Getting the CD-i Zelda games - things to know
58The CD-i is mostly known for four games, the ones which resulted from the deal Nintendo and Philips had. If you're going to hunt down a copy of Hotel Mario, Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon, Link: The Faces of Evil or Zelda's Adventure, you may be in for some unpleasant surprises. Here I give some tips on what to look out for and discuss if it's even worth it to begin with. What are your thoughts on these games? Have you ever tried them (in their original form)?
Check out@gamepakrat, who's found a new beta of Hotel Mario and shared some differences between the versions.
Beta found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCy3x_l_4qQ&t=4s
Beta opening/title scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk2i07t-uE4&t=3s
Beta Hotels 1, 2 & 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhXKKouAqEU
Get the Faces of Evil and Wand of Gamelon remakes here: https://archive.org/details/FOER-and-WOGR
Note: archive.org is also a safe source for CD-i ISO's!
To find info and cross-reference CD-i finds, a good resource is the redump site: http://redump.org/discs/system/cdi/
Please note that this is NOT a complete list of every CD-i disc out there, these are only the ones dumped for the set. If something is not in here though, there's a good chance you've got a new find. Here's a list for the known demonstration discs and CD-R's: http://wiki.redump.org/index.php?title=Philips_CD-i_-_Preproduction_List
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00:00 Introduction
00:51 New interest
02:08 Who are these for?
03:41 About rarity
04:49 Making the Grade
05:23 Other ways to play
06:04 Hotel Mario
06:51 Faces of Evil/Wand of Gamelon
08:06 Zelda's Adventure
09:14 Beware of fakes!
10:52 White demonstration discs
12:32 What to look out for
14:04 Clear discs
15:15 Beta/Pre-releases
18:37 Complete in box?
20:16 Regional differences
21:36 Check the number!
22:29 Outro
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