Is the Philips CD-I Actually that Bad?

Not quite. It's rather misunderstood, and here's why...
Update: RetroArch has since added a new CD-i core, thus emulation is far simpler now.

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0:00 - What's the CD-I about?
2:55 - Timekeeper battery
3:48 - Infamous controller
4:27 - Lightgun controller
4:40 - Computer on TV?
5:08 - Official gamepad
5:57 - Anti-piracy and burning CDs

7:30 - Apprentice, The
8:13 - Family Games II
10:38 - Flashback
11:27 - Flintstones/Jetsons: Timewarp
12:47 - The Flowers of Robert Mapplethorpe
13:20 - Hanna-Barbera's Cartoon Carnival
14:05 - Hotel Mario
15:18 - Mutant Rampage: Bodyslam
16:31 - Pinball
16:57 - Tetris
17:43 - Zelda Games
18:35 - Zenith

19:32 - Conclusion

Outro Music: Launch Base Rearranged - Savaged Regime

Background Music:
Medieval Tower - The Apprentice OST
World 1 - Fast Food OST
Flowers of Mapplethorpe OST
World 4 (Variation 2) - Hotel Mario OST

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