CD-i coverage from Edge magazine in the UK
Monday, October 2, 2023
Friday, September 15, 2023
Saturday, September 2, 2023
Space Ace Review - CVG Issue 149 April 1994
Space Ace Review from Computer & Video Games Magazine in the UK
NFL Instant Replay Review - Video Games: The Ultimate Gaming Magazine Issue 80 September 1995
CD-i game review from a US game magazine with possibly the longest title ever.
'Hollywood Enters The FMV Arena' CD-i Feature - Edge Magazine Issue 1 October 1993
News article from the first issue of Edge magazine highlighting the use of FMV in games and introducing readers to the possibilities promised from the upcoming Video CD format and MPEG hardware add-ons to CD based videogame consoles, with a focus on the CD-i.
Monday, August 28, 2023
Friday, August 25, 2023
'Special ECTS CD-i Preview' Feature from EGM2 Magazine Issue 5 November 1994
A Round Up of game previews from the 1994 European Computer Trade Show first presented in EGM2 Magazine.
UK In-Store Philips CD-i Sales Brochure - Summer 1992
Early UK sales brochure following the launch of the CD-i, circa Summer 1992. This was a heavy card stock brochure that could be used freestanding in a fold out triangle shape, so may have been used to promote the system in stores and store displays.
Sunday, August 20, 2023
'Interact and Survive' CD-i Article - Vox Magazine July 1992
Early article highlighting the CD-i from UK magazine Vox in 1992
'CD-i Today and Tomorrow' Article - CD-Rom Today Issue 1 Summer 1993
CD-i feature article from the first issue of CD-Rom Today magazine published in the summer of 1993
Sunday, August 6, 2023
Friday, July 28, 2023
'The CD-i In The 32 Bit War' Feature - Ultimate Future Games Issue 10 September 1995
With the launch of the Sega Saturn in the UK, Ultimate Future Games magazine ran a feature looking at the prospects of the contenders in the looming 32 bit war and the CD-i still had enough of a market presence at this point to warrant inclusion in the discussion.
Dragon's Lair Fact File & Review - Electronic Gaming Monthly 61 August 1994
Dragon's Lair Fact File & Reviews of Dragon's Lair and Who Shot Johnny Rock? from EGM Magazine.
Thursday, July 27, 2023
Shaolin's Road Review (Translated to English) - French Generation CD-i Magazine Issue 3 July 1995
A review of Shaolin's Road from Generation CD-i magazine. Translated from French to English and reconstructed in DTP software to resemble the original review as closely as possible.
Below are pictures of the original scans I worked from for comparison -
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Scans of the full original French magazines can be found here -
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
'Lights, Camera, Action' CD-i Feature - CVG Issue 141 August 1993
CVG magazine takes a look at some of the upcoming releases for the CD-i in its initial coverage of the new wave of CD based consoles hitting the UK games market.
UK Retailer CD-i Catalogue from Tavistock Sound and Vision circa September 1993
Tavistock Sound and Vision is an independent electrical retailer based in Bedford in the UK which, I believe, is still going strong to this day. Back in 1993 they were fully behind the Philips CD-i and produced this catalogue / stock list to keep their customers up to date on the latest releases.
'CD-i - Great White Hope or Great White Elephant?' - The One Magazine Issue 24 September 1990
The One magazine makes an early attempt to introduce the CD-i standard to it's readers.
