I'll keep it short and sweet. The unreleased edutainment CD-i prototype is now available online courtesy of Blazers. During the dumping process, there were a handful of errors, but we've confirmed the disc boots fine in CDi Emulator.
The dump is available via our archive.org account. Enjoy!
To be added to No-Intro Non-Redump dat.
As with every Blazers loan, it's a bag of fun.
The Interactive Education series adds a handful of titles to the preserved list and takes an interesting twist with the discovery that "Interactive Education: Learning to Read: Action 1" was released both on CD-R (manilla label) and pressed (graphical label) - both discs match.
花ずきんちゃんの フラワーランド takes us on a tour of an Osaka flower garden park, and what little I've seen of this title in CDi Emulator, it looks gorgeous! I'm hope to see a YouTube video pop up in due time..?
The other titles are a mixed bag of random, among which are: VCDs, another Japanese disc (B to D), a previously undumped build of Caesars World of Gambling, a couple common USA titles previously undumped, CD AD pr0n0, the final seasonal USA CDi sampler, and a smattering of misc professional discs.
It's a beautiful sight isn't it? You know where to find 'em!
Thanks Blazers <3
World of Games Publishing is one of the more interesting projects to emerge from the CD-i revival era, and I'll let you read why here.
If you did your readin' then you'll know that WOGP has released their first CD-i product, a handsomely packaged release of the final build of edutainment title Felix the Cat:
WOGP was kind enough to send scans of the source disc to Preserve CD-i for documentation:
The scans can be found on archive.org here.
Iconic game studios push the envelope of what can be accomplished with given hardware. Through unique artistic flavor, they develop their own cult followings. While the worldwide headquarters of Philip's CD-i push was undoubtably in The Netherlands, PIMA - Philips Interactive Media of America - was based out of Santa Monica, California.
About a year ago or so I made an effort to find out more about PIMA - the culture of the Santa Monica office, the working relationship with the Dutch branches, and to find out the hopes and aspirations of the console. My goal was (and is again) to paint a picture of the culture of PIMA - since little to none can be found for this iconic studio (and Philips CD-i development in culture).
I'd love to hear from PIMA developers (or more broadly CD-i developers worldwide in general) to get a feel for the culture of developing for Philips. Please contact me if you're interested in participating. Thank you!
Another package arrived from CD-i's greatest collector, Blazers - and isn't that always the treat! Undumped discs from the USA retail set are fast dwindling, but more on that to come...
At the top - two 'Triple Pack's from UK. All the discs were individually released, but it's nice to verify these uncommon editions. Box scans can be found on our archive.org account.
In the center - the rest of the AIMS set! Or is it... "Learning About Ecology" didn't match the Non-Redump rom, which normally wouldn't be too suspicious, but we know that the AIMS "set" is actually a set-of-twins.
At the bottom - many basic-ass retail USA discs that were sorely missing from the USA Redump set! A handful of them verify alternate editions (such as pre-existing redump.org Demonstration Disc entries). But to be sure, we are chopping that CD-i USA Retail miss list down to the height of a midget.
Brava to Blazers for coming through once again. If only there were more collectors out there in the world that were as cool as him...<3
A new batch of loaned discs from world's greatest CD-i collector Blazers presents quite the grab bag of quirks.
In the Top Row - a batch of trojan horses - discs mostly bearing the CD-i logo, which are not CD-i format. Of note:
A while back, Steep Haywire did us a great service by dumping a handful of his rare discs. Additionally he provided a large batch of photos of his collection which serve as excellent documentation.
The below collection of discs is largely undumped.
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Thanks to Steep Haywire for sharing these photos of his collection. They are likely the final batch of pics documenting his amazing collection we are to see.