RSS Feed
Twitter
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 […]
Posts Tagged ‘full motion video’
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 
Posted in News, Sega, Sega CD 
Tags: 1993, Digital Pictures, Dwight H. Little, fmv, full motion video, Ground Zero Texas, Halloween 4, Invaders from Mars, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Marked for Death, night trap, November 27th, November 27th 1993, Return of Michael Myers, Sewer Shark, Sony Imagesoft 
No Comments »
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 […]
Share this:
Posted in Comp, News, Nintendo, Playstation 4, Sony, Switch, Windows Tags: Corpse Killer, Double Switch, full motion video, Screaming Villains No Comments »
Team Innocent Sends Gamers on Space Police Adventure on NEC PC-FX – December 23rd, 1994 – Today in Video Game History
December 23rd, 2018 Carl Williams The NEC PC-FX is one of many consoles that never left Japan. Therefore it has more than a few exclusive titles North American gamers probably never heard of. One such title is Team Innocent. This is a 3rd person, fixed view, adventure title that features pre-rendered backgrounds with character sprites laid over them. This style will […]
Share this:
Fan Gets Dragon’s Lair Running on Atari 8-bit Computer
November 29th, 2018 Carl Williams Back in the day Atari had quite the plethora of platforms under their belt. They hold the honor of being one of the few hardware manufacturers that supported both a computer and dedicated consoles at the same time. The line of Atari 8-bit computers are well thought of in the retro gaming community and there […]
Share this:
Nintendo Switch Receiving Night Trap with Extras
April 20th, 2018 Carl Williams Anyone old enough to remember the original run for Night Trap? If so, you probably remember the underhanded way that Howard Lincoln, acting executive vice president of Nintendo of America, back stabbed Sega at the senate hearings in December 1993. During those hearings, Mr. Lincoln clearly stated, paraphrasing here, that Night Trap would never appear […]
Share this:
Posted in News, Nintendo, Switch Tags: fmv, full motion video, limited run games, night trap, Nintendo Switch No Comments »
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. […]
Share this:
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 […]
Share this:
Posted in 3DO, Comp, Console, News, Sega, Sega CD, Windows Tags: 3do, CD-i, Dracula Unleashed, fmv, full motion video, Ground Zero Texas, night trap, Prize Fighter, sega cd, Supreme Warrior, Voyeur No Comments »
Sewer Shark Calls Gamers Names – October 15th, 1992 – Today in Video Game History
October 15th, 2016 Carl Williams 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 […]
Share this:
Posted in News, Sega, Sega CD Tags: Digital Pictures, fmv, full motion video, Hasbro Nemo, sega 1 Comment »
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?). […]
Share this:
Night Trap Brings Congressional Hearings into Video Games — Today in Retro Gaming — October 15th, 1992
October 14th, 2016 Carl Williams When Sega launched the Sega CD add-on they needed some games that really “wowed” the audience and could not be done on cartridge. One company they went to that already had experience in this realm was Digital Pictures. DP was one of those “really ahead of their time” type companies that was working with Full Motion […]
Share this:
Posted in Comp, Console, News, Sega Tags: Digital Pictures, fmv, full motion video, Hasbro Nemo, night trap 2 Comments »
