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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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Ground Zero: Texas Introduces Full Motion Video Aliens Shooting Action to Sega CD – November 27th, 1993 – Today in Video Game History
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Full Motion Video Making Big Return on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch
June 24th, 2019 Carl Williams Fans of Full Motion Video (FMV) games, like me, should be happy knowing these interactive movies are making a comeback. Before all two of you reading this that are also fans get too excited, one of the titles I am talking about is Corpse Killer. Not exactly the best this genre has to offer (that […]
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Why Full Motion Video Was Horrible on Sega CD
February 3rd, 2018 Carl Williams Looking back today Full Motion Video games on the Sega CD are quite painful to play. Not just because most are rather horrible, and I like the genre so that is saying something, but because of the video quality. Some titles were uglier than others and this was one of the sticking points for gamers. […]
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Five Retro Full Motion Video Games that Push the Genre
January 20th, 2018 Carl Williams Full Motion Video was supposed to be the revolutionary genre of the, then, incoming CD-ROM world. I am talking about the 80’s and early 90’s of gaming. A time when Sega fought Nintendo’s iron grip on gaming with innovative ideas, technologies and knew how to take a freaking chance. Maybe had they been so hard […]
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Commodore 64 Full Motion Video
December 29th, 2016 Carl Williams Think the Commodore 64 cannot do Full Motion Video? Think again, it can even do a great rendition of the Knight Rider and Dallas intros.
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Horror Full Motion Video Game D Now Available on GoG.com
June 6th, 2016 Carl Williams Ah, full motion video games, how thee have been stricken from the hearts of gamers the world over. It is a shame really. It seems that the most loved full motion video (FMV) games are horror based. From Night Trap to Dracula Unleashed, even if they are remembered for the wrong reasons, are among the […]
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So Bad It’s Good – Dracula Unleashed Redeems Sega CD Full Motion Video
June 5th, 2016 Carl Williams Okay, full motion video games seem to get a bad rap by the majority of gamers. No matter what it is, when it was released or who starred in it, gamers like trash talking full motion video (FMV). It is one of those weird quirks of gaming. Back on the Sega CD, and on Macintosh/PC’s […]
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4 Sega CD Full Motion Video Games Pushing the Envelope
May 21st, 2016 Carl Williams Full Motion Video (FMV) games are the bastard children of gaming. Gamers once were as in love with FMV games as the developers and publishers were. I myself remember the first time I saw Kingdoms, Night Trap and Cobra Command. I was dumbfounded and actually truly, deeply, wanted this new genre to be as cool […]
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New Game: Five Nights At Freddy’s Shows Full Motion Video is Not Dead
August 25th, 2014 Carl Williams First, you may be wondering why we are covering Five Nights at Freddy’s here on Retro Gaming Magazine. It is simple, Full Motion Video (FMV) games go way back in gaming, to the 80’s actually. Titles like Night Trap (reboot currently looking for funding on Kickstarter) and Sewer Shark were the norm back in the […]
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Kickstarter: Night Trap Revamped, it is Full Motion Video and it is Pretty Cool, Seeks Funding
August 13th, 2014 Carl Williams Anyone that has been in gaming from the early days, or at least the late 80’s, will probably remember a time when gaming tried to go Hollywood. What this meant was, actors/actresses and real world stuff was used in more and more games. Not like Mortal Kombat but actual video footage was used to make […]
