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The CD-i resulted from a failed deal between [[Nintendo]] and Sony to create a CD-based addon for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] called the PlayStation Experimental. Sony, however, wanted a large share of the profit from this addon, as well as to be able to brand it with their logo. Without warning, Nintendo cancelled the deal, moving to make a deal with Sony's rival Philips to make the same addon. Sony's research and development on the PlayStation Experimental led to them releasing the first {{wp|PlayStation}} console in 1996 as a rival to the [[Nintendo 64]]. | The CD-i resulted from a failed deal between [[Nintendo]] and Sony to create a CD-based addon for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] called the PlayStation Experimental. Sony, however, wanted a large share of the profit from this addon, as well as to be able to brand it with their logo. Without warning, Nintendo cancelled the deal, moving to make a deal with Sony's rival Philips to make the same addon. Sony's research and development on the PlayStation Experimental led to them releasing the first {{wp|PlayStation}} console in 1996 as a rival to the [[Nintendo 64]]. | ||
| − | When Nintendo eventually backed out of the deal with Philips, Philips demanded to use several of Nintendo's characters in games for the CD-i, leading to the notoriously poor '' | + | When Nintendo eventually backed out of the deal with Philips, Philips demanded to use several of Nintendo's characters in games for the CD-i, leading to the notoriously poor ''[[Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon]]'', ''[[Link: The Faces of Evil]]'', ''[[Zelda's Adventure]]'', and ''[[Hotel Mario]]''. |
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The Philips CD-i was a video game console released in 1991 by Philips. Acting in some ways similar to a modern-day DVD player, the CD-i represented a revolutionary new era for video games: a move to compact disc-based media over cartridges that had been used since the early 1980's.
The CD-i resulted from a failed deal between Nintendo and Sony to create a CD-based addon for the SNES called the PlayStation Experimental. Sony, however, wanted a large share of the profit from this addon, as well as to be able to brand it with their logo. Without warning, Nintendo cancelled the deal, moving to make a deal with Sony's rival Philips to make the same addon. Sony's research and development on the PlayStation Experimental led to them releasing the first PlayStation console in 1996 as a rival to the Nintendo 64.
When Nintendo eventually backed out of the deal with Philips, Philips demanded to use several of Nintendo's characters in games for the CD-i, leading to the notoriously poor Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon, Link: The Faces of Evil, Zelda's Adventure, and Hotel Mario.
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