Phillips Cd-i is a fourth generation home video game console and digital video recorder released by Phillips in 1993.
About it[]
In 1990, Phillips was working with Nintendo, along with Sony to release a CD addon to the to Nintendo's Super Nintendo Entertainment System but due to licencing disagreements with Nintendo, the CD add on was scrapped and Sony released the PlayStation on its own with Phillips releasing the Cd-i.
Phillips then released the Cd-i, and released one Mario game and three Legend of Zelda games, but they were criticized heavily. The recording devices was one of the main things for the Cd-i, as it can record videos.
Largely considered a video game console, the Cd-i didn't sell very well in the market, selling little under a million units. Phillips then discontinued the console in 1995.
Startup[]
The Philips logo appears with low music. A disc then flies into the logo with loud crescendo music. The logo then flashes on the screen.
Trivia[]
- The best-selling game for the system is Hotel Mario at 765'000 copies and Zelda: The Faces of Evil at 435'000 copies.
- The Cd-i is proved a commercial failure.
- The Russian animated cutscenes is a reason why the system is unsuccessful.
- Its games are counted as one of the worst games ever.
- The system is the first game console ever to have game discs.
- The remote-shaped controller is counted as one of the worst controllers ever.