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Hey. I'm trying to run a few Philips CD-I games on CDI-EMU for Windows, 0.5.2. I don't know if I'm missing something or not, but most of mine aren't running, & how do I set up the emulator, such as for control with a USB gamepad? Thanks. I'd love to be able to play some Video Speedway! :)
Controls I presume the CD-i emu does not support them only keys but you can use something like Joy2keys or one of the many other tools like it to set keyboard presses to your USB controller that will work in anything
It's free versions are very limited unfortunately either low compat or time based with no perm save support, the full releases are pay for software only, you also require CD-i system rom images for emulation
Other emulators include
CD-i ICE is an alt CD-i Emulator (Rather old now)
MAME/MESS (this includes CD-i emulation) Google for "Quick MAME/MESS Philips CD-I Tutorial" and it should find a page that will guide you on the hows for that
Ah. I'm planning to buy a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B kit from Amazon (the newest). Can I run CD-I from that, as well? The only other CD games I have are: Sega CD, Dreamcast, Saturn, & PS1. I tried to find a download link on this site for the CD-ICE emulator, but I think it's a dead one. :(
zophar will have a link for CD-ICE or whatever it is called
Neh Rasberry Pi is nice but it has it's limitations unless the Mess version works but if you googled what I said it's not an easy task to get CD-i working but mess is ported via libretro that has Rasberry Pi ports but that is not to say that all the Cores of Libretro will work on the Pi
To be honest Mess is possibly the best option anyway if you can get it working
Who is Zophar, lol? I did google that, & it does sound a bit Greek to me...
if you googled it then you already know :P
At first glance, i thought Zophar was another forum member, lol! What I referred to as Greek was the whole MAME/MESS thing. I did a quick google search. Even in RetroArch, which I have on my laptop, it sounds like a mess (sans pun) to set up. :(
mess is great and open source but it is not easy to use
back in the day and possibly still a lot of the emulators out there use Mess source code in one form or another the same goes for mame source code
I don't know what else to do, other than try it in Retro Pie, when I get my Raspberry Pi set up, or just try & track down a working CD-I player & hard copies of the discs, the old fashioned way, lol. :P
Big ass hint....
Olde CD consoles used little to no copy protection, i.e. most will play CD-R backups fine
Only example I can give that I know this for certain with is the Sega CD that only realy had region protection, but that plays from CD-R fine you just need to make sure your burns and CD-R's are the best you can get, the same as any other console CD burns
It's worth doing a bit of research before thinking of buying
Also note that most the CD-i games are kinda junk mind including those two Zelda games (I will never say all almost every console has the odd gem worth a play)
It's a very sentimental system for me, as it was the first CD system that I had ever played. My father had one, but he only had two games, out of a small assortment of titles. Video Speedway, & Wacky Miniature Golf, a cartoon-ish looking putt-putt game. My only complaint with the machine was the remote. I didn't mind it on the golf game, but trying to drive a race car with it?... My hands screamed bloody murder. (I have CP, from prematurity). Not to mention, you had to hold the remote almost right at the front of the console for it to read your input. I think it crapped out after he gave it away to a relative or whatever. :(
I have a CD-i with a game pad stuck in the cupboard. The games aren't that good, hence stuck in the cupboard... :wacko: