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CD-i emulation

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.


More tests of the upcoming CD-i Emulator 0.5.3 beta 5

The World of CD-i is the official tester of the CD-i Emulator.
We have access to the upcoming 0.5.3 beta 5 version. During our tests we are talking “in-loco” with CD-i Fan (emulator creator) to fix right away any easy bugs to improve compatibilities. Most of the FMV games are now working without any issues.
BurnCycle, our CD-i Emulator tester has completed another raw of tests. For anything concerning tests, contact him at burncycle@theworldofcdi.com.
To contact CD-i Fan (cdifan) about his emulator, contact him at cdifan@theworldofcdi.com.

More are coming…

3rd Degree v0.5.3b5: Working – No issues (Limited play)
Alien Gate v0.5.3b5: Working – Small sound issue at the game menu
Cluedo® (USA version) v0.5.3b5: Partially Working – hangs during (random?) room events
Crime Patrol v0.5.3b5: Working – No issues (Limited play)
Dimo’s Quest v0.5.3b5: Working – No Issues (Limited play)
Kingdom™ – The Far Reaches v0.5.3b5: Partially Working – Black videos and black background during the game
Kingdom™ 2 – Shadoan v0.5.3b5: Partially Working – Black videos and black background during the game
L’Affaire Morlov v0.5.3b5: Working – No issues (Limited play)
L’Ange et le Démon v0.5.3b5: Not Working – Hangs at start
Labyrinth of Crete™ v0.5.3b5: Working – No Issues (Limited play)
Lemmings v0.5.3b5: Working – No Issues (Limited play)
Lingo v0.5.3b5: Working ? Not sure if some black backgrounds are supposed to be like that. In NL so hard to understand what’s said/written
Link™ – The Faces of Evil v0.5.3b5: Working – Some slowdowns on videos, otherwise working fine
Litil Divil™ v0.5.3b5: Working – No Issues (Limited play)
Lords of the Rising Sun v0.5.3b5: Working – No Issues (Limited play)
Lost Eden v0.5.3b5: Partially Working – Constant Slowdowns make game hard to play
Lucky Luke v0.5.3b5: Not Working – Game crashes to start bios screen after a few seconds of the first level
Mad Dog McCree™ v0.5.3b5: Working – No Issues (Limited play)
Mad Dog 2™ v0.5.3b5: Working – No Issues (Limited play)
Magic Eraser v0.5.3b5: Working – No Issues (Limited play)
Making the Grade v0.5.3b5: Not Working – Game crashes to start bios screen after a few clicks
Marco Polo 0.5.3b5: Partially Working – Blackscreens/black backgrounds and running at very low speed
Master Labyrinth v0.5.3b5: Not Working – Hangs after hit play
Mega Maze v0.5.3b5: Not Working – Hangs after choosing the option to play the game
Merlin’s Apprentice v0.5.3b5: Working – Sound starts lagging after a while
Micro Machines v0.5.3b5: Working – No Issues (Limited play)
Mind Quest (unreleased) v0.5.3b5: Working – Sound starts lagging after a while
Mutant Rampage – Bodyslam™ v0.5.3b5: Working – No issues (Limited play)
Myst v0.5.3b5: Partially Working – Black videos and black background during the game
Mystic Midway – Phantom Express v0.5.3b5: Working – No Issues (Limited play)
Mystic Midway – Rest in Pieces v0.5.3b5: Working – No Issues (Limited play)
NFL – Football Trivia Challenge v0.5.3b5: Working – No Issues (Limited play)
NFL – Football Trivia Challenge 94/95 v0.5.3b5: Working – No Issues (Limited play)
NFL – Hall of Fame Football v0.5.3b5: Not Working – Hangs after a few game choices / Some Black videos at the start
The 7th Guest v0.5.3b5: Working – Small glitches at the start
The Last Bounty Hunter v0.5.3b5: Working – very minor slowdowns
The Lost Ride v0.5.3b5: Not Working – Black screens at the beggining. The game crashes the emulator at random points

New Team members @ The World of CD-i

At The World of CD-i, each team member knows exactly what to do.
We are in constant contact each other, to define new projects and areas to work on.
That is why we proudly announce 2 new official team members for his respective target.

CD-i Fan, the Emulator creator.
He will exclusively work on the Title Development section, under the Open-Source project, and of course continue with BurnCycle (emulator tester) to make a better experience of his Emulator.

Alan_CDiZone the biggest CD-i lover I ever know!
He will provide some experience of his incredibly huge collection and other material to the site database.
He is the man behind the now sadly closed Philips CD-i Zone Facebook page. He is a very busy man, but he will for sure answer you as soon as possible.

Title Development:
CD-i Fan
English, Nederlands
cdifan@theworldofcdi.com

Titles Information:
Alan_CDiZone
English
alan_cdizone@theworldofcdi.com