Massive lot of CDI Demos and other dev stuff!

Just got back from spending some time with the former Vice President of Interactive Media Systems for Philips and ended up getting a whole bundle of stuff. Some things of particular interest:

- A HUGE lot of demo games, some unreleased, also a Zelda's Adventure red demo disc.
- An unreleased wireless trackball controller
- A Sega Justifier gun modified and run through a converter box to work on a 3DO. This is a precursor of the released Peacekeeper.
- A boat load of CDI discs used at various conventions, shows, and meetings, with demos, tech info, and advertising/marketing information.
- Several systems and maybe 150 retail games/videos.

I'll start with some pictures, but I'll definitely update with more info. This is another find I can credit Matt with, huge props to him:























Very, VERY, happy with this one, I'll update soon!

 

Damn, that is one NICE score there.

And clearly someone has good taste in root beer (bottom picture, center box at the bottom).

 

Goddammit. When the day comes that development companies are as open to releasing/selling older things like this I will cry.

 

Now that's a haul!

 

Most of them are final disks with no differences. You may find a minor thing here or there, but if it was pressed, it was nearly final or final (unless it was a demo of couse). CD-rs (and hardware) are a different story of course. I had a few dozen of those disks at one point.

 

So did he just give you that for free?

 

Ha! I wish!

On the up side, he was just a super nice guy. Told me a bunch of stories from the CDi days, his attempts at insulting the 3DO guys at one of the CES shows, hanging out with Bon Jovi and Tod Rundgren, all sorts of cool stuff.


I just bought a 2 family house (sorta like a duplex for those outside of New England) and we've been trying to downside. So much for that :dance:

 

So, any beta MAH BOI jokes to be made? (On a more serious note, is there really a viable emulation solution for CDI, or is it kinda you have a console or you don't..)

 

Any info on the Zelda stuff, or any possible Apprentice or Mario Wacky Worlds stuff(doubting it) would be interesting

 

Fantastic find! I'm glad you got to have such a great experience.

A solid CD-i emulator was released in 2005. Check it out: http://www.cdiemu.org/

The only catch is you have to pay a modest price for the unlimited version, and you need to get your own bios rom.

 

amongst the various disk do you happen to have one labelled "media mogul" or something like that?

 

nice one, well done. I liked my old CDi, even if I just used it as a VCD player at the end.

 

So I've gotten around to organizing some of the demo/test discs and this is what I've got so far:

Demonstration Disc Not For Resale:

Amparo Museum
Compton's CD-I Encyclopedia
Compton's Encyclopedia
Dragon's Lair II: Timewarp
Earth Command
Earth Rhythms
Link - The Faces of Evil
Litil Divil (Red)
Max Magic
Moses: The Exodus
Mutant Rampage: Body Slam
NFL Hall of Fame Football
NFL Hall of Fame Football (Red)
Paramount DV Demo V 0.05
Power Hitter
Sailing
Seventh Guest (Red)
Surf City
TR-1: No World Order
Time Life Photography
Treasures of the Smithsonian
Treasures of the Smithsonian
Video Speedway
Zelda's Adventure (Red)




Not For Sale - Review & Test Only:

Big Bang Show, 1.03, 5/30/94, Testing - Phase 2, cat 812 0055
Dimo's Quest, Version 1.04, 4/25/94, Testing - Phase 2, cat 810 0166
Family Games, 1.01, 8/29/94, Testing - Phase 1, cat 810 0215
Megamaze, 1.02, 10/21/93, Testing - Phase 1, cat 810 0163
Monty Python Karaoke Best Songs, 1.01, 8/5/94, Testing - Phase 1, cat 819 1008
Monty Python Sketches, 1.01, 8/5/94, Testing - Phase 1, cat 819 1006
Othello, 1.02, 10/21/93, Testing - Phase 1, cat 810 0083
Salzburger Land, 1.03, 5/30/94, Testing - Phase 3, cat 810 0149
Shipwreck, Version 2.01, 5/25/93, Testing - Phase 1, cat 810 0129
The Secret Name of Ra, 1.02, Testing - Phase 1 cat 811 0022




FPD Discs:

500 Years after, disc 1, Testing - Phase 1, 3/1/93, 816 0001
Backgammon, Testing - Phase 3, 12/12/91, 310-690-039-2 (Green)
Escape From Cyber City, Version 2.10, 7/11/92, 310-690-071-2
Face Kitchen, Testing - Phase 3, 10/26/92, 811 0002
Go, Testing - Phase 1, 10/8/92, 310 690 159-2
Jazz Giants, Version 3.03, 6/3/92, 310-690-096-2 (Green)
Jazz Guitar, Version 3.02, 7/31/92, 310-690-079-2 (Green)
Museo Amparo, Version 3.03, 7/29/92, 310-690-183-2 (Green)
National Parks, Version 1.02, 10/29/92, #225 (Yellow)
Pinball, Testing - Phase 3, 2/1/92, 310-690-034-2 (Green)
Scotland Yard, Testing - Phase 1, 11/30/92, 8130042
Voyeur, 1.03, 7/12/93, 310-690-112-2




Unique Pressings and CD-R Discs:

Big Hand Demo CD-R, FMV
CD-I Demonstration Disc, Not for Resale
Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia, For Demonstration Only Not for Resale
Gnomes, Preview Disc, March 1994
Mayo Clinic CD-R, v0.06, 2-1-93, 2-12-93 (124)
Wuzzo CD-R




Promotional Discs:

CD-I FMV Launch
CD-I Full Motion Video Update
Creation for the Imagination
Creation with MediaMogul
MPEG Video Sampler Volume 1, Not For Resale
Philips CD-i Digital Video Training, Version 1.0
Philips Professional CD-I: a world of opportunities
Power Match CD-I "Philips Invents For You"
cd-i Title Sampler, Fall 1994



Phew! Also, I found a few other proto hardware pieces:











Of the Titles, at least The Secret Name of Ra is unreleased. Still testing and going through stuff, I'll update again when I can.

 

I can't tell if it is a good haul or not!

Pro: Protos

Con: CD-i
Con: CD-i
Con: CD-i

and so forth lol

Still I hope you had a good day and are having some fun playing with your new toys before they are promptly stuck on a shelf or in a box and forgotten

 

All in the eye of the beholder. :thumbsup:

 

Aha, touché!

 

I'd go for the prison rape, at least I could look at myself in the mirror the following morning knowing it wasn't my fault :lol:

 

Alright, so a quick run down...

Protos are good: Check
The CD-i sucks: Check
Consumed wants to see his reflection after getting raped: Check


In all honesty, getting unreleased stuff on any console is something I'm happy about, even if it's for the CD-i. Lots of dev items that I've never seen before and a chance to talk to a VP in the mid-nineties was definitely worth the trouble.

 

People seem to hate the Zelda Cd-i games. I like them. hehe. Hopefully you can post video of that Zelda Adventure Red disc some day.