Friday, August 20, 2010

KLIK on CD-i: even google doesn't know what it is

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Random CD-i Quote (9)

A Quote made by Philips Media HQ: "I will just footnote this as I was thinking about Sony. I made CDi presentations to the chairman and president of Sony, Ogha, and Idea (who recently stepped down) and we wanted desperately for Sony to enter the market. They had a great portable unit and we tested all of our titles on it in our LA product test center. But Sony never really got behind the format. Philips was alone. I even made trips to Matshushita who had a Panasonic branded machine they featured in some exhibitions (I can remember going to the Flower and Garden show in Tokyo and seeing CDi players that was lab units, from Kycocera too, the manufacturer of the original 3 stack 180 player)
So in the end, with Philips going at this effort alone, no other hardare support to speak of and the ill fated US marketing both software and hardware, and an inappropriate mix of titles. (Philips could have succeed far more - even if they just concentrated on making this a kiddie machine), but the lack of focus and resolve and politics doomed it to be a failure in America, despite a lot of very hard work by some."

Friday, August 13, 2010

Which is better? CD-i Emulator 0.52 or MESS CD-i driver 0.138b

Have you tried the MESS CD-i driver yet? Some say it works better than CD-i Emulator, others say CD-i Emulator 0.52 excells. For example, on trying to emulate CD-i using MESS, running Link Faces of Evil and Zelda's Adventure, the overall is better than CD-i emulator, but it shows a lot of freezings on a lot of other games. The MESS CD-i author sais about it: "Your best bet at this time is to shell out the money for CD-i Emu. The current CD-i driver in MESS is held together with glue and toothpicks. It can run a number of simpler commercial games, but it falls right over on pretty much anything major."
Some (but probably not all) of the issues will be resolved once the internal roms for the CDIC and SLAVE MCUs are decapped and dumped. But who knows when that will happen: The MESS CD-i project is pretty much silent. We at Interactive Dreams hope that the upcoming CD-i Emulator 0.53 will show a definitive better CD-i emulation including a start at Digital Video on CD-i.

CD-i Video Review: CD-i Pinball & Plunderball



[Thanks, Halfblindgamer, Seb]

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

What's inside the 1995 "The World of CD-i" internal Philips CD-i disc?

Monday, August 9, 2010

Philips CD-i Creation with Media Mogul *disc picture*

This was used only by software developers of the CD-i standard. Professional software used by few companies under license of Philips. If you know more of this: please let us know!

Print to CD-i from Windows 3.1: What is this?

"As far I know this one was never officialy released and was only for internal use. This CD-i disc comes from a retired product manager of Philips in The Netherlands an therefore Authentic. I took over a lot of them. Most of them are (very) rare. Sometimes even unique."
Does anyone know what this it?

A Night in Nylon City: Surf City for Adults


If you can find a copy of this title for your CD-i player you should definately pick it up: It's a strange title focussed on nylons and it tells you a lot about it. The interesting part of this title is the city it creates where you can wander through at night, walking inside buildings you see here and there are different things to do: Talkings, videos, small minigames, documentation, history, all about nylons. It's a unique style I only found in Surf City and Richard Scarry's children CD-i's: Only now for adults. The content is rated 18+ so you can imagine what to find here even more.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

CD-i Emulator release 0.5.3-beta1 to arrive before october

Quick status update about CD-i Emulator 0.53: CD-i Fan had some problems with upgrading his PC because Visual Studio 6 has problems working under Windows 7. His older CD-i Emulator development builds didn't even work under Windows 7. With the new Visual Studio 2010, he could try building CD-i Emulator again! Read the full article at his CD-i Bits Blog. CD-i Fan: "After finding the single source line that generated the 300+ errors I got on the first build, it appears that I now again have a working development build of the most recent CD-i Emulator, optimistically labeled v0.5.3-beta1. It seems to run like a charm, doing 50/50 frames on non-FMV titles and even 34/50 on my FMV test cases. Wow!

Using Visual Studio 2010 means that the minimum system requirement is now Windows XP, as earlier Windows versions are no longer supported as C++ build targets. But I don't think that should really be a problem.

At the end of next month it will be five years since the original CD-i Emulator v0.5.2 public release; I'm hoping to release 0.5.3-beta1 before that."


CD-i Emulator 0.52 was released September 29, 2005, which was the first and still only public release.
[Thanks, CD-i Fan]

Friday, July 30, 2010

Joe Guard CD-i prototype gameplay footage

CD-i Games Index A-F

3rd Degree - PF Magic
7th Guest, The - Philips Freeland Studios
Accelerator - SPC/Vision
Adventure of the Space Ship Beagle, The - Denshi Media Services
Affaire Morlov, L' - Titus
Alfapet - Adatek
Alice in Wonderland - Spinnaker
Alien Gate - SPC Vision
Alien Odyssee - Argonaut
Aliens Interactive CD-i - Dark Vision Interactive
Ange et le Demon, L' - Smart Move
Apprentice, The - SPC Vision
Apprentice 2, The - Marvin's Revenge - SPC Vision
Arcade Classics - Philips ADS / Namco
Asterix - Caesar’s Challenge - Infogrames
Atlantis - The Last Resort - PRL Redhill (Philips ADS)
Axis and Allies - CapDisc
Backgammon - CapDisc
Battle Chess - Accent Media (for Interplay)
Battleship - CapDisc
Big Bang Show - Infogrames
BMP Puzzle - Circle (for ZYX)
Brain Dead 13 - Readysoft
Burn:Cycle - Trip Media
Caesar's World of Boxing - Philips POV
Caesar's World of Gambling - CD-I Systems
Cartoon Academy - Bits Corporation
CD-i mit der Maus - SPC Vision
CD Shoot - Eaglevision Interactive Productions
Change Angels Kick-off - HMO
Chaos Control - Infogrames
Christmas Country - Creative Media
Christmas Country - The Lost Levels - Creative Media
Christmas Crisis - DIMA
Clue - 3T Productions
Clue 2 - The mysteries continue - 3T Productions
Connect Four - CapDisc
Creature Shock - Argonaut (for Virgin)
Crime Patrol - CapDisc
Crow, The - Philips POV
Cyber Soldier Sharaku - Japan Interactive media
Dame was Loaded, The - Beam Software
Dark Castle - Philips POV
Dead End - Cryo
Defender of the Crown - Philips POV
Deja Vu - Icom Simulations
Deja Vu 2: Lost in Las Vegas - Icom Simulations
Demolition Man - Virgin Interactive Entertainment
Demon Driver - Haiku Studios
Discworld - Teeny Weeny Games
Dimo's Quest - SPC Vision
Domino - Wigant Interactive Media
Down in the Dumps - Haiku Studios
Dragon's Lair - Superclub / INTL CDI
Dragon's Lair 2- Time Warp - Superclub / INTL CDI
Drug wars - Crime Patrol II - CapDisc
Dungeons & Dragons - PF Magic
Earth Command - Visionary Media
Effacer - CapDisc
Escape from Cybercity - Fathom Pictures
Evidence - Microids
Falco & Donjon & The Sword of Inoxybur - BMi / Zephyr Studio
Family Games I - DIMA
Family Games II - Junk Food Jive - DIMA
Felix the Cat - Philips Sidewalk Studio
Flashback - Delphine/Tiertex (for US Gold)
Flinstones Wacky Inventions - Philips Funhouse
Fort Boyard: The Challenge - Microids
Frog Feast - Rastersoft

Compact Disc Interactive

Compact Disc Interactive

CD-i Games Index G-M

Go - CapDisc 
Golden Oldies - SPC Vision 
Golden Oldies II - SPC Vision 
Golgo 13 - Japan Interactive Media 
Great day at the races, A - CD-I Racing, Dove Films, Total Vision 
Guignols de l'Info, Les - Canal+ Multimedia / INTL CDI 
Heart of Darkness - Amazing Studio (for Virgin) 
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The - Philips Kaleidoscope 
Holland Casino CD-i - HMO 
Hotel Mario - Philips Fantasy Factory 
Inca - Coktel Vision 
Inca 2 - Coktel Vision 
International Tennis Open - Infogrames 
Jack Sprite vs. The Crimson Ghost - PF Magic 
Jeopardy - Accent Media 
Jigsaw - Novalogic 
Joe Guard - DIMA 
John Dark: Psychic Eye - CapDisc 
Joker's Wild!, The - Accent Media 
Joker's Wild Jr., The - Accent Media 
Kether - Infogrames 
Kingdom - The far reaches - CapDisc 
Kingdom 2 - Shadoan - CapDisc 
Labyrinth of Crete - Philips Funhouse 
Laser Lords - Spinnaker 
Last Bounty Hunter, The - CapDisc 
Legend of the Fort - Microids 
Lemmings - DMA Design / Psygnosis 
Lettergreep - Wigant Interactive Media 
Lingo - SPC Vision 
Link - The faces of evil - Animation Magic 
Lion King, The - Virgin Interactive Entertainment 
Litil Divil - Gremlin Graphics 
Litil Divil 2: Limbo Years - Gremlin Graphics 
Lords of the rising sun - Philips POV 
Lost Eden - Cryo (for Virgin) 
Lost Ride, The - Formula (Lost Boys) 
Lucky Luke - The video game - SPC Vision 
Mad Dog McCree - CapDisc 
Mad Dog McCree II: The lost gold - CapDisc 
Magic Eraser - Circle (for ZYX) 
Mah-Jong - Japan Interactive Media
Making the Grade - 3T Productions 
Man Before Man - Cryo 
Marco Polo - Infogrames 
Mario Takes America - CIGAM 
Master Labyrinth - AVM AG/HQ 
Mega Maze - CapDisc 
Memory Works, The - Compact Disc Incorporated 
Merlin's Apprentice - Philips Funhouse 
Microcosm - Philips Freeland Studios 
Micro Machines - Codemasters 
Monty Python's Invasion from the Planet Skyron - Daedalus CD-i Productions 
Mutant Rampage - Body Slam - Animation Magic 
Myst - Sunsoft (for Cyan) 
Mystic Midway - Rest in pieces - Philips POV 
Mystic Midway 2 - Phantom Express - Philips POV 

CD-i Games Index N-Z

Name that tune - Philips Fantasy Factory 
New Day - Bits Corporation 
NFL Hall of Fame Football - Philips POV 
Othello - HMO 
Pac Panic - Philips ADS / Namco 
Palm Springs Open - ABC Sports / Fathom Pictures 
Pool - SPC Vision 
Pinball - CapDisc 
Plunderball - ISG Productions 
Power Hitter - ABC Sports / Fathom Pictures 
Power Match - Two's Company 
Pursue - BEPL 
Pyramid Adventures - Compact Disc Incorporated 
RAMRaid - PRL Redhill 
Return To Cybercity - Fathom Pictures 
Riddle of the Maze, The - Fathom Pictures 
Riqa - Bits Corporation 
Rise of the Robots - Mirage Technologies 
Sargon Chess - Spinnaker 
Scotland Yard Interactive - AVM AG/HQ 
Secret Mission - Microids 
Secret Name of Ra, The 
Shaolin's Road - Infogrames 
Skate Dude - Viridis 
Smurfen, De - De Telesmurf - Infogrames 
Solar Crusade - Infogrames 
Solitaire - BEPL 
Space Ace - Superclub / INTL CDI 
Space Ranger - Studio Interactive 
Special Operations Squadron - SPC Vision 
Sport Freaks - SPC Vision 
Star Trek - Philips POV 
Star Wars: Rebel Assault - LucasArts 
Steel Machine - SPC Vision 
Striker Pro - Rage 
Strip Poker Live - Greenpig Production 
Strip Poker Pro - Interactive Pictures 
Super Fighter - The Super Fighter Team / C&E 
Super Mario's Wacky Worlds - NovaLogic 
Surf City - Philips Sidewalk Studios 
Tangram - Eaglevision Interactive Productions 
Taco's Toyroom Troopers - Creative Media 
Tankdoodle - Creative Media 
Tetris - Philips POV 
Tetsuo Gaiden - Creative Media 
Text Tiles 
Thieves' World - Electronic Arts 
Tic-tac-toe - BEPL 
Tox Runner - ISG Productions 
Treasures of Oz - Philips Kaleidoscope 
Ultra CD-i Soccer - Krisalis 
Uncover featuring Tatjana - SPC Vision 
Uninvited - Icom Simulations 
Video Speedway - ISG Productions 
Vinnie the Pinguin - Pandemonium Labs 
Voyeur - Philips POV 
Voyeur 2 - Philips POV 
Whack-a-Bubble - Creative Media 
What's it worth - Marshall Cavendish Multimedia / Spice 
Who shot Johnny Rock? - CapDisc 
Wordplay - BEPL 
World Cup Golf - US Gold 
Zaak Sam, De - Toneelschool NL 
Zelda - The wand of Gamelon - Animation Magic 
Zelda's Adventure - Viridis 
Zenith - Radarsoft 
Zombie Dinos From The Planet Zeltoid - Philips POV

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