Welcome to the New International CD-i Association!

This website is dedicated to the Compact Disc Interactive system. It provides you with lots of technical background information, downloads, overviews and other resources on CD-i.

What's New (Full revision history)

May 30, 2026
  • Added The Interactive Engineer issues 4-1 to 4-6 to the CD-i Documentation / The Interactive Engineer section.

    • May 29, 2026
  • Added CD-I News issues 1-1 to 1-3 to the new CD-i Documentation / CD-I News section.
  • Added Video-CD on CD-i release 4.0 to the CD-i Technical Documentation / Software section.

    • March 31, 2024
  • The HTML and image source files for this website are now on GitHub at github.com/cdifan/icdia.
    The repository is directly browsable from cdifan.github.io/icdia but in that case all of the internal PDF and download links are non-functional.

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    CD-i FAQ
  • CD-i FAQ 2020 - The most up-to date and accurate CD-i FAQ available on the web


    • CD-i OVERVIEWS
  • Complete CD-i Players Overview - All CD-i players ever made
  • Complete CD-i Accessories Overview - All available optional accessories
  • CD-i Related Technologies - CD-i subset players like Photo-CD and CD-BGM


    • CD-i DOWNLOADS
  • PC/Windows Downloads - Utilities for usage on a PC with DOS or Windows
  • OS-9 Disk Images Downloads - Software for usage on a CD-i / OS-9 development system
  • CD-i Development Player Downloads - Utilities for usage on a CD-i development system
  • CD-i Application Downloads - Runtime software for Video-CD and Photo-CD
  • CD-i Disc Images Downloads - Software for usage on a CD-i player
  • CD-i Homebrew Downloads - Projects from the ever growing CD-i homebrew scene


    • CD-i DOCUMENTATION
  • CD-i Player Manuals - User instructions for various models of CD-i players
  • CD-i Service Manuals - Repair instructions for various models of CD-i players
  • CD-i Technical Documentation - Technical documentation for various models of CD-i players
  • CD-i Technical Documentation / System - Documents related to the CD-i system
  • CD-i Technical Documentation / Software - Documents related to CD-i software applications
  • CD-i Technical Documentation / PIM Technical Notes - Documents from Philips Interactive Media
  • CD-i Full Functional Specification (Green Book) - Official specification of the CD-i system
  • CD-i Books - Books about the CD-i system
  • OS-9 Books - Books about the OS-9 operating system
  • Microware OS-9 Documentation - Technical manuals for OS-9 products
  • Authoring Manuals - Manuals for CD-i development equipment and software
  • Authoring Book(lets) - General books and booklets about CD-i authoring
  • Philips Media Brochures - Authoring hardware and software and professional players
  • The Interactive Engineer - Newsletter for CD-i developers (1995-1998)
  • IMS Newsletter - Internal newsletter for Philips IMS (1990-1992)
  • CD-I News - Newsletter evangelizing the coming CD-i platform (LINK, 1986/1987)


    • CD-i ARTICLES
  • CD-i Articles - Articles related to CD-i written by me and others
  • Classic ICDIA Articles - Archive of articles published by the ICDIA
  • Conference Proceedings and Articles - Archive of CD-i conference proceedings and articles


    • CD-i PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL
  • CD-i Promotional Videos - Promotional videos in MPEG-1 format
  • Historical advertisements and publications - CD-i landmarks in print
  • Press Information - Chronicling various press releases for CD-i


    • CD-i RESOURCES
  • ICDIA CD-i Software Archive - The world's largest CD-i software collection
  • Philips/OptImage/PMpro Technical Support Site - Official mirror of the former cdprosupport.com
  • CD-i Dev Research Site - Mirror of the former cdidev.emuvibes.com
  • CD-i Links - CD-i on the Web


    • ABOUT THE ICDIA
  • More about the ICDIA - Mission statement
  • Site revision history - All additions made to this site

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    E-mail & Contact

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