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.
Hey guys, this is Omegalfa from The World of CD-i for the 2nd Chronicle!
Now that we have a better knowledge to choose a CD-i player, let’s get a good controller!
You have for sure heard about the remote controllers that comes with a CD-i player:
“Very difficult to play with!”
“Who is the crazy guy who designed this?”
“It is supposed to play games with this?”
In fact, the remote controllers that came with a CD-i player was a little bit difficult to use for gaming, but keep in mind a very important thing, the CD-i wasn’t supposed to be a gaming console but a familial system, where you could watch a movie, check an encyclopaedia, listen music, play games and I pass many other possibilities…
So the main objective of the remote control was to simply move the cursor and click using a button.
Read the full Chronicle right here!
Come to the forum to talk about this subject!
The World of CD-i Chronicles #4
This chronicle will be a little bit shorter than the others, but not less important, especially when you are a real collector.
We are today going to discuss the reason of a CD-i title being the way it is…
Many of you asked me, how to define an USA or other country releases.
First of all it is important to remember that as a multinational company, Philips, using “Philips Media” label publisher was in different countries, so you will find “Philips Interactive Media of America” (PIMA) for USA releases, “Philips Media Iberica” for Portugal and Spain, “Philips Media France”, “Philips Media Italia”, etc…
Each of them will publish regional titles with Philips consent. Doing this, each titles published will get a catalogue number, and each catalogue number will get a regional number, so all titles will be easily recognized.
To be more clear and specific about this, here is what you need to do if you want to purchase titles from an unique country/language or more than one country.
I have been invited by Stacy Burns, owner of one of the biggest Facebook groups called Console Purist, also member of The World of CD-i, under the username of Benaiah.
He needed to fill a void on his Facebook group about CD-i information, and I am so glad he turns to me to take this challenge. I am really exited to show to the world this underrated system, loved by ones and hated by others. Part of the people that does not love it have been influenced by crappy YouTube videos and other jokes when they most of them didn’t even tried once to play a CD-i title.
I am posting every Friday, to follow the #CDiDay Twitter movement, and this way improve in a higher level the divulgation in the same day of CD-i related information. You will find reviews, repairs, opinions, and other kind of stuff all write by myself, Omegalfa.
Each chronicle will get a topic on the our forum community, so you will be able to contribute with your opinions.
I am also adding in this section all the chronicles I will post there. A new Top Menu link called “Console Purist Chronicles” have been added to find all the posts, so take a good seat and have a good reading!
1st – 07/02/2020
What is the best CD-i player for a rooky?
What about create your own Photo-CD?
Marco Parisio Java from Philips CD-i Appreciation Group (Facebook) found this free software:
Kodak Arrange and Built-it
Compatible with Mac and Windows, and also playable on CD-i of course.
I will try it and if everything goes well, I will create a guide to use it.
It’s about 350Mb and can be downloadable for free here:
[www]
[ftp]
[mirror]
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:
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.
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
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!
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… 😉