If 2022 is anything like 2021, we're in for a very nice treat indeed in CD-i preservation progress! And right now all signs are pointing just to that.
Our archive.org account has recently been loaded with scans of dozens and dozens of rare CD-i discs - including early "Prototype" discs, many Euro variants, and Demonstration Discs - brought to you by CD-i Fan, an anonymous donor, and yours truly:
In the past few days, we've had dozens of rare discs added to redump.org & archive.org, and dozens more already in queue for the redump mods to add:
Rare discs have been poured in at a rapid rate this past year, so fast that it's almost easy to take it for granted. Looking back at 2021 - I want to pay homage to our preservation brethren as well as our enablers. Thank you for your fantastic contributions to preservation in 2021: KailoKrya, Landcross, Blazers, rosewood, CD-i Fan, Jackal, UnlockerPT, omegalfa, Bart at the Home Computer Museum, Steep Haywire, diego, retaliator, Hiccup, and LoStraniero. Spank me if I've forgotten anyone else! Happy New Year everyone!
Looking to 2022
Progress will continue from existing projects-in-motion, and we should expect many more rare treats ahead.
But we can use help with a couple things in particular:
- We need more dumpers! Especially in Europe. People who are willing to buy and properly dump variants especially.
- We need rare disc lenders! People who own rare discs that can lend them out for dumping if they don't want to dump themselves.
- Demonstration Discs / Pre-Production Discs: If you can dump them for us great, but I'm willing to trade / buy if you have them! I've been furiously working on a catalog this past year of such discs and want to continue my research.
Please reach out to me if you can lend a hand.