'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. 

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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.

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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.

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Scans of the full original French magazines can be found here - 

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Hotel Mario Fact File - Electronic Gaming Monthly 56 March 1994

An EGM fact file on the upcoming Hotel Mario game from March 94

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'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.

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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.

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The 7th Guest Preview - ACE Magazine Issue 53 February 1992

A very early look at the development of what would become The 7th Guest. Not specifically concerned with the CD-i conversion at this early stage but interesting nonetheless.

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Mega Maze Fact File - Electronic Gaming Monthly 60 July 1994

 

EGM Fact File, not really a review, not really a preview but i'll class them as previews given the abscence of review scores and the fact they sometimes focus on uncompleted games.

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Litil Divil Review - Gamesmaster Issue 21 September 1994

Litil Divil Review from Gamesmaster Magazine in the UK

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