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!
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.
What is a Timekeeper?
The Timekeeper is the CD-i NVRAM chip. It will keep the settings, time and date of your player and the saved games (storage). Hidden inside the chip, a little lithium battery is placed with a longevity up to 10 years or more if the player is stocked in optimal conditions (temperature, humidity).
This is not the place where they are stored, this it just the mechanism to keep them recorded, just like a lithium battery keep the BIOS setup in a computer.
After more than 2 months after the opening of The World of CD-i, visitors and members got lot of things to discover.
It is now time to show you what a registered user can really do by interacting directly to the site!
Most of our users have a new role in the site, they are contributors, that means they can now add information to the site.
If you are a contributor, then you can add incomplete information from existing title file or add new titles not registered yet, add your own covers scans, screenshots, videos, etc…
The criteria to get this status is defined by the activity of the user (forum posts, comments, visits frequency) and the level of trust between him and The World of CD-i.
You will receive an email to inform that your status level have been improved from subscriber to contributor.
Please verify your spam box.
This is official from ASSEMbler’s team in this post:
https://assemblergames.com/threads/this-forum-to-close-in-30-days.71032
You can read from the Admin:
Current account status -$2880 ($120 x 24 months)
It cannot continue at such a loss.
Thank you for being companions for 23 years journey.
-ASSEMbler
ASSEMbler Games is the place that get the very first information about Mario Takes America for CD-i!
https://assemblergames.com/threads/mario-takes-america-phillips-cd-i.12062
It is more than just CD-i, this a place that helped people to develop all kind of game’s systems, selling stuff and so much more… A major lost for internet and gaming lovers! ;(
It is in fact a little bit stranger for a forum to be so expensive… $120 each months…?
I do believe there is lower prices for the objective of the forums.
If nobody buy the forum or if no money is found to pay the bills, then the last breath will be Saterday 29th of 2019…
23 years after the released of Burn Cycle, Simon Boswell have remastered all the original soundtracks of the most famous CD-i game.
In October 2017 the 11 soundtracks, just like the ones on disc 2 (audio CD) but with an amaizing and beautiful sound for your hears have been remastered to listen in loops mode!
Any lover of the game will jump into the link below to buy it, that is for sure.
Do not miss this!
Available at:
Bancamp
Spotify
iTunes
Amazon
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.
TEEPUBLIC is based in New York (USA) and it’s the world’s largest marketplace for independent creators to sell their work on the highest-quality merchandise.
An independent artist is paid with each purchase made on TeePublic. Since 2013, independent artists on TeePublic have earned around the globe.
They got the idea to sell products with Philips CD-i logo and I really love this idea!
You can choose about 26 different T-shirts colours, or just buy other goodies like:
Coffe Mug, Travvel Mug, Hardcover Handbook, Spiral Notebook, Tote, Pillow, Phone Case, Lapetop Case, Baseball T-Shirt, Long Sleeve T-Shirt, Crewneck Sweatshirt, Tank Top, Hoodie and finally there own homemade sticker logo design!
Get your goodie right now for a good cause!
Thank you “CD-i Guy” @Philips_CDi from Twitter for this info!
Team Europe that have developped the MCU’s board and also responsable for the MCU’s decapping proudly announced on there blog that some boards are ready for you!
You can read the article dedicated to the MCU’s decapping right here!
The price is 45€ and you can count with 15€ for shipping cost in Europe. The payment method is PayPal and if there is still available boards, the shipment is very quick!
For now the board doesn’t includes Quizard 2, but a further release of the MCU is planned. An important fact to remember… All Quizards titles are only in German!
To play the games you will need the CD-i discs of the corresponding MCU placed on the board, original discs aren’t needed as you can easily find ISO’s other the internet.
How to buy?
Comment his blog’s article and ask for one (or more…)
The package will contain:
– Interface-board (ready to use)
– 1x Arduino MEGA case.
– 3x MCU’s (for Version 1, 3 and 4 – GERMAN)
– 1x serial cable
Let’s take a closer look ate the board:
If you have or are able to get an arcade cabinet, with this board, you can connect to external buttons and recreate the sensation of the glory days!
Great work Team Europe!
This is maybe the most ambitious Open-Source Project of all time for CD-i… The most important of all…
If we manage to accomplish CD-izi authoring tool project, we will be able to bring new programmers to develop new homebrew CD-i titles!
The objective is to give to any interested developer the opportunity to use it as simplest as possible.
Specifications required:
– Windows 7/8/10 compatible.
– Ready assets (drag & drop).
– Much easier than Balboa libraries.
– No professional CD-i player needed.
– Easy layout and intuitive functions.
– Output directly testable on a CD-i emulator (no disc burning needed).
– Updatable software (no new download required).
To participate on this project, use the Official Forum Section and leave there all your ideas and thoughts. You can also send e-mails for a more private contact.
The page will be updated with all the new contributions that we think CD-izi will need.