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Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia

System(s): Sega Mega-CD

Publisher: Compton's NewMedia

Developer: Compton's NewMedia

Original system(s): Windows PC

Genre: Miscellaneous

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1994		T-118015
US (2)	1994		T-118025

Non-Sega versions
CD-i Windows PC

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Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia is a Sega Mega-CD encyclopedia program developed and published by Compton's NewMedia. A port of the developer's titular 1993 Windows PC program Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia, it was released exclusively in the United States in 1994, both as a stand-alone product and as a pack-in title for the JVC X'Eye.

Program

Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia features 34,000 subjects, 5,000 pictures, and 30 video articles sourced from the American Library Association.

History

Four revisions of Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia were released.^[1] The first, bundled with the JVC X'Eye and internally dated May 1994, is the title's base release. The second, bundled with a later release of the X'Eye and internally dated September 1994, greatly expands upon the number of articles and adds an additional series of narrated slideshows. This second revision was also the base for a third revision, which was the version available for purchase separately. The fourth, also bundled with an even later release of the X'Eye and internally dated October 1994, is virtual identical to the previous revision spare an updated set of production credits and some minor programming changes.^[1]

Magazine articles

Main article: Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual Reg Card

Mega-CD, US (X'Eye pack-in)
Cover
Manual Disc (blue variant) Disc (red variant) Disc (black variant)

Technical information

Main article: Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

383,027,904

CD-ROM (US)

T-118025

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 http://redump.org/discs/system/mcd/region/Am/

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-{{sub-stub}}'''''Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia''''' is a piece of [[Sega Mega CD]] software which acts as an interactive encyclopedia. It was only released in North America and was bundled with the [[X'eye]].
+{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is a [[Sega Mega-CD]] encyclopedia program developed and published by [[Compton's NewMedia]]. A port of the developer's titular 1993 [[Windows PC]] program ''[[wikipedia:Compton's Encyclopedia#CD-ROM editions|Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia]]'', it was released exclusively in the United States in 1994, both as a stand-alone product and as a pack-in title for the [[JVC X'Eye]].
-At the time, it would have been one of the first interactive encyclopedias, sporting over 34,000, 5,000 pictures and 30 video articles from the American Library Accociation. In comparison, at the time of writing the English [[wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] has 3.8 million articles and [[wikipedia:Wikimedia Commons|Wikimedia Commons]] has over 12 million freely usable files, making ''Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia'' a bit redundant in the modern age.
+==Program==
+{{PAGENAME}} features 34,000 subjects, 5,000 pictures, and 30 video articles sourced from the [[wikipedia:American Library Association|American Library Association]].
-==Physical Scans==
+==History==
+Four revisions of {{PAGENAME}} were released.{{ref|http://redump.org/discs/system/mcd/region/Am/}} The first, bundled with the [[JVC X'Eye]] and internally dated May 1994, is the title's base release. The second, bundled with a later release of the X'Eye and internally dated September 1994, greatly expands upon the number of articles and adds an additional series of narrated slideshows. This second revision was also the base for a third revision, which was the version available for purchase separately. The fourth, also bundled with an even later release of the X'Eye and internally dated October 1994, is virtual identical to the previous revision spare an updated set of production credits and some minor programming changes.{{ref|http://redump.org/discs/system/mcd/region/Am/}}
+==Magazine articles==
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+==Physical scans==
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+| item2name=Disc<br/>(red variant)
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+| item3name=Disc<br/>(black variant)
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+==Technical information==
+{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Technical information}}
+===ROM dump status===
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+==References==
+<references/>