Philips CDI Development Kit Hands On Review - Adam Koralik

[@videogameobsession]

That dev player (602) is actually based on the original CD-i 910 system. It's also using the same bios. Just as with the 910, the DIN style input #1 is reserved for a CD-i (and IIRC the rollerball), and input #2 works with CD-i control pads.

[@lordeilluminati]

2:08 it is not a proprietary device to use CDs (unless it has some memory chip for things like saving games), it is the first way the Compact Disc format was intended to be used by the people. Instead of trays and handling the discs themselves as we all use, the discs were supposed to be protected under these caddies like a floppy disc or a better, recent example is the UMD for the PSP.

[@MrMario2011]

I definitely never saw one of these until it was posted by these two on Twitter. Cool to get more insight on it!

[@jamesburke2759]

totally jelly eh. but good on the guy. i hate and love stories like this one.

[@adrianzanoli]

I have a nearly full collection of CD-i (CD-i 210,220,350,470,490,550,660) but never seen a CDI 602/604/605 or a 180 units.

[@SvenAlmgren]

In Sweden, we usually refer to the middle pin as Earth instead of Ground as it's not required to be connected with the Neutral. Earthed means it has a way to dissipate current away from the chassis, but where it could still be a potential between Earth and Neutral, if it's a Ground, then the Earth and Neutral are connected, meaning that it's an Earth-referenced ground/neutral.

[@FarisPlayer1]

Finally Adam can make his own Zelda CD-I game

[@Nin10Guy]

It kind of makes me wonder what Adam would look like as a Zelda CD-I character.

[@adrianzanoli]

6:22 thats the button for select the number of scanlines (PAL/NTSC)

[@peteo8808]

Some early CD-ROM drives did use caddies, there is short Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caddy_(hardware)

[@jamesburke2759]

oh i remember them well......

[@reggiefils-aime9756]

I think that beign closer to the cameras has drastically improved the sound quality. Please keep this in mind for future videos.

[@videogameobsession]

RC port on the back is for a Remote Control iR receiver extender. Useful for when your CD-i unit is in a stereo rack setup where the remote might have trouble reaching. It's meant to be placed on top of your TV set since that's where you'd naturally be aiming while using it.

[@richardfosterII7575]

Wow that Mario game looks so different. Very cool rare item. Also love your videos. I work midnights at a grocery store and listen to your videos 8 hours a night. Never get sick of your videos. Anyway keep up the awesome videos. Just this year. I got a sega master system, sega gensis, sega cd and a sega saturn. Also got a turbo graphx 16 too. I wanted a gensis but didnt know about the other ones. Also got a n64 was a Nintendo kid until playstation when I stopped with the super Nintendo. Thanks for all you do and sorry about rambling. You are my favorite youtuber

[@TheRetroNobody]

The caddy device reminds me very much of the disc loading system of an RCA Selectavision CED player.

[@Jamie-yp7qz]

I always wanted a CDi dev kit so I could develop my own CDi games. Interesting seeing an FDD on a CDi system, too.

[@jamesburke2759]

i know eh, makes you think if they were going to try and do the towns marty thing at first.

[@stompersreborn388]

I have a 605 dev kit, they also came with a black ir controller.

[@BottomOfTheDumpsterFire]

My only question is where is the development kit software?

[@cax1175]

Hope you are doing alright throughout this whole coronavirus thing. Hopefully it's done by August for the Missouri Game Con proper.

[@zebular]

Oh my! Now I see where the influx of subs came from.

[@ViewpointProd]

the CD load essentialy works like a CED Caddy

[@mikemyers7834]

Great video to start the day!

[@mumblic]

6:03 Actually it's not really that strange if you think about. It's kind of a literal translation from the typical Dutch expression that normally would be used It comes from a Dutch company and was made in Belgium, that said we are alien friendly So it could be possible

[@thefifthdoctor6780]

Love my CD-i for some strange reason

[@ruebenzamora1990]

Such an unusual console. Also, Adam, you do the best console reviews, bro!

[@jamesburke2759]

Dude! That's sweet! i bet you were pissed off missing out on that one, but yes cool of the dude to lend it to you. It would be good to see some movies on that thing with RGB. I am one of very few that thinks highly of the system, not for its games but what it was. Their CDi video was actually surprisingly good quality. Thanks for the love Adam. Keep good videos coming.

[@AdamKoralik]

Nah, I don't mind.

[@jamesburke2759]

@@AdamKoralik such a cool guy!

[@cyanrazorCel]

If you're having problems developing a CDI game, check out the enclosed instruction book!

[@Millenium-Mige]

My guess is that the front port was made for the mouse only to ease up The developement and then you'd have a controller hooked up to the back port to test a more traditional console game content. Just a personal hunch, though.

[@hellman9655]

The 8-bit Guy just released a video on the CDi. The slot in the back is for a mpeg 1 video stream decoder.

[@zebular]

It's not supported on this model unfortunately. www.icdia.co.uk/players/professional.html

[@adrianzanoli]

The 602 was realeased before the DVC, it was a generic expansion slot, somebody even developed a 3D accelerator for the CD-i

[@MrRatchet12661]

2:46 - Looks like everyone uses 700MB Verbatim discs, including myself.

[@jamesburke2759]

Back in the day i would not touch anything but verbatim. Now its more whatever is cheap and available. mostly for trial and error purposes.

[@MrRatchet12661]

@@jamesburke2759 No No No No No. If a CD is shit quality offering 900MB you know it won't work. I tried that myself in 2016 with MediaRange discs. Worst discs I ever had.

[@scottythompson940]

cool video tech talk adam

[@killerhertzmercedes]

In the UK we call it 'Earth' rather than Ground.

[@Gecko1993HogheadIncOfficial]

I hope someone buys it so they can develop better homebrew games on the CDi itself! More importantly, where is halfblindgamer when we need him? Hope he’s doing better...

[@acebobbomb]

Mr. Koralik is at it again!

[@joshuawick5382]

The Nintendo licensed games are the only thing that entire system is known for. It should be known more for it's VCD support and educational point and click games.

[@dave4shmups]

That’s really cool! Steel Machine is a really cool shmup for the CD-i-no joke!

[@emmettturner9452]

It wasn't that they put a special drive in there to make things difficult for developers. They just used a PC drive. Back then, most desktop PC drives used disc caddies. You'd go to a library or a school and they'd have all their software pre-loaded into a caddy for you to use with their computers. It prevented people from mishandling the discs. The dev machines were engineered before the consumer machines so they had not engineered a drive with a tray yet. It stands to reason that they would use an existing PC drive for a dev unit.

[@mulletman1705]

Philips are a Netherlands company, Belgium shares a border with the Netherlands

[@cdioaa]

congratulations!

[@CCH3900]

Great video...on a.... Philips.... CDi Devkit??? Anyway great find. Hopefully it can be used for something useful. Nice job you guys.

[@dbnpoldermans4120]

2 things First of all, who ever even thought about there being a cdi dev kit? I didn't, didn't care Second, how many people do you think are playing a cdi right now in the whole world? 23?

[@AdamKoralik]

With the whole world in doors...it might be that high.

[@dbnpoldermans4120]

@@AdamKoralik TOL tears of laughter

[@tomsa34]

I bet you there is a coronavirus cd-i party happening now, against recommendation. Lock this cd-i playing nuts up!

[@antoniocalimero1173]

Best console ever!

[@ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣΑΓΑΘΟΣ]

I had a microsoft sidewinder controller that had those serial ports to connect to my win 95 pentium II pc, named no 3 and 4 on your dev kit there

[@mrfoameruk]

Most things in the UK are starting to close down so your trip might be cancelled. even if it does go ahead will people be going. Most people in the UK have decided it better to pull out now and not loose any more money rather than have the good possibility of it just failing due to exhibitors and public just not turn up.

[@AdamKoralik]

Oh it was cancelled a long time ago

[@wizardorlegend]

I wonder if that cd drive is just a standard drive once you take the lid off. I had that caddy system on an old pc, i can remember it was nice for the first half hour then gets old really quickly.

[@kitsunemetal]

Honestly the CDI wasn't a bad system i enjot it but it had a 700$ price at launch which hurt the sales the sound quality was good and the FMV wasn't bad at all.

[@paulb4uk]

Very interesting i have never seen obne of these before i have the rival multimedia machine the commodore cdtv often referred to as a commodore amiga 500 with a cd drive

[@Belgiumdoesnotkickas]

The apprentice is actually one of the best platform games i ever played and is a hidden gem on the CDI. If people think cuphead bosses are hard they should def try this gem out because it is brutally hard. The playthrough wich isn't mine is a version running on an emulator so it's missing the sound effects sadly in this vid. Every world the character changes with the world to the second being turned in to a frog and so on. First world is forgiving but each time a world changes it gets harder like 100 times more than the world before kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5enh4utobllfqM

[@joeyparkhill8751]

Adam have you reviewed the Hyperkin Bluetooth N64 controller yet? It's much more comfortable than the original N64 controller in my opinion

[@AdamKoralik]

I have not.

[@Elshiem]

Awesone find!! Is there an Emulator for the CD-i? I have 2 of the Zelda Games in my collection and want to play it, buy in my country is imposible to get one of this consoles.

[@AdamKoralik]

Might be.

[@elephystry]

That’s how the very first CD drives were cuz the manufacturers thought a fingerprint would ruin the discs.

[@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct]

How far in advance was this recorded? Is MO Game Con still going to be on or is it going to be delayed? That certain health pandemic thing has got the state I live in on lock, stay safe out there

[@AdamKoralik]

It was a while ago.

[@gametourny4ever627]

You guys have any luck witj changing out the Time Save Battery. My Cdi works flawlessly except for that.

[@zebular]

I changed the one in my retail unit, also, you can grind out the time of the time save chip and replace the battery. It's pretty delicate work though.

[@walop]

9:45 LOL

[@zebular]

It does have like 10ish playable games. If you dig gun games it's solid but you may as well get a 3DO since it has the same games and a bigger catalog.

[@DreamcastFarm]

How do I send you stuff? I got a console I’d love for you to look at

[@AdamKoralik]

No need, but thank you!

[@Mouritogaia]

Very cool 😉 👍

[@POOPIESkillz]

I mean, its a CD-i but still super cool

[@bricethompson1922]

2:29 kinda reminds me of a CED disc

[@Mouritogaia]

😉👍

[@FlintG]

Should play plumbers don't wear ties on it lmao

[@osurpless]

that's 3DO.

[@FlintG]

@@osurpless Oh yeah lol I thought it was on CDi.

[@codydombrowsky660]

Hey Adam, where's the best place to contact you?

[@AdamKoralik]

For now, here.

[@codydombrowsky660]

@@AdamKoralik I've been a fan of your channel since the summer of 2014. I have watched all of your videos up until I got busy with my work life in 2018. Which in my opinion are some of my favorite videos on KZbin. Keep up the good work.

[@rikustorm13]

Looks like a dvd player tbh

[@argedismun2]

Why would the original owner sell it for just $200 ,wasn’t he/she aware of what was on his/her possession

[@zebular]

He was actually! He evidently just couldn't sell it for the $400 he had it at forever apparently.

[@jonniefast]

finish mario wacky worlds? hop to it 😏

[@Di3mondDud3]

Watching this later in 2020 is just, the irony. Lmao.

[@gudenau]

So when do we get DOOM?

[@vadergamer7722]

The real question is ....does it play records???

[@AdamKoralik]

Alas, no.

[@vadergamer7722]

@@AdamKoralik 😂😂😂😂

[@lorumipsum1129]

Looks leagues better then the actual cdi

[@mosesh06]

Good job not putting your shoes on the couch! 👍

[@MillerNj41]

Looks like a 910 vid I have one

[@wojiaobill]

you should buy one and make a game that doesn't suck :D

[@JolliAllGenGamer]

Your thumbnail makes you seem that you bought the Cdi dev kit for $200 lol.

[@flagshipbuilds]

Adam, wash your hands after touching that!

[@shenmeowzo]

Cool vid bro.

[@izzymaedavidson1974]

Looks like a big ass VCR. 😂

[@turbinegraphics16]

Seems like he didn't even want it and just wanted to horde it on his shelf.

[@AdamKoralik]

How do you figure?

[@DraggadonsDen]

Isn't that disc thing how Laserdisc players work? Maybe I'm thinking of something else.

[@AdamKoralik]

Nah, not laserdiscs.

[@FlyingV555]

Why do all these hands on videos involve a thumbnail where Adam sits in a somewhat sexual position holding the thing?

[@KetwunsGamingPad]

I have an idea to develop a game it’s called Mario Wacky Worlds Ultimate Edition lol

[@Puretea4711]

he didnt know caddies? ... what a freaking millennial....

[@AdamKoralik]

Thanks.

[@Sitdruk97]

I want one lmao I think it'll be cool to develop for a dead console

[@BricktheSystem]

@Adam Koralik stop talking over your guest!

[@AdamKoralik]

Yeah, I do need to work on that.

[@happycheese4u32]

They say you have a gambling problem when you start betting on women’s basketball. I say you have a game-collecting problem when...

[@JCtheComicGeek]

What a waste of $200!

[@AdamKoralik]

0_o

[@Puretea4711]

he didnt know caddies? ... what a freaking millennial....