Philips CD-i
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Template:System The Philips CD-i is a video game console released by Philiphs in 1991. The console featured three licensed Template:LZS games.
Story
Nintendo, after a failed attempt with Sony to create a console which used CDs, decided to partner with Phillips, giving the copyright to many of their franchises. The console was designed to play audio CDs and, with add-on hardware, Video CDs as well. Although designed as a general-purpose multimedia device, the CD-i is best known as a failed game console, in part because almost all of the games available were of very low quality, especially those licensed by Nintendo. Because the CD-i was seen as a game console by the general public, it did not sell well when compared to the more powerful and less expensive dedicated game consoles available at the time. Because the CD-i failed to sell well, Philips took it off the market in 1998.
Two Zelda games released for the CD-i went with the side-scrolling style of The Adventure of Link, while the third one went for a more classic top view. As today, Nintendo does not aknowledge the existence of all their licensed games released for the console due to their negative reception.
The Legend of Zelda Games
- The Faces of Evil (1993)
- The Wand of Gamelon (1993)
- Zelda's Adventure (1994)