Print advertisement for CD Vision's initial range of Manga Video CDs taken from the UK CD-i magazine.
Saturday, August 31, 2024
Dragon's Lair II: Timewarp Review - UK CD-i Magazine Issue 8 October 1994
Don Bluth's Dragons Lair II: Timewarp gets the review treatment in the October 1994 issue of the UK CD-i Magazine.
'Play The Film!' - ACE Magazine Issue 24 September 1989
ACE magazine takes an early look at the CD-i in it's September 89 issue, boldly (and very optimistically) claiming on the front cover that the machine was due for launch that Christmas!
Beverly Hills Cop I&II and Witness Video CD Reviews - Home Entertainment Magazine Issue 22 April 1995
A round-up of the Video CDs released in April 1995 from Home Entertainment magazine here in the UK with reviews covering Witness, Beverly Hills Cop I&II, Moonstruck, Airplane and The Accused.
The 7th Guest & Litil Divil Previews - Games World Magazine Issue 1 July 1994
UK magazine Games World contained some sporadic CD-i coverage for a brief period in its first year of publication before choosing to focus exclusively on the big 2 super consoles of the time - Saturn and Playstation. Here, from the first issue, are previews of The 7th Guest and Litil Divil.
Hotel Mario Preview - UK CD-i Magazine Issue 4 February 1994
Don't be fooled by the ratings box and 75% score given, this is in fact a Preview of Hotel Mario from early 1994. The full game would get an actual review, and score 90%, in issue 6 of the UK CD-i magazine later that summer. It's all very confusing to be fair.
Thursday, August 22, 2024
'Another Day In Paradise' Hulk Hogan Interview - Satellite Times September 1994
Hulk Hogan interview from Satellite Times magazine promoting the Thunder In Paradise TV Series and CD-i game.
Burn Cycle & Mutant Rampage Bodyslam Reviews - Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 64 November 1994
EGM magazine reviews Burn Cycle with a mini review of Mutant Rampage Bodyslam, mistakenly labelled as a 3DO game, on the same page.
Secret Mission Preview - UK CD-i Magazine Issue 9 December 1994
Secret Mission gets previewed in issue 9 of the UK CD-i magazine.
Chaos Control Advertisement April 1995
Print Advertisement for Chaos Control taken from the UK CD-i magazine.
Thursday, August 15, 2024
Asterix: Caesar's Challenge Preview (Translated To English) - Italian CD-i Magazine Issue 1 April 1995
A preview of Asterix: Caesar's Challenge from the Italian CD-i Magazine. Translated from Italian to English and reconstructed in DTP software to resemble the original review as closely as possible.
Philips Video CD Advertisement March 1995
Philips Video CD Advertisement March 1995, taken from Home Entertainment magazine Issue 21.
Crime Patrol Preview - UK CD-i Magazine Issue 16 February 1996
Crime Patrol gets previewed by the UK CD-i Magazine in February 1996.
Lost Eden Preview - Edge Magazine Issue 8 May 1994
Edge takes a look at the development of Lost Eden across CD-ROM, CD32 & CD-i in a 4 page preview from its May 1994 Issue.
International Tennis Open / Axis & Allies / Striker Pro Reviews - Video Games: The Ultimate Gaming Magazine Issue 71 December 1994
Video Games: TUGM (that's so much easier, wish i'd thought of it sooner) gives us a full page of mini reviews in a CD-i software round up ready for Christmas 1994.
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Braindead 13 Preview - UK CD-i Magazine Issue 18 June 1996
From one of the final few issues of the UK CD-i magazine comes a preview of Philips' upcoming conversion of Braindead 13 in June 1996.
Chaos Control Review - Games World Issue 12 June 1995
Games World cover Chaos Control on the CD-i in their reviews section of the June 95 Issue.
Friday, August 9, 2024
Backgammon, Battleship & Defender of the Crown Reviews (Translated To English) - Dutch Power Unlimited Magazine Issue 3 October 1993
Power Unlimited provides some welcome coverage of early CD-i games in its October 1993 Issue. Translated from Dutch to English and reconstructed in DTP software to resemble the original review as closely as possible.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang & Crocodile Dundee II Video CD Reviews - Home Entertainment Magazine Issue 23 May 1995
Crocodile Dundee II and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang are featured in the latest Video CD news and reviews from Home Entertainment magazine in May of 1995.
The 7th Guest Review - Video Games: The Ultimate Gaming Magazine Issue 66 July 1994
The American gaming magazine with the unnecessarily long title strikes again with a review of The 7th Guest.
Link: The Faces of Evil Review - UK CD-i Magazine Issue 2 October 1993
Considering their infamy these days within the retro gaming community, there was surprisingly little coverage of the Nintendo licensed Link and Zelda games on their release.
Philips CD-i Dealer Flyer - Autumn 1993
UK Promotional Dealer Flyer from Philips hyping the CD-i from late 1993. Interesting to see some of the planned but unreleased Digital Video titles on the last page including Raiders of the Lost Ark, INXS - Live Baby Live and Lionel Ritchie - Back To Front.
'Cutting Edge' - Report on the OmniMedia Video CD Launch Event - What Video? Magazine April 1994
What Video? Magazine in the UK reports on the less than successful launch event for Omnimedia's Music Video CDs at the Marquee Rock Club in London.
Thursday, August 8, 2024
Flashback Review - UK CD-i Magazine Issue 10 February 1995
CD-i magazine gives Flashback a four page review in its February 1995 Issue.
Dragons Lair Review - UK CD-i Magazine Issue 6 July 1994
The CD-i conversion of Don Bluth's arcade hit gets reviewed in the UK CD-i magazine.
Friday, August 2, 2024
Atlantis: The Last Resort Review (Translated To English) - Dutch CD-i Magazine Volume 4 Issue 4 April 1997
A 2 page review of Atlantis: The Last Resort 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.
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Power Unlimited provides some welcome coverage of early CD-i games in its October 1993 Issue. Translated from Dutch to English and reconst...
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Print Advertisement for Chaos Control taken from the UK CD-i magazine.
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As far as i'm aware this magazine hasn't been scanned by the community previously so I thought i'd make it available here. Rathe...
