Philips CD-i - Revision history

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	The '''Philips CD-i''' is an entertainment system made by electronics/health care company Philips in ~~1991~~.		The '''Philips CD-i''' is an entertainment system made by electronics/health care company Philips in the early 90s.

	The CD-i was not originally designed as a console or even to play games but rather as a general multimedia package that can run educational software, play music and video CDs (with a Digital Media Card, also required for a few games that used FMV). The system was a marketing failure, and today is infamously known as being a console that featured laughably terrible licensed games featuring Nintendo properties.		The CD-i was not originally designed as a console or even to play games but rather as a general multimedia package that can run educational software, play music and video CDs (with a Digital Media Card, also required for a few games that used FMV). The system was a marketing failure, and today is infamously known as being a console that featured laughably terrible licensed games featuring Nintendo properties.

	==Suggested Emulators==		==Suggested Emulators==
			Emulation on the CD-i is still in early progress. While games such as Hotel Mario and the two Zelda side-scrolling games work, much of its library, however, do not. Especially the Digital Media Card games.
	Emulation on the CD-i is still in early progress. While games such as Hotel Mario and the two Zelda side scrolling games work, ~~many~~ of its library however do not ~~especially~~ the Digital Media Card games.

	===MAME===		===MAME===
			MAME runs the CD-i and some games work. However, it has problems in terms of progress so don't expect much more progress for a while.

	~~MAME runs the~~ CD-i ~~and some games work but however has problems~~ in ~~terms of~~ progress ~~so don't except much more progress for a while~~.		===[https://www.cdiemu.org/ CD-i Emulator]===
			CD-i Emulator is an in-progress emulator that can play CD-i games.

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	The '''Philips CD-i''' is an entertainment system made by electronics/health care company Philips in 1991.		The '''Philips CD-i''' is an entertainment system made by electronics/health care company Philips in 1991.

	The CD-i was not originally designed as a console or even to play games but rather as a general multimedia package that can run educational software, play music and video CDs (with a Digital Media Card, also required for a few games that used FMV). The ~~CD-i~~ was a marketing failure, and today is infamously known as being a console that featured laughably terrible licensed games featuring Nintendo properties.		The CD-i was not originally designed as a console or even to play games but rather as a general multimedia package that can run educational software, play music and video CDs (with a Digital Media Card, also required for a few games that used FMV). The system was a marketing failure, and today is infamously known as being a console that featured laughably terrible licensed games featuring Nintendo properties.

	==Suggested Emulators==		==Suggested Emulators==

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	The '''Philips CD-i''' is an entertainment system made by electronics/health care company Philips in 1991~~. More known for some licensed games that had Nintendo characters used in memes than anything these days~~.		The '''Philips CD-i''' is an entertainment system made by electronics/health care company Philips in 1991.

	~~Why entertainment system rather than console? It was because it~~ was not originally designed as a console or even to play games but rather as a general multimedia package that can run educational software, play music and video CDs (with a Digital Media Card, also required for a few games that used FMV)~~. More or less a video player that was made to compete with computers~~. The CD-i was a failure ~~to the point of losing money~~ and ~~Philips pulled out of both the gaming industry and multimedia to focus on TVs (no longer though since they sold~~ that ~~division) and health care products afterwards~~.		The CD-i was not originally designed as a console or even to play games but rather as a general multimedia package that can run educational software, play music and video CDs (with a Digital Media Card, also required for a few games that used FMV). The CD-i was a marketing failure, and today is infamously known as being a console that featured laughably terrible licensed games featuring Nintendo properties.

	==Suggested Emulators==		==Suggested Emulators==

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