CD-i Wizard

 Pete Townshed is a name that some really old people might know. He played the harmonica in a band called the Guess Who?, got arrested for cp, but did you know he had a CD-i branded VCD release and an accompanying demo in CD-i Ready format?

[This is where I would normally post a video,

but since it's music, I'd probably end up

doing more time than Pete Townshend did.]

With the CD-i Ready demo you can jam out to the tracks on your audio CD player or enjoy some music videos in your CD-i system.

Whoa look at this old guy upside down. Boomer edge.

Since Peter Townsend is such a popular guy, you'll have to cough up the high price of 3.49$ on discogs.com to win this gem into your collection. Save up, it's worth it. Who am I kidding, I didn't watch it - your value may vary.

The neato thing here is to see a VCD release with a CD-i Ready promo. That's pretty novel if you ask me.

Demo scans on archive.org.

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Ein trinkel Asop Zwei

Guten tag. Gelfin einer kinder CD-i programme und finkel meiner Aesop zwei. Includied "Die Geheimnisvollen Fabeln von Asop".

Ein wolfen siglen keiner und drie "mini-games mazes" includied shep, wolfen, und zubienshicklier.

Ejogen trisler von "CD-i Ready" seglien von wolfen und trier von lars en Deutsch.

Enjogen! Und scanreich & und rommen.

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Amparo Museum

 A Visit to the Valley of the Puebla and the AMPARO MUSEUM is a virtual tour of a museum in Mexico.

I actually just snagged a copy because I got a lot deal and I think it has a really neato cover:

Behold! A neat cover.

In reality I got bored of thumbing around it pretty quickly. I feel like this release really missed it's mark by not being a Photo CD where you can zoom in and have a closer look at the art. In reality, it's not poorly put together - more just a bland presentation.


You just can't judge a book by it's cover, but if you want some covers - you can download the scans of the Euro version here on archive.org.
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Schoner Fernsehen (Topware series)

Discussion of a series of four Topware series emerged recently due to their rediscovery by The World of CD-i (where you can also see all the scans as well). As World of CD-i noted, they are VCD format. VCD and CD-i of course are related technologies, with a "CDI" root directory in every VCD I've ever gandered into.

Our patron saint Blazers came through providing the discs for preservation. You can download them here, here, here, and here.

Also with modern technology, you can just view the wonderous sites on YouTube:


Aquarium


Kaminfeuer


Meeresbrandung


Vogelparadies

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Merlin's Apprentice V1.11 Build Dumped, and how YOU can do it too!

Recently a Preproduction build of Merlin's Apprentice emerged and was dumped by Dopply. Since the disc is a single-data track and Dopply dumped with our recommended "easy" dumping method, Redump.org was able to classify the disc as "properly dumped" and included in it's romset .dat.



Download here.

The Redump entry can be seen here. Among the data, you will notice the "Rings" section. Ring codes are little numbers are letter on the data side of the disc near the hole. Redump retains these as they are integral information, often pertaining to the build version of the game.


We're always looking out for proper dumps of preproduction discs especially as they often have unique build qualities. For learning how to dump single track CD-i discs, see our dumping guide, and visit the Discord for questions.


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Preservation Loan #003

 The IIIrd preservation loan comes from the one, the only... you guessed it, Blazers!

This month, we're preserving a fat batch of sweets ~ enjoy the eye candy below!


What are these?!?


And a binder full of goodies.

This batch has some unfamiliar discs to most if not all of your eyes. I've only begun to poke and prod at the contents, but of immediate note so far is the "Bradley Fighting Vehicle" tank training disc produced for the US Army, BP's corporate game "Making the Grade", and an interesting (and sometimes offensive) Harley Davidson Exit 7 disc (complete with a wet t-shirt contest video). Keep an eye out for an update post on the contents of this preservation batch.

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With this batch I'll be producing videos for The World of CD-i as a thanks for the gentleman omegalfa stepping up to help out on a special preservation package (more on that to come!).

Warm up your remotes by Subscribing to The World of CD-i's YouTube channel now!

And why not subscribe to Blazers and our YouTube channels while you're at it?

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Support the Developers! Winter Steam Sale on CD-i Games

I love it when retro games are brought to current platforms. It makes life easier - for a couple bucks you can boot up these CD-i titles on PC (most likely all via DOS ports).

This time of year, Steam has deep sales - allowing you to snag some games for as little as $1!

And thus ends your handy guide.
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