History of video games/Platforms/CD-i

__NOTOC__ History thumb|The city of Ghent in Belgium. Many CDI consoles were made in Belgium.Philips CD-i 490 - Game Console - Computing History https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/54685/Philips-CD-i-490/ www.computinghistory.org.uk 2020-12-12 Pre-launch As early as December 1987 the CD-i and the ambitious concept behind it was highly anticipated by some media outlets.Vers un nouveau support : le CD-I Les charmes discrets de l'interactivité https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1987/12/17/vers-un-nouveau-support-le-cd-i-les-charmes-discrets-de-l-interactivite_4079184_1819218.html Le Monde 1987-12-17 fr Launch The CD-i was launched in 1991.Damien McFerran 6 games console flops that gave gaming a bad name https://www.techradar.com/news/6-games-console-flops-that-gave-gaming-a-bad-name 2020-10-25 TechRadar 2017-03-09 en The platform was not marketed well early on, though a 1991 partnership with Nintendo on developing a CD-based add-on for the Super Nintendo gave Phillips the right to produce several games based on existing Nintendo game series.Hardware Classics: Uncovering The Tragic Tale Of The Philips CD-i https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/07/hardware_classics_uncovering_the_tragic_tale_of_the_philips_cd-i Nintendo Life 2020-11-17 2018-07-23 From October 25th, 1995 to sometime around 2000, the CD-i could access an online service known as CD-Online.Philips CD-Online - The Service Time Forgot (guest article by RetroDetect about the timeline of CD-i's Internet Kit and the CD-Online service) https://cdii.blogspot.com/2020/02/philips-cd-online-service-time-forgot.html 2020-11-17 en Legacy System Phillips stopped active development of the CD-i in 1996 and the system was discontinued in 1998, with between 570,000 and one million CD-i consoles sold worldwide.The 10 Worst-Selling Consoles of All Time (page 2 of 2) http://www.gamepro.com/gamepro/domestic/games/features/111823.shtml https://web.archive.org/web/20071103220829if_/http://www.gamepro.com/gamepro/domestic/games/features/111823.shtml 2007-11-03 dead GamePro.com 2020-11-17 2007-11-03 Games thumb|Eiji Aonuma in 2013. Note that Eiji Aonuma was not involved with the Zelda CD-i game production. I don't know that those really fit in the Zelda franchise. Eiji Aonuma - 2013 MTV Interview regarding the Hyrule Historia.Eiji Aonuma Addresses Those Horrible ‘Zelda’ CD-i Games https://web.archive.org/web/20131203072003/http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2013/09/19/eiji-aonuma-addresses-those-horrible-zelda-cd-i-games/ 17 March 2022 3 December 2013 Mention of the CD-i Zelda games would often be omitted from official Nintendo retrospectives.McFerran Damien Surprise! Aonuma Doesn't Consider The CD-i Zelda Games To Be Canon, Either https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/09/surprise_aonuma_doesnt_consider_the_cd_i_zelda_games_to_be_canon_either 17 March 2022 Nintendo Life 20 September 2013 Technology Computation The CD-i was powered by a Motorola 68000 processor clocked at 15.5 MHz.Philips CD-i https://www.retrogamer.net/profiles/hardware/philips-cd-i/ Retro Gamer 2020-11-17Video Game Console Library CDi https://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/pg90-cdi.htm#page=specs Video Game Console Library 2020-11-18 This was a very common processor for this generation of consoles. The CD-i had one megabyte of RAM. A digital video add-on cartridge added an additional 1.5 megabytes of RAM, as well as allowing the CD-i to decode MPEG-1 video. Finally the CD-i had eight kilobytes of persistent storage based on RAM, powered by a lithium battery, which is prone to failure from age. At the time of release, the CD-i was seen as a low performance system with a design that was relatively easy to develop for. Hardware The CD-i could read CD-ROM Green Book disks at 170 kilobits per second. The CD-i runs a custom version of Microware OS9, a real-time operating system called CD-RTOS.First Steps in OS-9 on Philips CDI605T https://retrostuff.org/2019/07/21/first-steps-in-os-9-on-philips-cdi605t/ Retrostuff 2020-11-17 2019-07-21 The CD-i supported the CD-Online service, which required the use of an adapter cable, software disk, and a 14.4K dial-up modem. Notable games 1993 Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon An early counterpart game to Link: The Faces of Evil with a female protagonist, departing from Zelda-series norms to feature the titular Princess Zelda as the protagonist. Read more about Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon on Wikipedia. Link: The Faces of Evil A counterpart game to Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon. The game attracted widespread internet notoriety again in early 2021, when an artist redrew the character Morshu using hyper realistic 3D Graphic techniques.Random: Morshu From Link: The Faces of Evil Has Been Turned Into A 3D Animation https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/01/random_morshu_from_link_the_faces_of_evil_has_been_turned_into_a_3d_animation 2021-02-28 Nintendo Life 2021-01-24Forgotten Zelda NPC Is Horrifying In Full 3D https://screenrant.com/forgotten-zelda-npc-full-3d-cdi-horrifying/ 2021-02-28 ScreenRant 2021-01-26Zelda Fan Creates 3D Render of Morshu From Link: The Faces of Evil https://gamerant.com/zelda-fan-creates-3d-render-morshu-link-faces-of-evil/ 2021-02-28 Game Rant 2021-01-25 Read more about Link: The Faces of Evil on Wikipedia. 1994 Zelda's Adventure The lesser known of the three Zelda games for the CD-i, it features live action cutscenes, perhaps the only Zelda-series game to do so. It also featured the titular princess as the protagonist, another departure from the typical Zelda-series formula at the time. Read more about Zelda's Adventure on Wikipedia. Hotel Mario Read more about Hotel Mario on Wikipedia. 1996 RAM Raid A notable early online FPS. 1997 Brain Dead 13 Read more about Brain Dead 13 on Wikipedia. Burger King CD-i Early game-based training software. 2022 Nobelia Commercial homebrew game and platform exclusive released long after the CD-i was discontinued from the market.Whitehead Thomas Random: 'Zelda Meets Bomberman' In Nobelia, A New Philips CD-i Game https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/03/random-zelda-meets-bomberman-in-nobelia-a-new-philips-cd-i-game 17 March 2022 Nintendo Life 16 March 2022 Cancelled Super Mario's Wacky Worlds A planned sequel to the SNES game Super Mario World.Zell-Breier Sam The Embarrassing Mario Games That Ended Up On Philips CD-I https://www.looper.com/308532/the-embarrassing-mario-games-that-ended-up-on-philips-cd-i/ 2021-08-01 Looper.com 2021-01-07 An incomplete version of the game eventually surfaced.Some Mario Games Just Can't Be Played Properly Anymore https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/05/feature_some_mario_games_just_cant_be_played_properly_anymore 2021-08-01 Nintendo Life 2018-05-19 Read more about Super Mario's Wacky Worlds on Wikipedia. Mario Takes America Another canceled Mario game for the CD-i, with this title using a combination of real life photography and filming and overlaid 2D artwork.The Cancelled Mario Game that was Taken Away by a Bank in Canada https://www.unseen64.net/2014/09/15/mario-takes-america-cdi-cancelled/ 17 March 2022 Unseen64: Beta, Cancelled & Unseen Videogames! 15 September 2014 Gallery Consoles Controllers Remote controls References CD-i CD-i 100% 2