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|predecessor = [[Strange and Forgotten Console Magnavox Odyssey² emulators|Philips Videopac + G7400]]|emulated = {{~✓}}}}The  '''Compact Disc InteractiveCD-I''' ('''CD-iCompact Disc Interactive'''), is an interactive multimedia CD player and a disk format developed and released by [[wikipedia:Philips|Philips]] in 1988. The first player aimed for home market was released on December 3, 1991. It  The Main system ran on Microware [[wikipedia:OS-9|OS-9]] and had a Philips SCC68070 CPU at 15.5 MHz with 1MB of RAM. NotablyThe CD-I was never meant to be a video game console, it featured intellectual properties from was designed to be a "Interactive Multimedia" CD player, an expensive toy that people with money don't mind buying, using it a few times and forgetting they even bought it when something new catches their attention. When the system started to show signs of being a major flop for Philips, they pivoted the direction of the CD-I into the uncharted territories of video games. CD-I is mainly known nowadays for having games based on Nintendo[[wikipedia:Intellectual property|IP]], such as Mario and Zelda, due to previously having tried to develop a CD add-on for the [[Super Nintendo emulators|SNES]]. Their takes on Nintendo intellectual property were so infamously terrible that you would be hard-pressed to find anyone who doesn't think of them when you mention the CD-i. However, there were a few cult classic games for the system.

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|[[MAME]https://mamedev.emulab.it/haze/ TinyCDi]|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[httphttps://wwwemulationrealm.mamedev.orgnet/downloads/file/release.html 1670-tinycdi 2009-10-28]| {{MAMEVer✗}}]||{{✓✗}} ||Mid ||{{✓✗}} ||{{✗}}||{{✓~}}

|[httpshttp://mamedevwww.emulabcdiemu.itorg/haze/ TinyCDiCD-i Emulator]| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[httpshttp://emulationrealmtgames.net/downloadsfr/filetgames/1670cdiemu-tinycdi 280.5.3-10beta4-09PatchedV1.2.zip 0.5.3 beta 4 (Patched)]| {{~}} ||{{✗}} ||Mid ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}||{{~}}

|[httphttps://wwwgithub.cdiemu.orgcom/Stovent/ CD-i EmulatorCeDImu CeDImu]| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}|[http://tgames.fr/tgames/cdiemu-0.5.3-beta4None (pre-PatchedV1.2.zip 0.5.3 beta 4 (Patchedalpha)]|{{✓✗}} ||{{✗}} ||Mid Low ||{{✓}} ||{{✗✓}}||{{✗}}<small> (WIP)</small>

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20010926085947/http://cdice.emuhq.com:80/ CD-iCE]| align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux}}|[https://www.zophar.net/cd-i/cd-ice.html 202001-08-0120]| {{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||Low ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}||{{✗}}

:Has This [[multi-system emulators|multi-system emulator]] includes a driver for the CD-i but , although support is incomplete, as it still doesn't emulate has no emulation for the Digital Video Cartridge (DVC) as of March 2019July 2021.<ref>https://github.com/mamedev/mame/issues/1170</ref> That means games that require it like 7th Guest, Atlantis - The Last Resort, Creature Shock, Dragon's Lair and Lost Eden are unsupported.<ref>https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/hash/cdi.xml</ref> However, MAME is much easier to control, and its audio emulation is actually better than CD-i Emulator in some cases. Starting the game from disc is recommended; this can be done with the built-in frontend by picking the specific game or through a soft reset after mounting the disc. It MAME is also has currently the only program to provide CD-i emulation through a [[libretro]] core, which makes it the easiest and the most stable method of emulating the CD-i currentlyfor now. Compared to CD-i Emulator 0.5.3 beta 4, MAME is generally easier to control and can better emulate the audio for some games.:;TinyCDi::An unofficial build of [[MESS]] from 2009 made by one of MAME's active developers, Haze. This build is named such that it only focuses on the CD-i. It uses a fixed game list, but it works better than the official MAME builds, especially with games like Zelda's Adventure for example. On the other hand, some games have more issues than they have on the official MAME build.

:A closed-source payware emulator. Was presumed inactive but got a new beta The latest public release in 2018, two years after the last release0.5. Used to only have mouse movements for control3 beta 4, dates all the way back from 2018 and is unfortunately now has preliminary keyboard support. However''unplayable'' (without a crack, anyway) due to the keyboard control isn't great way that free trial timing is handled in some gamesthe beta releases. The beta has does have proof-of-concept emulation of the Gate Array MPEG Digital Video Cartridge (DVC) but compatibility may still be an issue [<ref>http://www.cdiemu.org/site/relnotes.htm</] (deadlink ref>. Despite the long time between releases, this emulator is still in seemingly active development as of February 2019July 2021, with work being done on the next version (likely called 0.6)that reportedly supports most of the DVC games and also has several other improvements<ref>https://cdii.blogspot.com/search/label/CD-i%20Emulator</ref><ref>https://www. Not recommended (obsolete)theworldofcdi.com/cd-i-emulation/cd-i-emulator-053beta5-titles-compatibilities/</ref>.;CeDImu:A much newer independent project being actively developed by Stovent, largely based on a set of unofficial documentation by the creator of CD-i Emulator<ref>https://github.com/cdifan/cdichips</ref>. As of July 2021, it's progressing quickly but still in pre-alpha, so don't expect it to boot any games just yet.

:One of the first made earliest CD-i emulators. It doesn't need a BIOS , but it was only developed to be able to play Rise of the Robots (no other game is supported).