Just to add to this, you need to install Emulation Station from emudeck as well as use Steam Rom Manager to make a link to it in game mode (only once) I wonder if someone has a parser for CDI games?
Im going to try to get CDi working on my steamdeck. I've never heard of it. I just stumbled across this video. Looking for more steam emulation. I got switch working pretty good 👍🏽 Update 15 minutes later. I have CDi working great with the Top 50 roms for the system 😂
Can’t get any CD-I games going. MAME doesn’t recognize .bin and .cue files for cd-i games on the Deck. Emudeck compression tool doesn’t convert it to CHD either. I’m giving up.
None of the Philips CDI videos mention anything about these issues you'll face during setup. 1st of all, if you're looking to run the laser disc games like Dragons Lair or Mad Dog, forget it! All of them require a "Digital Video Card" which isn't implemented in any emulator. 2nd, converting bin and cue games to CHD is not as straight forward as other systems. Only games that have multiple bin files will convert with the included .bat files that are used. For single bin and cue file games, simply delete the cue and rename the .bin to .iso and use the iso to CHD bat. Most cd images are iso compliant so yes it will work
@ thanks for the info but I already gave up months ago and moved on. Tried for several days and even sought help from Discord people. There are so many great emulators that work fine on the Deck and I’m enjoying those now.
Is there any way to enhance the cursor speed for some of the games? I’m trying to play Burn:Cycle but I keep getting shot before I can move the crosshair over the enemy
I'm 99% sure the actual hardware was like that too (mine is in storage gathering dust or I would test it) - since there is no "analog" involved, it is all just a digital signal. You may check the emulator itself and see if it offers up something.
I had recently got the new Oled model. I tried some old emulators like the cdi and some others atomisware and Naomi and now they don’t work. I tried your bios and the games don’t work anymore could it be an update that messed it up?
When I try to load a CD-i game, the display shows weird and distorted textures and there's a message that says "Fatal Error: Device CD-ROM Image load failed: Unspecified error". Can you help me fix that?
@@GenyaArikado Honestly, I don't have it all currently installed at the moment. For all my video work, my Decks get nuked a lot - so I don't get attached to anything in particular LOL For emulation woes, I recommend trying multiple versions of the game - some could be bad or improperly packaged. Have you tried sourcing a copy of the game from another location?
That's a little ... newer ... than I care to cover. I will add it to my list. It isn't hard to do - but getting the files you need? That's the issue and I am NOT gonna get another community strike providing links :D
@@Darkuni I have the files but it is saying about having to adjust a line and I'm not understanding what they meant by that! Thanks for your help so far!
@@Darkuni the digital video cartridge I think you mean, fmv can be in games without the digital video cartridge. It's strange it doesn't work, I would think the cdi wouldn't need the card emulated as the entire thing is already in the system. Just need a way to get it to accept it.
@@allanallen1835 I'm certainly no expert in CD-i (own one, but no FMV cart), CD-i emulation nor Batocera. What game? I can see if it works in my setup.
Thanks for this video man it really helped. Now games like the infamous Z games run but other fmv won't run; it says "Digital Video Card" missing. I go in the core and cannot find a toggle. Any fellow gamer knows a work around? Thanks Edit: Nevermind just found out with a quick google search that for emulation of the cdi with dvc is pretty much a no go. IOW games that require it are unplayable on emulation
I'm afraid in my research it didn't look like that the FMV cartridge was actually supported. It is unfortunate. However if all you really want is the video to watch? There are ways of accessing a disc or disc image and extracting that video.
*THANK YOU VERY MUCH* 👍👍👍👍 It looks like it was the Bios files all along. I have tried so many CDI bios files, CDImono1, 2 etc.. and .chd, .cue. zip etc CDI games in Retroarch 'Same_CDI' and 'Messui64' I would strongly recommend these files be uploaded to Internet Archive for preservation because clearly these ones are different from all the others and seem to work for my setup anyway.
@@Darkuni thanks but I was trying to comment on the top post (@admiralbison). He didn’t indicate whether he had to change the name of the Bios file for emudeck. The Wiki for MAME stand-alone says it must be called cdimono1.zip
@@MrsBlaileen1 I don't recall with these working ones. However, I do remember renaming to those names in previous attempts. I really think, it's more a lot of bad files or incorrectly dumped CD-I bios files floating around the web.
![[PC/ROG Ally] Retroarch Philips CDi Emulation Setup Guide - 2023 Edition](/img/1.gif)
Wow it took way too long to find such a simple setup
Bravo and thank you
I cant tell you how much I've tried to get cdi emulation down and this was the most concise, easiest guide to follow
thank you so much for this video was so helpful getting this working finally!!
This is the only retro emulation I don't have. My hookup doesn't have it. Thanks
I'm glad I've found that video before struggling
Just to add to this, you need to install Emulation Station from emudeck as well as use Steam Rom Manager to make a link to it in game mode (only once)
I wonder if someone has a parser for CDI games?
You don't, actually. You can add it to Steam from the 'start' menu. No reason to ever touch SRM ... :D
dwd countless bios , been on it for 3 days , your worked on the first go
i subscribe
peace
Im going to try to get CDi working on my steamdeck. I've never heard of it. I just stumbled across this video. Looking for more steam emulation. I got switch working pretty good 👍🏽
Update 15 minutes later. I have CDi working great with the Top 50 roms for the system 😂
Well, I do these mostly by request - so if you run into issues with a system? Let me know!
@@Darkuni Everything is working great. Thanks man!!! You're the Man!
@@mutechannel13 Easy when you know how ... bitch of a time getting there originally though :D
Can’t get any CD-I games going. MAME doesn’t recognize .bin and .cue files for cd-i games on the Deck. Emudeck compression tool doesn’t convert it to CHD either. I’m giving up.
None of the Philips CDI videos mention anything about these issues you'll face during setup. 1st of all, if you're looking to run the laser disc games like Dragons Lair or Mad Dog, forget it! All of them require a "Digital Video Card" which isn't implemented in any emulator. 2nd, converting bin and cue games to CHD is not as straight forward as other systems. Only games that have multiple bin files will convert with the included .bat files that are used. For single bin and cue file games, simply delete the cue and rename the .bin to .iso and use the iso to CHD bat. Most cd images are iso compliant so yes it will work
@ thanks for the info but I already gave up months ago and moved on. Tried for several days and even sought help from Discord people. There are so many great emulators that work fine on the Deck and I’m enjoying those now.
Is there any way to enhance the cursor speed for some of the games? I’m trying to play Burn:Cycle but I keep getting shot before I can move the crosshair over the enemy
I'm 99% sure the actual hardware was like that too (mine is in storage gathering dust or I would test it) - since there is no "analog" involved, it is all just a digital signal. You may check the emulator itself and see if it offers up something.
I had recently got the new Oled model. I tried some old emulators like the cdi and some others atomisware and Naomi and now they don’t work. I tried your bios and the games don’t work anymore could it be an update that messed it up?
When I try to load a CD-i game, the display shows weird and distorted textures and there's a message that says "Fatal Error: Device CD-ROM Image load failed: Unspecified error". Can you help me fix that?
This sounds like a bad disc image. How many have you tried?
@@Darkuni Two
It did the exact same error when I tried without the BIOS files.
I don't understand. I did exactly as you did.
@@gbilo24 You got the bios files from my link, right?
@@Darkuni Yes. I did. I left them as ZIP archives as you did.
Thanks a lot for helping me
What about MAME stand-alone?
Is there a way to get the window to zoom in or will there always be bezels on every side?
The CD-i used a 4:3 display. What you're seeing is perfectly normal.
my cd-i emulator is running to fast. How to slow it down?
That's ... weird ... I didn't have that issue. Can you offer any more details?
@@Darkuni i fixed the speed now but can you try to run mutant rampage bodyslam on it? I have problems with it
@@GenyaArikado Honestly, I don't have it all currently installed at the moment. For all my video work, my Decks get nuked a lot - so I don't get attached to anything in particular LOL
For emulation woes, I recommend trying multiple versions of the game - some could be bad or improperly packaged. Have you tried sourcing a copy of the game from another location?
@@Darkuni yes okey...i will try it thanks
Does this work on the Playstation Classic? If so, please tell me how 🙏
I'm sorry, we don't really cover that platform on this channel. :(
Does this work with games that require the digital video cassette?
Pretty sure it doesn't.
is there a way to play CDI on Nintendo Switch modded ?
I really don't do emulation on Switch. If you can run RetroArch on Switch? Maybe...
@@Darkuni I tried but I found limited cores, like 3DO that it works, I have to figure out but I will let you know in case, thanks!
Can you do the Xenia please? Struggling to get it to work
That's a little ... newer ... than I care to cover. I will add it to my list. It isn't hard to do - but getting the files you need? That's the issue and I am NOT gonna get another community strike providing links :D
@@Darkuni I have the files but it is saying about having to adjust a line and I'm not understanding what they meant by that! Thanks for your help so far!
@@slkilla I'll see what I can do ...
@@Darkuni Thanks very much!
It asks me to install the cdi video card on batocora on steam deck
The title you're trying to play could require the FMV cartridge? Perhaps that isn't emulated yet? I'm no Batocera expert though..
@@Darkuni the digital video cartridge I think you mean, fmv can be in games without the digital video cartridge.
It's strange it doesn't work, I would think the cdi wouldn't need the card emulated as the entire thing is already in the system. Just need a way to get it to accept it.
@@allanallen1835 I'm certainly no expert in CD-i (own one, but no FMV cart), CD-i emulation nor Batocera. What game? I can see if it works in my setup.
@@Darkuni thunder in paradise and all others that use the cartridge, things like kiether and wand of gammon work fine.
@@allanallen1835 Cool, let me look into it. Do we know that SameCDI emulates that hardware?
Thanks for this video man it really helped. Now games like the infamous Z games run but other fmv won't run; it says "Digital Video Card" missing. I go in the core and cannot find a toggle. Any fellow gamer knows a work around? Thanks
Edit: Nevermind just found out with a quick google search that for emulation of the cdi with dvc is pretty much a no go. IOW games that require it are unplayable on emulation
I'm afraid in my research it didn't look like that the FMV cartridge was actually supported. It is unfortunate. However if all you really want is the video to watch? There are ways of accessing a disc or disc image and extracting that video.
@@Darkuni Yeah man just found out as well but thanks otherwise helpful video save me a lot of time 🤟
@@yambu007 it's what I'm here for :-)
@@Darkuni Not kidding I tried following other videos for installing stuff on SD before I found your channel and 🫨🫨🫨
Who do I see in the background?? No way, fear the crebkat 😆
It works, thanks :)
*THANK YOU VERY MUCH* 👍👍👍👍
It looks like it was the Bios files all along.
I have tried so many CDI bios files, CDImono1, 2 etc.. and .chd, .cue. zip etc CDI games in Retroarch 'Same_CDI' and 'Messui64'
I would strongly recommend these files be uploaded to Internet Archive for preservation because clearly these ones are different from all the others and seem to work for my setup anyway.
The devil is always in the details ... :D
Did you have to rename the Bios file to cdimono1.zip? Emudeck requires that named file.
@@MrsBlaileen1 What you see is what I had to do!
@@Darkuni thanks but I was trying to comment on the top post (@admiralbison). He didn’t indicate whether he had to change the name of the Bios file for emudeck. The Wiki for MAME stand-alone says it must be called cdimono1.zip
@@MrsBlaileen1 I don't recall with these working ones.
However, I do remember renaming to those names in previous attempts.
I really think, it's more a lot of bad files or incorrectly dumped CD-I bios files floating around the web.