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Precisions about MAME and TinyCDi
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===Comparisons===
;[[MAME]]
:Has incomplete support but is much easier to control, and it actually emulates better audio than CD-i Emulator in some cases. It is recommended to start the emulation with the game already loaded, either with the game picker or through a soft reset after mounting the disk. Does not emulate the Digital Video Cartridge (DVC) as of January 2019 [//github.com/mamedev/mame/issues/1170] therefore games which require it like 7th Guest, Atlantis - The Last Resort, Creature Shock, Dragon's Lair, Lost Eden, are unsupported [//github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/hash/cdi.xml].Has a Libretro core, which makes MAME the easiest (but not the best !) CD-I emulating method by far (for now).
;TinyCDi
:This is a 'Tiny' MAME build containing the CDi code from [[MESS]] as it is on 28th October 2009 using a fixed game list like MAME. Works better than the last official MAME builds especially with some games (for example Zelda's Adventure). This is the best option for CD-I emulation for now.
;CD-i Emulator
:A payware emulator. Was presumed inactive but got a new beta release in 2018, seven years after the last release. Used to only have mouse movements for control, now has preliminary keyboard support. However, the keyboard control isn't great in some games. The beta has proof-of-concept emulation of the Gate Array MPEG Digital Video Cartridge (DVC) but compatibility may still be an issue [//www.cdiemu.org/relnotes/] (deadlink as of February 2019)
