CD-i players were usually standalone boxes that connect to a standard television; some less common setups included integrated CD-i television sets and expansion modules for personal computers.
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CD-i players were usually standalone boxes that connect to a standard television; some less common setups included integrated CD-i television sets and expansion modules for personal computers.
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Philips's CD-i system implemented Internet features, including subscriptions, web browsing, downloading, e-mail, and online play.
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CD-i tracks are structured according to the CD-ROM XA specification, and have different classes depending on their contents .
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CD-i Ready format is a type of bridge format, designed by Philips, that defines discs compatible with CD Digital audio players and CD-i players.
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CD-i has a series of learning games targeted at children from infancy to adolescence.
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TeleCD-i is the world's first networked multimedia application at the time of its introduction.
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Electronic Arts for instance was enthusiastic about CD-i and formed a division for the development of video game titles on the format, but it was eventually halted with the intention of resuming when CD-i players would reach the market.
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The magazine stated in January 1994 that despite Philips' new emphasis on games "CD-i is still not the answer for hardcore gamers", but the console "may yet surprise us all in the future".
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The magazine noted that while Philips had not yet officially discontinued the CD-i, it was dead for all intents and purposes, citing as evidence the fact that though Philips had a large booth at the 1995 Electronic Entertainment Expo, there was no CD-i hardware or software on display.
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Plans for a second generation CD-i system were certainly present and Argonaut Software was even designated to design chip sets for the successor to the CD-i.
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The last CD-i game was made by Infogrames, who released Solar Crusade in 1999.
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In later retrospective years, the CD-i has become best known for its video games, particularly those from the Nintendo-licensed The Legend of Zelda series, considered by many to be of poor taste.
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