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Full Motion Video (FMV) games were quite new when the Sega CD was released. At least as far as mainstream gaming goes because Sewer Shark and Night Trap are both about half a decade old upon their release in 1992 on the newly released Sega CD add-on. Sega knew they had to get unique games […]
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Sewer Shark Calls Gamers Names – October 15th, 1992 – Today in Video Game History
October 15th, 2016 
Carl Williams 
Posted in News, Sega, Sega CD 
Tags: Digital Pictures, fmv, full motion video, Hasbro Nemo, sega 
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Produce Music Videos with Make My Video Starring Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch – October 15th, 1992 – Today in Video Game History
October 15th, 2016 Carl Williams Okay, this is one of those releases for the Sega CD that have gamers scratching their heads. What was Sega thinking when this one got approved? You also have to realize there were at least two more releases in this series (INXS and Kris Kross). That makes it even more baffling that just the one […]
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Posted in News, Sega, Sega CD Tags: Good Vibrations, I Need Money, Maky My Video, Mark Wahlberg, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, You Gotta Believe No Comments »
Cobra Command Brings Animated Arcade Rails Shooter Home – October 15th, 1992 – Today in Video Game History
October 15th, 2016 Carl Williams Full Motion Video (FMV) is not all actors in, somewhat, scant clothing running from blood suckers ala Night Trap. Or getting called names by your boss like in Sewer Shark. No, sometimes Full Motion Video games are just cartoons similar to what we enjoyed on Saturday mornings in the 80’s (man, who misses THOSE days?). […]
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Popful Mail Brings Elven Bounty Hunting 2D Side Scrolling Fun to Sega CD – Today in History – February 23rd, 1995
February 23rd, 2016 Carl Williams Working Designs was a unique company, to say the least. They did the unusual, ported games others wouldn’t touch and then went all out on the packaging. This overdoing the packaging quickly became their trademark- fans knew Working Designs not only cared about the game but also how it was presented. Most of, if not […]
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Posted in News, Sega, Sega CD Tags: 23rd 1995, action, adventure, elven bounty hunter, February, PC-8801, PC-9801, popful mail, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, sega, sega cd, super metroid, working designs No Comments »
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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Posted in Comp, Console, News, Portables, PSOne, Saturn, Sega, Sega CD, Sony Tags: 3do, atari, Brain Dead 13, cartoon, Dragon's Lair, itunes, jaguar, pc, playstation, quick time events, saturn, sega, sony, windows No Comments »
Be the Worm in Earthworm Jim Special Edition for Sega CD – Today in History – March 15th, 1995
March 15th, 2015 Carl Williams New intellectual properties (IP) are hard to get off the ground, this has been true for most of human consumer history. What do you do when you have a hit though and there are multiple platforms to available? You make a special edition that features extras not in other versions. “Director’s Cut” is well known […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Sega, Sega CD Tags: Aladdin, David Perry, Earthworm Jim, hd remake, Mickey Mania, side scroll, special edition No Comments »
Vay Brings Phantasy Star Role Playing to the Sega CD: Today in History- April 14th, 1994
April 13th, 2014 Carl Williams The Sega CD was known for one thing, other than a lot of full motion video games. That was animated introductions. Vay came to North America via Working Designs with a fully animated Anime style introduction that told the story. Interspersed throughout the game, at key moments, additional animation is used to further the story.
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Posted in iPhone, News, Portables, Sega, Sega CD Tags: anime, final fantasy, mecha, phantasy star, role playing game, rpg, vay, working designs 6 Comments »
Final Fight Punches Sega CD – April 3rd, 1993 – Today in Retro Gaming
April 3rd, 2014 Carl Williams Capcom was an earnest Nintendo licensee from the get-go. Not jumping ship till well into the life of the Super Nintendo, later than many other gaming companies. They did license out some of their arcade games though, rather than releasing them on competing hardware themselves. Konami, a competing game publisher, didn’t do this for years. […]
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Posted in News, Sega, Sega CD Tags: brawler, capcom, cody, fighting, final fight, guy, haggar, mad gear gang, port, sega 4 Comments »
Shining Force CD Slashes onto Sega CD – March 22nd, 1994 -Today in History
March 22nd, 2014 Carl Williams Shining Force is one of those series that Sega really dropped the ball with. The whole “Shining” series probably became too diluted and convoluted for Sega to keep up with anyhow. So they dropped it like a hot potato. Unfortunately this really was one of the series, along with Phantasy Star, that Sega could have […]
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Posted in Console, Game Gear, Genesis, News, Portables, Sega, Sega CD Tags: fantasy, role playing game, sega, shining force, shining force cd, strategy, turn based No Comments »
