Classic Game Room - PHILIPS CD-i console review

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The Philips Compact Disc Interactive was released at the dawn of the optical media era and predates the PlayStation, Panasonic 3DO and Sega CD. There's a handful of interesting games like Lemmings, a Zelda and Mario game, as well as numerous interactive media CDs and music performances. Not a good collector's system but interesting.

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@trychaser2518 10 лет назад

Link in German is hilarious!!! XD They translated "faces" to "Fratzen", which is a word that's usually used to describe an ugly face...

@NeedMoreMushrooms 10 лет назад

MEIN JUNGE!

@baumloserwald 4 года назад

Boomer humor

@aaronmerkel5216 9 лет назад

I bought a cdi back in the 90's just so I could play dragons lair 2. It was cheaper than buying the arcade cabinet. Then I fell in love with space ace, dragons lair 1, kingdom 1 and 2, burn cycle, and zeldas adventure. I loved cdi for all its quirks and I still have it today, although I don't play it anymore.

@geebee6010 7 лет назад

I fucked Sailor Moon first

@MrLordpistoia 5 лет назад

Want to sell it?

@davidheseltine85 5 лет назад

I actually had one of these growing up. It was well ahead of its time and deserves respect, regardless of its commercial failure.

@daveshen0880 9 лет назад

Philips lost 1 billion dollars for developing CD-i.

@brk1988 10 лет назад

Ah the games that spawned almost every youtube poop ever made. Those graphics are almost as good as PS4 and Xbox One.

@TheWtft 10 лет назад

This is the first time I've seen the opening to hotel Mario unedited. Truly revolutionary.

@Black-xt1ub 10 лет назад

Lol I love the RU-vid poop

@unscripted3575 10 лет назад

you want to know something crazy and prepare to call me an idiot. I actually thought that the cutscenes from Hotel Mario were just animations people drew up in Microsoft Paint, and was voiced silly, and was fake. I thought that was all on purpose. Then I found out they were from Hotel Mario, a real game, and I facepalmed for a very long time, not just at myself, but at the poor business decision's Phillip's made.

@DASH596 10 лет назад

***** I thought it was a TV show the first time XD

@RWSCOTT 10 лет назад

also it's backwards compatible

@Bermondseybob 10 лет назад

"Which button adds more hair spray" That line killed me lol :D

@mikef5386 9 лет назад

"Obsolete overpriced junk is the best". YES!!

@swsephy 10 лет назад

Philips CD-i masterrace.

@Theslenderblox1 9 лет назад

Xbox one masterrace

@LordTacosDoesntSuck 9 лет назад

Theslenderblox1 gamecube masterrace

@F5FURU12 9 лет назад

Matel hyper scan MASTER RACE 4 LIFE!!!

@LordTacosDoesntSuck 9 лет назад

Pixelated Cherry LGN Video Art Masterrace

@FIXTREME 9 лет назад

KenSingTon Vii masterrace

@thebulbasaur101 10 лет назад

I honestly think Mark is the best reviewer out there simply because he does not lie plus Truxton

@hphector6 10 лет назад

when did your name change carl lol

@thebulbasaur101 10 лет назад

wen i cyd err vry tiem 420 blaezitbagel

@Assimandeli 9 лет назад

Philips cd-i was originally not supposed to be a video game console at all. That explains most of the shit

@TheAtrain206 10 лет назад

In honor of this review I watched it in 144p. ....never again.

@FoolyCooly214 10 лет назад

Did you at least make it to the bonfire?

@TheAtrain206 10 лет назад

FoolyCooly214 praise the sun!

@cutemimi25 10 лет назад

Mark is lucky he has a smaller CD-i that worked, I feel sorry for the AVGN "James Rolfe" having to use a bigger model for his review. Even though the CD-i sucks.

@N0rlight 8 лет назад

No matter the port, you can't mess up the Lemmings.

@Colonel-Llama 6 лет назад

Norlight Lemmings and Oh No! More Lemmings for the Game Boy Color

@CFunk99 9 лет назад

"This is great!" -Classic Game Room guy, 2014

@TheGamingChu 8 лет назад

+C.Funk99 His name is Mark Bussler.

@ButchDeLoria 10 лет назад

"My phone does that now" is a perfect summary

@HerrFinsternis 10 лет назад

I hope your phone does a whole lot more.

@theFrizzleFry 10 лет назад

but it will never have the superior picture quality, since it has no Laser Disc support.

@Lugmillord 10 лет назад

oh, okay, so someone from Bremen sent it. Well, it was a shock to hear the German Zelda CD-i voices (and it doesn't match with the RU-vid Poop sounds xD) but at least he threw the whole console out of Europe. That's one problem less for us ;)

@adorenu1338 8 лет назад

without this, there will no RU-vid Poop

@ethanlautzenhiser4152 8 лет назад

That would be sad!

@TheACanning 10 лет назад

Best console review ever! Awesome intro. Been looking into getting a CD-i for years. I picked up The Apprentice and Hotel Mario at Goodwill for 99 cents a piece. I believe Mario is sealed, it's in storage as I wouldn't display that bs.

@CanyonCountyMCRJ69 10 лет назад

Ah, the "Philips CD-i." Such history when this was released, another great review Mark! :)

@platypusduck54 6 лет назад

At the end of the video, that announcer dude kinda sounds like Clank!

@MegaDrain 10 лет назад

As soon as he put in Hotel Mario, classic youtube poop was coming to me all over again. Aaah.... those were the days.

@theseob 10 лет назад

It's one of my favorite consoles. Have 4 different models and all the controllers available for it. Great thing (and not so great) you can use whatever controller you like to play any game you want. It's also the reason why controles aren't that responsive, because every input method is different. I have about 87 games for it and really like games like: burn:cycle, lucky luke, secret mission, the apprentice, hotel mario, 7th guest, mutant rampage bodyslam. If you give the system a change and look at it in the perspective when it came out, it is impressive what the machine could do.

@videogameobsession 10 лет назад

I'm a bit tired of reviewers picking apart the CD-i for comical purposes. It's been done over and over again. The CD-i was never intended to be billed as a "game console". It's a format. It's basically CDRom for your TV. Back in 1990 a PC CDROM and additional card to run it was $900 and the CDi did many things.. 1. It played music CD's (and was one of the best quality players l) 2. Video CD (White Book) the precursor to DVD. Many movies were released in this format. 3. Kodak Photo-CD (digital photos on your TV) 4. Reference material archives (Being able to access a full fledged encyclopedia with audio and video archives was a brand new concept). 5. and of course games...

@destroyerdestroy87 10 лет назад

cd-i fanboy?!!!! i never knew one existed

@thepirategamerboy12 10 лет назад

Born to Die I don't think the CD-i is that bad of a device (I hate it when people call it a game console), either. Honestly, it was a really great educational tool, and it does have some pretty cool interactive programs. Sure, a lot of the games were pretty bad, but there were even some pretty decent games like Lemmings, Secret Mission, Kingdom: The Far Reaches, etc.

@destroyerdestroy87 10 лет назад

thepirategamerboy12 i can imagine back then one kid owning a cd-i calling his friends to come over and play interactive educational software with him and them just hanging up.

@videogameobsession 10 лет назад

Born to Die I'm not a fanboy of any system per say. I stick up for all of them when people don't give them a fair shake.

@videogameobsession 10 лет назад

thepirategamerboy12 Exactly. The CD-i is just a format. The games part of it was probably the weakest part unfortunately. That being said, it did have some really impressive stuff for it's time.

@dolgy3762 8 лет назад

This was such a rich people thing back in the day XD I remember the reviews in the magazines from back then.

@inferiordelirium210 8 лет назад

Speaking of rich people I found this advertisement for the first model of the Philip CD-I and its very persuasive. So I copied it to give everyone a chance to see what made the CD-I so alluring. 1991 advertisement: Hello there! May I ask you some questions? Terrific! Are you bored with life? Are you tired of having to much money? Do you think you can top that bad decision you made when you bought that Philippino hooker that gave you AIDS? If the answer is yes then you are on your way of being a proud owner of a Philip CD-I! There is something in it for the entire family. It can keep the misses occupied with a poor selection of movies while you go out for more hookers, haha priceless. Have kids? Let them play the Philip CD-I edition of zelda and they will never want to play another game again! Now, you are probably saying what's in it for me? Besides looking like a completely dumb asshole you will be seen by your peers as a someone who uses money to compensate for a small dick! So friend take that .45 out your mouth and pick up the phone to order a CD-I today. Call in the next ten minutes and you will receive coupons for douche kits at your local store. Don't forget to call today!!!

@arsenixa 10 лет назад

it's easy to make fun of the cd-i now but when it came out people were playing stamp sized video on their PCs and kids with 8 or 16 bit consoles were drooling over games like Chaos Control, Burn Cycle, Dragon's Lair or Escape from Cybercity. It played audio cd, video cd and karaoke. It had adult titles and hundreds of professional, multimedia and educational titles. Multimedia at the time was new and the cd-i looked very impressive

@Stevaside 10 лет назад

This is one of the funniest reviews from you in a while..lol...Love the commentary in this 1, Mark..

@crashpal 7 лет назад

"YOU DARE BRING LIGHT TO MY LAIR YOU MUST DIIIIIIIEEE!!!!!!!!!"

@trulygg 10 лет назад

Is Link trying to get Zelda to join him in the nazi empire? I'm gonna assume so.

@kabukimanindahouse 10 лет назад

oh god, you've watched too much history channel

@MAYOFORCE 10 лет назад

Seriously? Is that the best joke you could come up with?

@trulygg 10 лет назад

Mayo Chan Nazi confirmed.

@WednesdayMan 10 лет назад

Truly Nuclear not even watch the english dubbed cutscene

@Centipede3000 10 лет назад

Mayo Chan No, but it's the Joke to get him the top comment... BTW: I live in Germany and there are far less nazis over here, than in Spain! ;) Just pointing there, because I'm also a Spanish guy... :D

@tanner1ie 9 лет назад

On CDs in the 90s - I didn't get my first device that could play CDs 'til i got a PS1 in 1998 and i didn't get a radio with a CD player 'til 1999 :) . When i bought my first car, a 2000 Focus in 2005, it still had a tape player in it, thankfully the garage i bought it from swapped out the tape player for a CD player as part of the sale, but i still had to ask them to do it :) .

@kevin12567 10 лет назад

Ah, the "Imagination Machine". Looking forward to your game reviews, especially for the Nintendo-licensed (since Ninty themselves didn't make them) games!

@diegofloor 10 лет назад

I've probably said this before but this small intro monologue drives me crazy. It's like reading a text without commas, it sounds weird. But then again, that's part of this channel's charm :D

@ThePSXcollector 10 лет назад

This is the first time I've seen a CDI in action, Strange but cool console :) I love how the early 90's had a flood of competitors in the gaming market. Crazy to think Nintendo where releasing games on other consoles during the same time there own console was out.

@Bounty2223 10 лет назад

Jo Mark komme auch aus Bremen! Ohne dich würde dieses Review nicht stattfinden. Danke, dass du CGR ständig mit (öfters seltenen) Spielen und Hardware versorgst. =D

@ALINAGORI 10 лет назад

how 'eXcuuse me princess' sound in german?

@AshitanoJonas 10 лет назад

"Ich tuuuu mein bestes, Prinzessin!" ~ I'm dooooing my best princess!

@Retro2futuregaming 6 лет назад

The philips cdi was way ahead of its time… Nice video man

@Sedan57Chevy 10 лет назад

I remember picking a CD-i about nine years back for a dollar at a big garage sale and used it to play CDs on my TV because it had the best speakers in my house at the time.

@Keepskatin 10 лет назад

I wanted one of those when i was kid,because of the video scenes,seeing real people in gaming was new,even if it was a cut scene.

@mario64remix 9 лет назад

I had a cdi as a kid and even owned the tv shown at 8:24. In the netherlands philips is EVERYWHERE!

@Lugmillord 10 лет назад

WOAH, mah boi! That's what all true warriors strive for! - NO. ...Wait a second!! Why the hell was that Zelda scene at the beginning in German? That's so weird... i don't want those ugly creatures to speak my native language D:

@MokokerMovies 10 лет назад

They did dutch voices too, they are awful xD

@MokokerMovies 10 лет назад

***** je zou is men channel mote checken ik maak vage YTP shit maybe u like it xD

@Cyberbrickmaster1986 10 лет назад

***** Have you guys heard the French dub? It's appalling! It makes English look halfway decent!

@Korogames 10 лет назад

Cyberbrickmaster1986 still better then the french dub of tien in the original dragonball.

@MokokerMovies 10 лет назад

I'm sure you're right dude xD

@joelouellette 10 лет назад

Lol this is one of your best videos mark! Love your stuff! Can't wait to get my Lord Karnage Comic Book

@FunkyPertwee 10 лет назад

Please make a video using the Phillips CD-i complete home movie studio!

@951258tike22 8 лет назад

3:27 720p @ 50hz?? ...Is this the first instance of "HD"? or is that just your tv/recording source upscaling it?

@falsehero2001 10 лет назад

The only way this could be more 90s is if it wore Reebok Pumps.

@DraculaXHunter101 10 лет назад

Thank you for reviewing this Mark! You are awesome. I've been dying to hear your opinion the CD-i. Very satisfied. :D

@dogeymon83 6 лет назад

I still want a Philips cdi.....

@Synathidy 4 года назад

90s technology is so incredible and unmatched in history. Behold the splendor and wonder of the magical inventions at 2:25. I'm pretty sure if one possessed EVERYTHING pictured there, one would have the power to control the world, and probably time and space as well. Which is why all of those electronic devices had to be spread out and hidden across the world lest they fall into the wrong hands.

@monkshoodable 10 лет назад

I stumbled upon a Phillips exhibit at the Science Museum in Leiden, Netherlands, while on a business-trip. The descriptor of the CD-i read something like "Phillips attempted to pioneer cd-interactive technology for education, movies and video games. As it could not compete with Nintendo and Sega, the Phillips CD-i was not successful."

@MaximumRD 9 лет назад

I have the MAGNOVOX version of this with the FMV cartridge required for some titles.

@TDog14126 10 лет назад

This channel isn't the same since when CGR left youtube after all those copyright issues.

@PassportBrosBusinessClass 4 года назад

I’m up late at night watching 1990’s video game videos. I’ve watched: #1. The history of 3DO #2 Why Saturn failed #3 a play through of SHINOBI X #4. A review of PS classic #5. A review of NES classic #6. A review of SNES classic #7. A review of TG16 classic #8. WHY DREAMCAST FAILED #9 CDi

@Phantom-ez4zv 5 лет назад

My only idea of philips company is SHAVING

@SonofMrPeanut 10 лет назад

My favorite thing about the CD-i: Phil Hartman did the commercials for them.

@dave4shmups 10 лет назад

The CD-I does have some excellent games for it, but the console itself (regardless of which model you choose) is extremely expensive. And the only controller, other then the mouse, worth buying for it, is a 3-button Genesis style controller which can go for several hundred dollars on ebay. Ebay is pretty much the only place you're going to find a CD-I, and games and controllers for it.

@mllarson 10 лет назад

I need to make some popcorn and watch the reviews of this trainwreck of a system. Kudos to Mark for suffering through the upcoming reviews!

@TheOneTrueFingal 10 лет назад

The only thing I really remember about the CD-I was a bizarre informercial for it. It involved some dude getting in an elevator....a super fast express elevator that brought him down to "The Wall." Some sort of sentient Jumbo-Tron that convinced this guy to buy a CD-I or something.

@TheCodedtestament 10 лет назад

For those who love classic consoles with lots of FMV, educational, and really original and weird games, CD-I's worth your time.

@evalonia 9 лет назад

I used to love playing Hotel Mario when I was a kid. It was fun!

@natecw4164 10 лет назад

My bro in law had one. It wasn't THAT bad. Yes the remote control style controller was bad, yes the Zelda games were bad... but it had some unique things that were very cool at the time. It was the first way our family ever looked at digitized pictures, which was mindblowing all by itself.

@TheNarutobarrage 10 лет назад

This console is awesome! Only with this console you can see the King in all his glory!

@sonomama82 9 лет назад

I've never seen faces of evil in German before. That was too funny.

@tHeWasTeDYouTh 7 лет назад

Burn:Cycle is awesome and has good music so you literally buy this console just for that game!!!

@SonicGamer1991 10 лет назад

All toasters toast toast

@onometre 9 лет назад

is that power over ethernet?

@Randomgamingplus 10 лет назад

Oh Phillip CD-I, we come so far as to stream music, videos and play games online. May we give it a fond farewell and send it back to the old console home.

@GeoNeilUK 9 лет назад

Now, I'm really hoping for a CGR review of the CD32 or the CDTV! You've just got to review Microcosm on the CD32!! I think Link's animations are actually less [painful in German than in English, now all we need is someone to make a Downfall-like meme out of it. Lemmings is good on any format, and apparently Hotel Mario wasn't too bad.

@Narniak69 8 лет назад

I had the CD-i when it was new and it was a complete waste of money due to lack of software. There were like 10 decent games total, I had 7th Guest, Burn Cycle, Chaos Control, Dragon's Lair, Dragon's Lair II Timewarp, and Space Ace. The CD-i ports of those Don Bluth games were actually very good and faithful to the arcade games. Burn Cycle was the only really great game, it's definitely worth watching a playthrough on RU-vid.

@davidmaglioli7048 10 лет назад

Think of it this way Mark the CDI is like the Power Glove "It's So Bad".

@Nascar995 9 лет назад

The music at the beginning of this was actually Phantom of the Opera... A broadway play...

@matsv201 10 лет назад

-The audio quality should be good, The CD-i video and later VCD (that is very similar but not exactly the same) use standard Bitrate CD to view video with sound. So how to fit the video. The compressed the audio 1:8 with sound compression, what is now known of as MP3. Yes, that where MP3 is from, this is basically the first mp3:s. (Its acutely short for MPEG-1 layer 3, the 3:d layer is the sound) Then there was 7/8 of space for video that was adequate for 352:288 with mpeg-1 compression, that is a JPEG compression where several tricks is used to make it use less data in scenes where there is less motion. Later SVCD uses higher resolution, but with double the bit rate, fitting only 40 minutes (with mandatory overburning) of video on a disc (in contrast to 72)

@guysafari 7 лет назад

Got one for 80 dollars at a flea market. It's a very perplexing piece of technology.

@slimjim77M 10 лет назад

Lord Karnage...you're the freaking MAN, sir!

@The_Husband_of_Jane_Lane 10 лет назад

Philips CD-I released two of my childhood CD-Rom games Sesame Street Numbers and Sesame Street Letters, which that I didn't know.

@Sasoriza24b 10 лет назад

Loved The 7th Guest on CDI. :)

@CeeStyleDj 7 лет назад

People make fun today but this was really Advanced back then. Being able to play a variety of disks, watch concerts, play interactive videos and play video games? All on CD format? Everyone was still playing cartridges back at this time.

@TheTurnipKing 9 лет назад

You're missing Burn-Cycle. It was THE CDi tech demo piece around launch. Also "Escape from Cyber-City".

@boostfrog 10 лет назад

We actually had TWO of these things. The big version. Never had a gamepad, all our playing was done with the Godawful wireless remote control featuring the worst joystick of all time. Had both Zeldas. Loved Burn:Cycle and Escape From Cybercity.

@donnyt12915 8 лет назад

I had one when I was a kid. It was good for a kid to learn on

@Lyncheffect 9 лет назад

I had a CD-I it was a great idea! but I mainly used it for CDs and movies when i was like 7 haha

@hassmann2000 10 лет назад

Wow. You can't find original (non poop) footage of the Hotel Mario opening,

@johnnypierce1526 10 лет назад

This makes my Panasonic 3DO look good!!! The Philips CD-i looks cool!! I Love reject tech 32X,Atari Jaguar,3DO, Virtual Boy and Sega CD.

@Fuzz_ 10 лет назад

Who found that CDs with "CD+G" printed on the inside ring would play imagery while playing the disc in the CD-i???? I believe Jimi Hendricks Are You Experienced Album had this... I remember watching it...

@videogameobsession 10 лет назад

Yeah, there were quite a few CD' s which had the +G info, but didn't even make mention of it. The Jimi Hendrix Smash Hits CD was neat. CD music and NES quality graphics was an interesting mix hehe. I bought a few more CD+G discs that I could find; Fleetwood Mac's Behind the Mask, and Information Society come to mind. Also, the "Rock Paintings" disc that came with the Sega-CD was also CD+G and worked in the CD-i.

@chumbert5 8 лет назад

My dad said he had one at one point. I have no idea why he'd do that in the first place, but at least he said he sold it.

@abdullahmanya2857 8 лет назад

+ProfessorAvocado 12 its bad he sold it you could have tried that piece of garbage out!

@SonofMrPeanut 10 лет назад

You think Tina Turner singing Robert Palmer is odd? Whitney Houston covered a Soft Machine song ("Memories"), and she actually pulled it off!

@jacksonhart5961 8 лет назад

Phillips makes toothbrushes now....

@HermanWillems 8 лет назад

Nah, most revenue comes from devices for hospitals, led lights and some home applications like indeed toothbrushes. Hospital is now core business.

@foxsux6000 7 лет назад

And without them ASML wouldn't be, which basically means none of your devices with chips would be here.

@unocarb 6 лет назад

I was a developer..I was given one of these, a 3DO, the laser disc abomination (forgot its name) and a bunch of odd controllers for both..I am one of the devs responsible for plumbers don't wear ties and night trap..in later times I also had a hand in Phantasmagoria and Voyeur..

@mattorama 9 лет назад

"Check out this tennis game, which reminds me of MORTAL COMBAT." All the reason I need to own this system.

@r3dbirdify 9 лет назад

GERMANY!

@LordArikado 8 лет назад

Whatever happened to the CD-i week videos?

@dogeymon83 10 лет назад

Actually the model that Mark is reviewing was the cost cutting version which debuted at $299. It wasn't expensive

@Wrestlingfanatic85 7 лет назад

Exactly the video I was looking for. Just installed mess on classic Xbox and have every cdi game on it

@F5FURU12 9 лет назад

I always love looking at these kind of consoles. I wonder if the people at these companies like phillips,Panasonic,etc. would really think there system could survive in the market. But then again, this was back when you had choices 3 is not enough.

@cultofmalgus1310 9 лет назад

THIS SYSTEM LOOKS AMAZING! WHERE CAN I GET ONE?

@Darkcrafter155 9 лет назад

a nearby dumpster

@cultofmalgus1310 9 лет назад

Your Mind XD

@AaronSteven 9 лет назад

Check your toilet.i found one in my toilet

@cultofmalgus1310 9 лет назад

Aaron Steven XD

@ethanlaborde 9 лет назад

I think they have them in Hell. You might wanna check there. I think it's in the tenth circle.

@something2424 10 лет назад

"it's the future from the nineties, and you really don't want one" sums it up pretty well I think.

@BaoZakeruga 10 лет назад

Reminds me of the ps3 super slim.

@idklol4197 5 лет назад

I was gonna say, the CDI is the most decent looking retro console by a mile

@ScaryRevenant 6 лет назад

Still hoping they release a 4K Philips CD-I, I would preorder this

@trayahzz537 10 лет назад

there a huge department store in the mall in the city here, had the CD-i and I remember wanting it, but over the time I seen the price drop and then I had seen it in a discount bin for $40