Not really a console of such, Phillips’ CDI machine stood for “Compact Disk Interactive”, which basically was a home entertainment system that placed Video CD’s, photo CD’s, music CD’s and games. However, games were really few & far between on the system when it was launched in 1991, with conversions of games such as “Connect 4” were made.
However, it was all to change when Nintendo got involved in 1993.
Nintendo wanted a CD add-on similar to the Mega CD for the Megadrive. After shopping around companies, they decided on two, Sony and Phillips. Sony put a lot of money into the design, construction and development of the SNES CD, which must’ve narked them when they went for Phillips, and there zero plans. Nevertheless, to raise capital, Nintendo allowed Mario and Zelda to make their first appearances on a non-Nintendo console, to bolster sales of the CDI. Whilst it did work a little bit at the time, it didn’t particularly over a longer period, as critically the games were considered to be weak offerings, rushed out and unfinished.
There were some good games for the CDI, mainly board and TV Quiz show games, however the CDI eventually limped along and died in 1996.
An interesting side note from the CDI was Sony. Putting the money invested to good use, it removed the SNES, doubled the power and released the CD based console on it’s own. That console was the Sony Playstation, one of the best selling consoles of all time.
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Philips CDI CD-i Thumbstick Remote RV 6701/00 genuine original Fully Tested
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Top Gun Movie Phillips CDi PAL
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THE UNTOUCHABLES - PHILIPS VIDEO CD CD-I Phillips
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Phillips CD-i ~ The Naked Gun ~ 2 Discs DVD
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Philips CDI 220 Face Plate
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WWF Nature Under Threat Phillips Philips CD-i
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Philips CDi 205 Interactive Console & DVC Digital Video Cartridge (CD ERROR)
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Phillips Cdi Game Lemmings
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Phillips Cdi Game Kingdom
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Philips CD-i 450 boxed
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Philips CDI 450 CD Interactive Player (s1) (1)
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Phillips Cdi Game Asterix.
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Phillips Cdi Game Tetris
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Phillips CDi ~ XPLORA 1 Peter Gabriel's Secret World ~ Box Set
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Rise Of The Robots For the Philips CD-i Very Good Condition
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Phillips CDI Games 7th Guest, Lemmings, Inca, Tennis, Palm Springs
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