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CD-i

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Overview

Introduced in 1990 by Philips, the CD-i was a console system.

Technical specifications

  • CPU: Philips PCD70332 (68k-derived) running at 15.5 MHz with dedicated CD-i OS support.
  • Memory: 1 MB RAM plus 1 MB VRAM dedicated to the VDG graphics pipeline, expandable via expansion modules.
  • Display: Custom VDG chip rendering 384×280 and 768×512 interlaced graphics with 24-bit color and sprite overlays.
  • Sound: Philips SAA1099 (6-channel PSG) plus PCM digital audio streamed from CD-ROM.

Supported ROM extensions

chd, cue, toc, nrg, gdi, iso, cdr

Emulators

  • same_cdi (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_SAME_CDI | Incompatible extensions: cue, toc, nrg, gdi, cdr
  • mame (mame) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_MAME, BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_MAME

Notes

Requires MAME BIOS file cdimono1.zip

Source data: REG Linux emulationstation/es-system/es_systems.yml