Canceled games on the CD-i | Unreleased and unknown video games on the CD-i

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

Burn Cycle theme is so good. That game alone is a reason to get the CD-i. Cool trivia, developer of the Atlantis FPS on the CD-i stated that he did everything that was theoretically possible to port Doom and Wolfenstein. He started Atlantis as an attempt to port Doom, but it proved to be impossible because there's no way he could add height to the levels. He then thought about porting Wolfenstein 3D, but the graphics (especially the swastikas) wouldn't look right. At first this engine ran at 1 fps, but then he optimized it to run at 12-15 fps. Such a talented programmer! There's no way to go beyond it on the CDi.

[@manmonkee]

Hi, I worked at the company doing Discworld, I saw it and played it. Untill recently I thought it HAD been released. It did chug like a bugger, scrolling the screens was just awful ( the poor CDI couldn't seem to handle the huge backgrounds) so it might have been a quality issue that got it cancelled.

[@FlamingBallads]

5:57 Well, I just noticed that the publisher for the game was Psynosis... & it was scheduled for release in 1995! Hmmmm..... What does that remind me of? The PS1!! Who owns the PS1 IP? Sony! Who owns Psynosis? Sony!! 😮 Yup, Sony did the same thing to the CD-I.... like what they did to the SNES, Genesis/SMD, & the 32X!!! What was that? Buyout a company, & force them to either transfer said games to the PS1.... or scrap it entirely!!!! Clearly Sony was bloodthirsty for revenge against Sega & Nintendo, & screwing over Philips was just another box on the agenda sheet!

[@Wasmachineman]

Holy shit that cover for Microcosm on the CD-i is cool!

[@Jenovi]

Thanks! Appreciate you watching.

[@OmarJames]

Jenovi, just want to say that i'm a huge fan and your content is consistently high quality. It boggles my mind how your channel isn't much bigger than it is, but it'll get there and I wish you all the success in the world when it does. But until then, while there's still a good chance of you reading this comment..... please cover Burn Cycle! You ignited some major nostalgia in this video!

[@Jenovi]

Thanks for the love! I would love to cover Burn Cycle at some point in the future, but currently getting enough TV time to properly review a game has been hard. Don't worry though, it's on the list of games to review, and I'll tackle it at some point.

[@OmarJames]

sounds good, man! keep it up!

[@FlamingBallads]

​@@OmarJames5 years later = Joveni has been out of business, for the last year now!!😅

[@RoyStorey]

About the Lost Vikings, I forgot exactly where I read it but apparently Interplay hired some outsourced studio to work on that port, it was basically a remake of the first game with animated cutscenes in between. Interplay were very uncooperative with the devs and it had a lot of hardware issues like Battle Chess did. The one not mentioned here that interested me was The Crow, they didn’t get any game design done before Phillips shut it down but the planned concept art looked great

[@Jenovi]

I'll have to look into that one.

[@FlamingBallads]

Where were you, when this nice video was made?! You should've been interviewed on the spot!!!😢

[@OKNewman]

Dude, these lists are excellent. Keep up the great work!

[@Jenovi]

Thanks for the love!

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

Unfortunately I'm at work right now, so I won't be able to give this video the attention it deserves until a little later today. I just want you to know that you've made the right choice by covering the CD-I. Now your sunrises will be a little brighter, your steaks more savory, and every rainbow more vibrant.

[@Jenovi]

There were some interesting stories and the way game development and publication worked on their system was very different than anyone else. It was well worth talking about.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

You failed to mention that the CD-I is the perfect kiss. Lol. Otherwise great video as always.

[@townlinetim876]

Great video. I really enjoy learning about the CDI . You consistently provide obscure gaming knowledge and I absolutely love it. Can’t wait for the next entry in this series.

[@Jenovi]

Thanks Tim.

[@psistis80]

Mario takes America.Ok. Thank god it was not like Debbie does Texas. Just kidding Jenovi.Your content is awesome.

[@Jenovi]

Thanks! Agree though, it's a terrible game name.

[@svh01]

One of the developers actually looked like Mario!😂

[@TheKuleCatHD]

Keep it up dude I just found your channel and the content that you post is very well done. you will be big in no time

[@Jenovi]

Thank you for the kind comment. I'm just happy to have a great community of people who enjoy what I'm doing.

[@SegaCDUniverse]

I really love your videos, I'd give you a hug if I could.

[@Jenovi]

I'm holding you to that!

[@SegaCDUniverse]

@@Jenovi hold me, tiny dancer

[@Pai3000]

I liked it. It's always interesting to me being able to know more on obscure unreleased games. Thanks!

[@Jenovi]

Thanks for checking it out.

[@johnonebigscribble]

Massively enjoying your videos! Thanks for doing so much thorough research on topics that I thought I was an expert in - you prove me wrong again and again 😁

[@Jenovi]

Thanks John, I really appreciate the support and am happy to hear you’re enjoying these.

[@zakbro]

been binging your vids lately. great content

[@IamRobotMonkey]

Brilliant stuff. Love finding out stuff like this. I loved my CDi, especially Escape From CyberCity. Pity the sequel, Return To... never saw the light of day. Seen a few screenshots but no footage.

[@Jenovi]

I own Escape from, but have yet to play it. I'll move it up my list of game to play.

[@IamRobotMonkey]

@@Jenovi It'll drive you insane, but it is enormous fun once you get the hang of it.

[@richarddavies6597]

Great work Mr Jenovi. Only recently discovered your channel but you have some great content. Really scratch that retro gaming itch! Please keep it up.

[@Jenovi]

Glad to have you on board.

[@thehumbleone1983]

Great video as always. Hey Jenovi did you hear about the unreleased Sega Mega drive game called HardCore is getting released to the PS4 and Pc but not sure if they will release a physical copy for the Sega Mega drive / genesis but I really hope they do as we all missed out back then and we all deserve to get it too as we missed out

[@Jenovi]

Wow! I had no idea. That looks incredible! Using original SDKs too? Amazing!

[@vince19games]

You've done it again! Great video. As a teenager I remember going into Montgomery Wards -- the only place that I ever saw a CD-i. I played it once or twice while in the store and within a few weeks the system was gone from the store and I never saw it again anywhere else. It was good to see some of the possibilities that could have been...

[@Jenovi]

The real story with the CD-i is there were nearly 200 titles released for the system and of those, less than 10 were financed and published by someone other than Philips.

[@vince19games]

Are you saying that Philips is the ultimate first party?

[@Jenovi]

Maybe, but I also think it speaks volumes on how committed they were to making the hardware work. Without Philips, the CD-i would have almost no games. It's crazy to think that Philips paid for the development of the entire game library.

[@videogameobsession]

Actually the CD-i launched within the USA in December 1990, and the MSRP was $699.99, with some stores even selling the original 910 system for as much as $999.99.

[@BioPhoenixReviews]

i was going to say apprentice was the only CDI game i knew about that actually looked decently good shame the 2nd was canceled. mario wacky worlds really does have cool settings and in a way reminds me of if mario's time machine was done right. lol one of the guys who worked on mario takes america kinda looks like mario

[@Jenovi]

He kind of does.

[@merijnveken5626]

Nice video, thanks for that! I would add 'The Dame was Loaded' to the list, apparently it got quite far in development if stories are to be believed. I played the PC version back in the day and think it would have worked nicely on CDi! Do hope Discworld ever sees the light of day

[@MrLordpistoia]

Your content is criminally underrated

[@Jenovi]

Thanks :-)

[@akalyx]

i love seeing these 16-32-bit era systems: was born in 1986 (S.E USA as well) so i missed this system ... also i suddenly feel better about just spending ~499 on an HTC vive great content as always from you... wish your vids were longer!!

[@TheSuperPlayer707]

Excellent video as always Jenovi! Mario's wacky worlds maybe would have been an interesting game...

[@oncameramastery]

Great vid, love the level of detail!

[@Jenovi]

Ha! I just watched one of your videos then come to check comments and here you are. Thanks for stopping by.

[@oncameramastery]

@@Jenovi Cool, right vid, right time! :-)

[@DarkwingMantis98]

Oh lord, no one tell Wrestles With Gaming this exists

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

My CD-I sense tingled and here I am! Let the CD-I into your heart. Let its truth full your soul with joy.

[@Jenovi]

If a man talks about the CD-i on youtube, will Wrestling With Gaming hear?

[@TheSuperPlayer707]

@@Jenovi absolutely true LOL

[@reagandow850]

I remember always wanting to buy this system back in the 90’s but there was just never anything to justify the cost.

[@Jenovi]

Mutant Rampage: Bodyslam is the killer app.

[@TheGunmanChannel]

I never even knew this system existed when I was growing up, too busy on SNES, PS1 and N64.

[@Tekknorg]

Discworld on CDI! Wow, never heard of it. And Dead End reminds me of Mega Race.

[@SegaCDUniverse]

I think Voyeur was one of the first PC games I had, along with Toonstruck. Could never get either to work =(

[@Jenovi]

11th Hour was the first game I can remember buying that didn't work on my computer. There were many others that followed, that was life gaming on a PC in the 90's.

[@RetroGamePlayers]

That's crazy about the Mario game that they stalled out and couldn't even add Yoshi due to hardware limitations! Lol

[@willmistretta]

Is it better to be remembered as a complete laughingstock or not at all?

[@RemmyLebo]

I Dig it! Team Alpha Gaming Certified ;)

[@Jenovi]

Woot! Thanks. :D

[@SegaCDUniverse]

I love me some Discworld, and Dead End looks F'n AWESOME

[@ProjectsToMansions]

DOPE!

[@evanb4466]

So let me get this straight. The urbanite murders episode 1 was released but never seen anywhere? Are there any screenshots? And if we have nothing on the game how do we know it was released? Seems like an interesting mystery.

[@Jenovi]

In Europe, the CD-i had a digital download distribution system. This is one of the games. A couple screen shots do exist, though it was a text based game.

[@TheLastLineLive]

Too bad Sega didnt figure out the fraud with Aliens Colonial Marines in time like Phillips did with Super Mario Wacky Worlds.

[@Jenovi]

At least Sega got a game out of their deal, it was the people that got cheated there.

[@cool3865]

Burn-Cycle isnt a CD-I exclusive as it was also released on other platforms

[@gerardoodore4757]

È un vero peccato! Su CD-i sono usciti dei buoni giochi che si potevano contare sulle dita di una mano e tutti questi prototipi sembrano essere migliori dei giochi che ufficialmente sono stati pubblicati. Il più interessante il sequel di the Apprentice

[@nicolasd.madsen9317]

I kinda half know how to fix the disk reader problem that the guy who saved the cd- I said he had One of the chip breaks if you don't switch batteries the battery is inside of the chip and you may have a high chance for breaking the chip if you don't know where to open the chip Info:Fact Hunt "5 Game Consoles Literally Rotting Away" link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/amLVmqmloZKWrrM

[@Jenovi]

I'll check it out, though I think I've seen it if it's a Larry Bundy video.

[@nicolasd.madsen9317]

i found the video kzbin.info/www/bejne/amLVmqmloZKWrrM

[@johnpenguinthe3rd13]

Great video, however, Voyeur on CD-i is NOTHING like 3DO's Plumbers don't wear ties. Voyeur is actually a very well made FMV game that's actually very good and it uses professionally produced FMV throughout the game. Plumbers don't wear ties is a horrible piece of shit "game" that, with exception of the FMV intro, doesn't even have any Full motion video through the "game", it uses still images (rather horribly) and the "game" (if I can even call it that) is just horrible in every way.

[@Jenovi]

I didn't really mean quality wise (Voyeur is kind of impressive), I was referring to notable games with adult themes. I fully understand and agree with what you're saying.

[@steve5123456789]

Random but is the CD-i powerful enough to run DOOM?

[@thefurthestmanfromhome1148]

No, it's little more than a 68000 CPU and a CD Drive

[@greatsource5405]

New Jersy?

[@SoundFantasy]

I can't believe it Mario actually took America... F 😔🙏🇺🇸😡

[@BubbafromSapperton]

A friend of mine bought one new with the dv pack, it had a good tennis game but not much else, PS2 was light-years better...

[@Gsedoy1]

+

[@FlamingBallads]

6:35 Microcosm is another Psynosis game, meaning it was best Phillips canceled it. Otherwise Sony would've anyway!😂 Think about it, why would Sony release a game for their competitor's console... the same year their own console was released overseas?! 😅 Personally I would've just let the game be released, if I were in charge of Phillips.... just to get a reaction from Sony. For that would've meant the game would be on both platforms, though the CD-I would've still be dead in the water by this point. So maybe Sony would laugh at me, for their port would sell more copies!! 🤔 But then again, I may have saved the Phillips CD-I... for my management decisions would've been different!!! My motto is = If a project of any kind is nearly done, or entirely finished... It gets released no matter what happens!!!! Only a legal issue could've stopped me then.

[@htdmc2010]

Apprentice 2, Dead End and the Mario games seem to be Historically interesting but i doubt them being interesting games. Out of all the Consoles released back then the CD-I is probably the worst. The CD-I was actually going to be a Nintendo Console at some point. As far as i remember after the feud between Nintendo & Sony leading them to make PlayStation a Sony Console instead of Nintendo they made a deal with Philips. For some odd reasons they didn`t wanted the CD-I but Philips did get the rights of Producing Nintendo Franchise which were awful.

[@enricomazzarellosimracing6502]

Thanks god, Saturn and Psx, destroy this tendence of " hyper 16 bit " ... those consoles, were definitely bad evolution of 16 bit's : Amiga CD 32 , Atari Jaguar ... Panasonic 3DO has a bunch of good titles, but still, 85% of those games, were just crap, never understood, how they could not realise by themselves. .. the only glorious was 32X, which had a big ammount of master pieces

[@sambas9257]

Everything but apprentice 2 was a big turd so we get lucky with these unreleased 'games'