 19, 1994)
Micro Machine – Demonstration (Mar 21, 1995)
Monty Python Karaoke Best Songs – Testing Phase 1 (Jul 22, 1994)
Monty Python Sketches – Testing Phase 1 (Jul 22, 1994)
Othello – Testing Phase 1 (Oct 7, 1993)
Paramount DV Demo (Jul 23, 1993)
Philips CD-i Digital Video Training (Mar 29, 1994)
Philips Professional CD-i (Jun 18, 1993)
Jazz Guitar – Testing FPD (Jul 28, 1992)
Salzburger Land – Testing Phase 3 (Jan 29, 1994)
Scotland Yard – Testing Phase 1 (Nov 11, 1992)
Shipwreck – Testing Phase 1 (May 18, 1993)
The Mayo Clinic Family Health Book – Prototype (Feb 1, 1993)

Thank you Jeremy Hewett (who contacted me personally), Lorange27 (via Discord),  and Hidden Palace.


Huge Collection Pictures!

Our website member RetroMan sent to us a massive contribution with pictures of part of his collection.
Those pictures has been sent in August, but with all the contributions and pages underwork on this site, we are only now able to show it to the world!
We are mostly talking about hardware pictures. We will show you them under several posts as the collection is quite huge!
He also owns more than 1000 CD-i titles… Damn you…  😎
Today let me show you his CD-i hardware boxed!

Thank you very much RetroMan, for the trust you gave to us and also for your patience!  😀

CD-i Players:

CD-i Accessories:


Interactivity has returned!


This is a great pleasure for us to finally welcome you to Your CD-i website!
After 12 years, we are proud to bring The World of CD-i back.
This place will give you all the information you need to know about our beloved ahead of its time interactive player.
Title information, all genres included such as game, educational, multimedia, music, video, photo-cd, cd+graphics, and more!
Also a lot of material will be available like screenshots, videos, cover scans, downloads, tips & tricks, tutorials and more!
This is the place that should never have been gone!

We want to thank all the active Interactive Community that still kept working hard to stay up, especially The Black Moon Project with his Forum, CD-i Philips Zone FB page (now gone), Interactive Dreams, ICDIA, CD-i Emulator, and other Facebook Groups. This shows how big our Community is!

The World of CD-i doesn’t want to take the place of anyone, we only want to be another website to contribute to the Community, allowing each one of you to participate in its growing.

This website gives you the opportunity to add missing information on titles and add new material, directly through an editor page. It will then be revised by our team and, after validation, your information will be available and your name will also be added on the credits tab. This is interactivity!

To get full access of the website please don’t forget to register!

Some of the parts of this website are still being worked on. If you find anything that does not work or you think is inconveniant, please let us know using our contacts or our community forum.
Also many titles are still being added, as screenshots, videos, etc…

 

Enjoy just like we enjoyed bringing it back!


International Collector’s Trust & Help!

Back in December 2020, Blazers and Seventy7 contacted me about a Portuguese guy selling his little but good collection. I was already aware about this sell, but as I already owned all the titles, I let it go (available since September).

I sent to Blazers a picture with this Arte Rupestre do Vale do Côa and the Iberoamerica set, and of course, he thought I jumped into this before him to buy them. No no no… I am not this kind of person…

I already owned them since a few years but never shown them before (I only recently shown a little part of my collection).

Blazers and Seventy7 asked me if I could make the deal come true:
I was going to buy it here in Portugal, verify the material conditions, and then, send it to overseas.

It took some weeks until I reached a deal with the seller about the price and custom costs, but everything gone right.

I had to repair some stuff including a gamepad with broken contacts.
A few weeks later Seventy7 received the package in safety.

I asked nothing in return, they needed help to get some stuff, I was available and made it come true.

I even added 6 Video-CD’s as gift from my personal collection.

I am really happy for them and I can’t forget the good things they are doing for our community and the preference they give to The World of CD-i.

Thank you guys!


International Tennis Open advertising

What a great advertising from Philips Media!

International Tennis Open

International Tennis Open – 2 Player Version

Credits: Dean Togan