Philips CD-i

The Philips CD-i is a video game console released by in 1991. The console featured three licensed games.

History
Nintendo, after a failed attempt with to create a console which used CDs, decided to partner with Phillips, giving them the license to several of their franchises' characters. 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, while the third one went for a more classic top view. Nintendo does not acknowledge the existence of all their licensed games released for the console due to their negative reception.

The Legend of Zelda Games

 * (1993)
 * (1993)
 * (1994)