Striker Pro from Rage software gets an early preview in the pages of the fourth issue of the UK CD-i magazine.
Saturday, May 25, 2024
'VideoCD movies are here... finally' - News Section from Home Entertainment Magazine Issue 14 August 1994
The August 1994 issue of UK Home Entertainment magazine kicks off with a news item on the announcement of the release of the first White Book standard Video CD's from Philips.
Mad Dog McCree Preview - CVG Issue 148 March 1994
UK multiformat games magazine Computer & Video Games takes an early look at Mad Dog McCree for the Philips CD-i.
Friday, May 24, 2024
Caesars World of Boxing Preview - UK CD-i Magazine Issue 2 October 1993
The UK CD-i magazine takes a look at the upcoming game Caesars World of Boxing, the first 2 player CD-i game to require the Digital Video Cart.
Mad Dog McCree Review - UK CD-i Magazine Issue 4 February 1994
Games Master Presenter Dexter Fletcher presents a four page Celebrity Review of Mad Dog McCree from issue 4 of the UK CD-i Magazine.
Hotel Mario, Mega Maze & The Wacky World of Miniature Golf Mini Reviews - Electronic Games LC2 Issue 22 July 1994
Review Round Up Page from the July 94 Issue of Electronic Games LC2 Magazine. Multi-format summary reviews with 3 CD-i titles included - Hotel Mario, Mega Maze & The Wacky World of Miniature Golf.
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Zombie Dinos From Planet Zeltoid Review - UK CD-i Magazine Issue 1 August 1993
Zombie Dinos wasn't a game that received much attention beyond some coverage in CD-i specific circles such as here in the 1st issue of the UK CD-i Magazine published by Haymarket Publishing Ltd.
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Accelerator Review (Translated to English) - Dutch CD-i Magazine Volume 4 Issue 12 December 1997
A 4 page review of Accelerator from the Dutch CD-i Magazine. Translated from Dutch to English and reconstructed in DTP software to resemble the original review as closely as possible.
Philips Sound & Vision Product Catalogue - March 1993
The CD-i related pages from the Spring 1993 UK Philips Sound & Vision Catalogue
Micro Machines Review - Ultimate Future Games Magazine Issue 12 November 1995
Ultimate Future Games awards Micro Machines on CD-i a paltry 9% score in this half page review from late 1995.
Burn Cycle Fact File - EGM2 Issue 4 October 1994
EGM2 Magazine devotes an unusual 2 pages to a Fact File on Burn Cycle for CD-i.
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'Hand-Held CD-i Machines Waiting In Wings At Sony' - New Computer Express 30th June 1990
New Computer Express report on the first Multimedia Conference on Interactive CD in London held in the summer of 1990.
Saturday, May 18, 2024
Coming To America, The Naked Gun & A Fish Called Wanda Video CD Reviews - Home Entertainment Magazine Issue 16 October 1994
Home Entertainment Magazine casts a critical eye over the latest batch of Video CDs from Philips in this review section taken from late 1994.
Dimo's Quest Preview - Video Games: The Ultimate Gaming Magazine Issue 68 September 1994
Video Games: The Ultimate Gaming Magazine devotes half a page from it's September 94 issue to preview the then upcoming Dimo's Quest on CD-i.
Chaos Control Preview - Edge Magazine Issue 2 November 1993
Edge Magazine takes an early look at Chaos Control in it's second issue.
Flashback Preview - CVG Issue 159 February 1995
February 1995 and CVG magazine previews Flashback in (what appears to be) the magazine's final piece of CD-i coverage.
Friday, May 17, 2024
Asterix: Caesar's Challenge Review (Translated To English) - Dutch Power Unlimited Magazine Issue 25 October 1995
A review of Asterix: Caesar's Challenge from Power Unlimited Magazine. Translated from Dutch to English and reconstructed in DTP software to resemble the original review as closely as possible.
'The Best Of This Month's Video CDs' - Ultimate Future Games Magazine Issue 18 May 1996
An example of some of the Video CD coverage that briefly featured in Ultimate Future Games Magazine in the UK
Thursday, May 16, 2024
UK MMC Gold Club Mail Order Catalogue - December 1997
By Christmas 1997 the CD-i would have been considered an obsolete system and the UK's only CD-i magazine was long gone. The Sony Playstation dominated the gaming scene and DVD was the new gold standard format for home entertainment. Even so, this catalogue proves that new CD-i software was still available to UK customers, even up to early 1998... if they knew where to look.
'Philips' CD-i Is Alive and Kicking' - Electronic Games LC2 Issue 15 December 1993
A look at the CD-i system from the US perspective during the Autumn of 1993, including a rundown of the latest releases courtesy of Electonic Games LC2 Magazine
