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Full Motion Video (FMV) games missed their calling in my opinion, at least back in the day, by not focusing on the horror genre. So many went for the drama or action angle (a few on 3DO went for comedy as well), angles that are not easy to achieve great results in. Horror FMV games […]
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Classic FMV Game “Tender Loving Care” Released on GOG
June 29th, 2017 
Michael Crisman Tender Loving Care ruffled some feathers upon its original release in 1998 for two major reasons. First, the game was irritatingly difficult to classify–it looked like other FMV-heavy point-and-click adventure titles like the Gabriel Knight and Phantasmagoria series, but there weren’t any puzzles to solve; it featured multiple endings, but a randomizing element thrown into the […]
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Brain Dead 13 FMV Game Gives You Unlimited Lives – January 31st, 1996 – Today in Video Game History
January 31st, 2016 Carl Williams A little disclaimer in the manual for Brain Dead 13 set the pace for the rest of the game. You are given unlimited lives and will probably need all of them to survive your time here. This is a Full Motion Video Game (FMV) in the style of Dragon’s Lair. FMV games are essentially interactive […]
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Beast Within A Gabriel Knight Mystery Jumps to FMV – December 31st, 1995 – Today in Video Game History
December 31st, 2015 Carl Williams The Beast Within – A Gabriel Knight Mystery is a unique adventure for gamers to take on. What do you do when you are Sierra On-Line, a company known for pushing the envelope, and it is the dawn of a new age in computing? CD-ROM technology was picking up, becoming cheaper and more widespread with […]
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Game Hack: Zelda III Receives Update with FMV Cut Scenes and CD Quality Sound
January 4th, 2015 Carl Williams That headline is not misleading, the original Legend of Zelda III: A Link to the Past on Super Nintendo has received an update by fans that includes Full Motion Video (FMV) cutscenes and CD quality audio. This is all accomplished thanks to a hardware hacker named Byuu, who created BSNES and Higan and more importantly […]
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Night Trap To Make FMV Miracle Return
May 21st, 2014 Carl Williams Anyone that was gaming in the early to mid 1990’s will probably remember the Full Motion Video (FMV) craze that hit gaming. It is funny though, this craze was much older than that, in fact by the time Night Trap saw release, it would almost have been able to be classified as “retro” according to […]
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Star Wars Shadows of the Empire Was Almost a Nintendo 64 Launch Title – December 3rd, 1996 – Today in Video Game History
December 3rd, 2020 Carl Williams Star Wars Shadows of the Empire was one of the first third party games to launch for the Nintendo 64. LucasArts postponed the release to give the developers a bit more time to clean things up. That does not happen all that often. Anyhow, not being able to use the main characters from the movies […]
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Ground Zero: Texas Introduces Full Motion Video Aliens Shooting Action to Sega CD – November 27th, 1993 – Today in Video Game History
November 26th, 2020 Carl Williams Ground Zero: Texas by Sony Imagesoft and Digital Pictures hit the Sega CD in November 1993. This was another Full Motion Video (FMV) game for the fledgling CD based Sega Genesis add-on. It is interesting to know who was involved with this game though. This was also the first time a video game had to […]
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Novastorm Brings Futuristic Rail Shooting to PlayStation – October 10th, 1995 – Today in Video Game History
October 10th, 2020 Carl Williams Novastorm is a rail shooter. You are either a fan of them or hate them. This futuristic shooter was developed by Psygnosis and released on various platforms such as Sony PlayStation, FM Towns Marty, and 3DO. While technology allows this level of graphics in real time, back in the mid 1990’s this was, at least […]
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Control Troops Wreak Havoc in Command & Conquer – September 26th, 1995 – Today in Video Game History
September 26th, 2020 Carl Williams Command & Conquer by Westwood Studios and Virgin Interactive was quite the success story. It was the granddaddy of real-time strategy gaming as we know it today. Sure, another game predates C&C but minor tweaks separated the two by miles. Considering this was released in the mid-1990’s, there is also a heaping helping of Full […]
