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Fanart Friday: CD-i holiday special

Merry Christma- I mean, Squadalah! Even though it is not that jolly time of year, CD-i month makes it feel like the holidays. Wait a minute. I just noticed that the Squadalah guy is kind of like Santa Claus! Except he doesn’t bring presents. Oh well. Today we bring you a merry image featuring four…

Angry Video Game Nerd plays CD-i: Part 2

Today we return with the second half of the Angry Video Game Nerd’s experience with the CD-i console. Part two takes a look at the other two CD-i Zelda titles, Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda’s Adventure. The Wand of Gamelon and The Faces of Evil were released on the same day and can…

CD-i cosplay Tuesday: Morshu the shopkeeper

One of the features of CD-i month will be cosplay on Tuesdays. For some strange reason, the CD-i Zelda characters aren’t as popular to cosplay as their mainstream counterparts so I decided to seek out all of the CD-i Zelda cosplay that I could find. I was expecting to find a few kings and maybe…

We’re holding a CD-i video contest all-month long

CD-i month wouldn’t be complete without a contest! Unlike the Nintendo Zelda games, most fans were not introduced to the CD-i Zelda games by playing them but instead by watching videos of them. If it weren’t for YouTube, Nintendo may have been successful in trying to banish all knowledge of the CD-i Zelda games from…

CD-i Reviews: The Wand of Gamelon & The Faces of Evil

They’re actually not that bad. No really, they’re not actually that bad. Yes, yes, I know that the cinematics are terrible.  I also know what the Angry Video Game Nerd said about them.  And I acknowledge that by no means are they some epitome of gaming that should be placed upon a golden pedestal somewhere. …

CD-i Zelda in all its glory

We at Zelda Universe couldn’t get far into CD-i month without showing you the number one reason why the CD-i Zelda games are so  infamous. Like many of the Nintendo Zelda titles, the CD-i ones intermixed gameplay with a number of cutscenes. It’s these cutscenes that have made many a Zelda fan cringe, or laugh,…

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