Philips CD-i video games catalogue

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The Philips CD-i or CDi was launched in 1991. Originally it was a project in collaboration with Sony and Matsushita, but they dropped out so that only Philips continued with the CD-i. More

The Philips CD-i or CDi was launched in 1991. Originally it was a project in collaboration with Sony and Matsushita, but they dropped out so that only Philips continued with the CD-i.

Several series came on the market:

The 200 Series: This is a home multimedia machine. It is the most well-known and widely distributed series. Applications were mainly audio CD (with or without images), Edutainment and Video. A special Digital Video Cartridge was required for video. This was built into the more expensive models, but could also be retrofitted to the cheaper devices.
Games weren't originally planned as the main application, but that would change later.
Several models were produced. The first was the 205. The most popular models were the 210 and the 220.
The 300 series : portable devices.
The 400 series : (game console) devices specifically aimed at the game market
The 600 series : devices aimed at the professional market.

The CD-i has been around for quite some time, but was never really a commercial success. Due to its unclear market positioning, it came into competition with the PC (CDRom) for professional applications (and graphically sophisticated games). The PC technology evolved very quickly in that period (including new powerful graphics cards and new processors) as a result of which the CD-i technically lagged behind.
For the regular games, the CD-i was much more expensive than the classic game consoles ( Sega Mega Drive , Nintendo SNES and later Playstation ).

Production was stopped in 1998.

CD-i games are rego free.

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