I´m writing a feature report about Fullmotionvideogames for our website right now, the mainpart is already done ( and beside all the historic talk it will deal with Gabriel Knight 2, UAKM, Pandora and Overseer in huge parts). The mainpart starts with the release of Under a killing Moon. I know there were other games with real actors or short video sequences prior to that and I want to talk about these games in a short introduction making a bridge to the mainpart with UAKM ( kind of) officially starting that era.
What adventure games do you know , that were released before Under a killing moon, that either were FMV, or had at least a real actor as a maincharacter or some sort of video sequences ( with real actors) even though the game it self doesen´t have to be a classical FMV game.
I´m thankful for every piece of information.
What adventure games do you know , that were released before Under a killing moon, that either were FMV, or had at least a real actor as a maincharacter or some sort of video sequences ( with real actors) even though the game it self doesen´t have to be a classical FMV game.
I´m thankful for every piece of information.
Well, I know both 7th Guest and 11th Hour came out before UAKM. I think 11th Hour came out the same year, though I'm not sure.
Also, I think there was a Police Quest game that was FMV-based.
Hope that helps! And good luck!
-Fred
Also, I think there was a Police Quest game that was FMV-based.
Hope that helps! And good luck!
-Fred
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I just Googled "FMV game history" and found a few things
First of all you should definitely do some hefty research on the Sega CD games. It was a big thing back then to have video on CD on a console so alot of (bad) games came out. I never had one but have found funny reviews in the past.
Here's a page that details a variety of games with a lot of elsser known ones
Sega CD games review (see description for full video)
Also I found this guys "FMV Hell" game reviews. They're pretty hilarious!
http://www.youtube.com/user/SpoonyOne
Actually I think if you typed fmv game or sega cd into youtube you'll get a ton of stuff, it might be one of the better places to look cos there seems to be alot of retro video game reviewers on there.
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_motion_video
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FMV-based_games
Found this old 2002 thread too (mixed opinion on Tex Murphy games so watch out lol)
Theres probably alot of threads out thereon fmv games, mostly starting with "lolz do you remember how much FMV games sucked ass lmao!"
I and probably many others on this board were pretty lucky I guess in that we got to see some of the best FMV games released at the time (Tex Murphy series, Black Dahlia, Gabriel Knight 2 etc.), the worst I played was maybe the X-Files FMV game (mostly I disliked it cos you never actually got to see Mulder and Scully for more than 10 minutes which was a travesty considering thats probably why you bought the game!) and that wasn't *that* bad really, but seeing some of the games on these reviews, I suddenly can see why so many took a dim view, they're so bad they're awesomely funny. My favourite is the video clip from FoxHunt from the FMV Hell reviews, what were they thinking? HAHA!
I still believe though that in this day and age cinematic/video-based games could be done effectively what with the amount of films getting a game release and what with the technology available that could make a better balance between interactivity and video in such games.
First of all you should definitely do some hefty research on the Sega CD games. It was a big thing back then to have video on CD on a console so alot of (bad) games came out. I never had one but have found funny reviews in the past.
Here's a page that details a variety of games with a lot of elsser known ones
Sega CD games review (see description for full video)
Also I found this guys "FMV Hell" game reviews. They're pretty hilarious!
http://www.youtube.com/user/SpoonyOne
Actually I think if you typed fmv game or sega cd into youtube you'll get a ton of stuff, it might be one of the better places to look cos there seems to be alot of retro video game reviewers on there.
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_motion_video
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FMV-based_games
Found this old 2002 thread too (mixed opinion on Tex Murphy games so watch out lol)
Theres probably alot of threads out thereon fmv games, mostly starting with "lolz do you remember how much FMV games sucked ass lmao!"
I and probably many others on this board were pretty lucky I guess in that we got to see some of the best FMV games released at the time (Tex Murphy series, Black Dahlia, Gabriel Knight 2 etc.), the worst I played was maybe the X-Files FMV game (mostly I disliked it cos you never actually got to see Mulder and Scully for more than 10 minutes which was a travesty considering thats probably why you bought the game!) and that wasn't *that* bad really, but seeing some of the games on these reviews, I suddenly can see why so many took a dim view, they're so bad they're awesomely funny. My favourite is the video clip from FoxHunt from the FMV Hell reviews, what were they thinking? HAHA!
I still believe though that in this day and age cinematic/video-based games could be done effectively what with the amount of films getting a game release and what with the technology available that could make a better balance between interactivity and video in such games.
(Ruri_Ayanami from the old Tex Murphy ezboard).
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It's funny you mentioned sega cd games because when I first started reading the posts in this thread that's what I thought of. Although, I can't remember when those games came out...I know early to mid 90's but I don't know if UAKM was out before them or not. There were some really cool games though that used live actors and video sequences as the main part of the game...Night Trap, Ground Zero Texas, Prize Fighter, Double Switch, Who shot Johnny Rock?, Mad Dog McCree....all of those games were actually pretty cool....high replay value on a lot of them....I have a ton of those games still.
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I would say that Return to Zork featured 'real' FMV. The only difference between it and later games was its lower resolution and slower frame-rate. But essentially, it is exactly the same thing - Live actors (there were 24 live actors in RTZ) in a green-screen environment.I believe Return to Zork came out before UAKM. While it featured live actors, it was a bit more basic in that it wasn't fullmotion video. I'm not actually sure what it would be called, does anyone else know?
Return to Zork was released in 1993. One year before UAKM. But UAKM was a significant technological leap after RTZ.
A Fork In The Tale was a FMV with Rob Schneider as the lead character... Wasn't a very popular game, I don't think... I also don't remember when this was released either...
The Police Quest that Fred is thinking of is the First SWAT that they came out with... It was completely movie except for maybe when you were at the firing range... There weren't really any Known People in it... Again, Not sure of it's release date...
There are the Wing Commander Games, III, IV, and V, all of which were mostly movie...
Phantanmagoria I and II...
I'm not sure on any of these release dates, but all of which were fairly good games...
The Police Quest that Fred is thinking of is the First SWAT that they came out with... It was completely movie except for maybe when you were at the firing range... There weren't really any Known People in it... Again, Not sure of it's release date...
There are the Wing Commander Games, III, IV, and V, all of which were mostly movie...
Phantanmagoria I and II...
I'm not sure on any of these release dates, but all of which were fairly good games...
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Also there was Toonstruck, but, it may have appeared after UAKM, when I think about it. But it was an adventure game and it was (at least partially) FMV-based.
-Fred
-Fred
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Well, I'm not sure if this counts but I had Die Hard on the PC way back when. The whole game could fit on a 0.7mb floppy disc (half the old 1.44 floppy discs, can't even remember if they had their own name).
It was mostly a walk, kick, shoot game, but there were some digitised shots from the movie, including action scenes, like when you killed the baddie, there was a clip of Alan Rickman falling away.
Does that count?
If it's FMV unique to a game rather than movie footage put into a game, it's probably TPD for me or Gabriel Knight 2.
It was mostly a walk, kick, shoot game, but there were some digitised shots from the movie, including action scenes, like when you killed the baddie, there was a clip of Alan Rickman falling away.
Does that count?
If it's FMV unique to a game rather than movie footage put into a game, it's probably TPD for me or Gabriel Knight 2.
David
they're not adventure games, but Wing Commander 3 and especially 4 was use of FMV at its finest. Also, i have a soft spot for 7th Guest and 11th Hour. 
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Thanks a lot for the answers, 
I´m aware of most FMV games since this was always my favorite (Sub)Genre, but I wasnt´t sure about games from the early 90s that came out before the boom started with UAKM.
I write about PC Adventures only, so I´ll leave out the Sega CD games in my short introduction to the feature that starts with UAKM. But I will mention games like the 7.th guest, 11. th hour and return to Zork in my introduction. So thanks for bringing these up. I remember getting the 7.th guest around 93 but I never really played it.
I was never able to purchase Mean Streets and Martian Memorandum in Germany. Do i understand it right, that they already had Chris Jones as a " real digitalized actor in it" ?
Or did they have real actors involved in any other form ( even if´s only short video clips or something).
That would be good to know, because since UAKM,Pandora and Overseer play such an important role in my article I could kind of go full circle with mentioning Mean Streets and Martian Memorandum in the short introduction. Just by the way I pointed out Access Software and Sierra as the 2 most important forces for that whole era.
In the german media the Tex Murphy games ( and most FMV games) never got that much coverage and are not that well known ( unlike Gabriel Knight2 and Phantasmagoria, which were exceptions) so maybe my article will make some people go and check out the Access games that never heard of them before, a good way of giving Access some promo in retrospective, which I alreay tried to do with my Retro Tex Reviews.
Later on in that feature I´ll have a short section, that will deal with games that went parallel to the FMV Boom that had real actors without being FMV in the actual sense. Games like Toonstruck, Riddle of Master Lu and Dark Seed1 and 2. I think the whole thing is gonna be pretty cool, 7pages are already written ( The actual mainpart is finished), now the introduction is next...
I´m aware of most FMV games since this was always my favorite (Sub)Genre, but I wasnt´t sure about games from the early 90s that came out before the boom started with UAKM.I write about PC Adventures only, so I´ll leave out the Sega CD games in my short introduction to the feature that starts with UAKM. But I will mention games like the 7.th guest, 11. th hour and return to Zork in my introduction. So thanks for bringing these up. I remember getting the 7.th guest around 93 but I never really played it.
I was never able to purchase Mean Streets and Martian Memorandum in Germany. Do i understand it right, that they already had Chris Jones as a " real digitalized actor in it" ?
Or did they have real actors involved in any other form ( even if´s only short video clips or something).
That would be good to know, because since UAKM,Pandora and Overseer play such an important role in my article I could kind of go full circle with mentioning Mean Streets and Martian Memorandum in the short introduction. Just by the way I pointed out Access Software and Sierra as the 2 most important forces for that whole era.
In the german media the Tex Murphy games ( and most FMV games) never got that much coverage and are not that well known ( unlike Gabriel Knight2 and Phantasmagoria, which were exceptions) so maybe my article will make some people go and check out the Access games that never heard of them before, a good way of giving Access some promo in retrospective, which I alreay tried to do with my Retro Tex Reviews.
Later on in that feature I´ll have a short section, that will deal with games that went parallel to the FMV Boom that had real actors without being FMV in the actual sense. Games like Toonstruck, Riddle of Master Lu and Dark Seed1 and 2. I think the whole thing is gonna be pretty cool, 7pages are already written ( The actual mainpart is finished), now the introduction is next...
