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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. The CD-I was never meant to be a video game console, it 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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|type = [[:Category:Home consoles|Home video game console]]
|generation = [[:Category:Fourth-generation video game consoles|Fourth generation]]
|release = December 3, 1991|discontinued = 1998|introductory price = {{Inflation|USD|799|1991}}.
|predecessor = [[Magnavox Odyssey² emulators|Philips Videopac + G7400]]
|emulated = {{~}}<abbr title="Many full-motion CD-i games still can't be emulated; see the "Accessories" section.">[[#Accessories|*]]</abbr>
}}
'''CD-I''' ('''Compact Disc Interactive'''), is a disk format and media player developed and released by [[wikipedia:Philips|Philips]] in 1988. The first player aimed for home market was released Main system ran on December 3, 1991, Microware [[wikipedia:OS-9|OS-9]] and had a Philips SCC68070 CPU at 15.5 MHz with an initial price 1MB of {{Inflation|USD|799|1991}}RAM. Some Third-Party manufacturers made their own media players based on CD-I format & technology.
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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