Complete List of Full-Motion Video (FMV) Games

[digitalpress]

Alright, for a column I'm doing. This is my "complete list". It's based on US titles only and one of the parameters of this genre has to be that you actually control some aspect of the video. For example, I left out games like Microcosm or "D" because the video is used strictly for backgrounds, whereas in a game like Sewer Shark where it seems to be the same case you are in fact making turns through the sewers by interacting with the video.

Am I leaving anything out?

Game Title Game Mfr
Braindead 13 (by ReadySoft, for Saturn)
Braindead 13 (by ReadySoft, for 3DO)
Braindead 13 (by Crystal Dynam, for PlayStation):
Braindead 13 (by ReadySoft, for Jaguar)
Braindead 13 (by Philips, for CD-I)
Bug Blasters: The Exterminators (by Good Deal Games, for Sega CD):
Cobra Command (by Data East, for Sega CD):
Corpse Killer (by DigitalPictures, for 32X):
Corpse Killer: Graveyard Edition (by DigitalPictures, for Saturn):
Corpse Killer (by DigitalPictures, for 3DO)
Corpse Killer (by DigitalPictures, for Sega CD):
Crime Patrol 2: Drug Wars (by Philips, for CD-I)
Crime Patrol (by Amer Lasergames, for 3DO):
Crime Patrol (by Philips, for CD-I)
Crime Patrol (by Amer Lasergames, for Sega CD)
Double Switch (by Sega, for Sega CD)
Double Switch (by DigitalPictures, for Saturn):
Dracula Unleashed (by Sega, for Sega CD)
Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp (by Philips, for CD-I)
Dragon's Lair (by ReadySoft, for 3DO)
Dragon's Lair (by ReadySoft, for Jaguar)
Dragon's Lair (by ReadySoft, for Sega CD)
Dragon's Lair (by Philips, for CD-I)
Drug Wars (by Amer Lasergames, for 3DO):
Fahrenheit (by Sega, for 32X):
Fahrenheit (by Sega, for Sega CD):
Fox Hunt (by Capcom, for PlayStation):
Ground Zero Texas (by Sony, for Sega CD)
Gunslinger Collection 3-in-1 (by Amer Lasergames, for 3DO):
J.B. Harold Murder Club (by NEC, for Turbografx-16):
Kids on Site (by DigitalPictures, for Sega CD):
Kingdom II: Shadoan (by Philips, for CD-I):
Kingdom: The Far Reaches (by Interplay, for 3DO)
Kingdom: The Far Reaches (by Philips, for CD-I):
Last Bounty Hunter, The (by Amer Lasergames, for 3DO)
LoadStar: The Legend of Tully Bodine (by Rocket Science, for Sega CD)
Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold (by Philips, for CD-I)
Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold (by Amer Lasergames, for 3DO)
Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold (by Amer Lasergames, for Sega CD)
Mad Dog McCree (by Philips, for CD-I)
Mad Dog McCree (by Amer Lasergames, for Sega CD)
Mad Dog McCree (by Amer Lasergames, for 3DO)
Make My Video: INXS (by DigitalPictures, for Sega CD):
Make My Video: Kris Kross (by Sony, for Sega CD):
Make My Video: Marky Mark (by DigitalPictures, for Sega CD):
Masked Rider, The: Kamen Rider Zo (by Sega, for Sega CD)
Midnight Raiders (by Sega, for Sega CD)
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (by Sega, for Sega CD)
Night Trap (original) (by DigitalPictures, for Sega CD):
Night Trap (re-release) (by DigitalPictures, for Sega CD):
Night Trap (by DigitalPictures, for 32X):
Night Trap (by DigitalPictures, for 3DO):
Power Factory featuring C&C Music Factory (by Sony, for Sega CD)
Prize Fighter (by Sega, for Sega CD):
Psychic Detective (by Electronic Arts, for PlayStation):
Psychic Detective (by Electronic Arts, for 3DO)
Quarterback Attack with Mike Ditka (by DigitalPictures, for 3DO)
Quarterback Attack with Mike Ditka (by DigitalPictures, for Saturn)
Revenge of the Ninja (by Renovation, for Sega CD)
Road Avenger (by Renovation, for Sega CD):
Road Prosecutor (by Pioneer, for Laseractive):
Sewer Shark (by DigitalPictures, for 3DO)
Sewer Shark (by Sony, for Sega CD):
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Vol II (by TTI, for Turbografx-16):
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Vol II (by ICOM, for Sega CD):
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective (by ICOM, for Sega CD):
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective (by NEC, for Turbografx-16):
Slam City with Scottie Pippen (by DigitalPictures, for Sega CD):
Slam City with Scottie Pippen (by DigitalPictures, for 32X)
Snow Job (by 3DO, for 3DO):
Space Ace (by Philips, for CD-I)
Space Ace (by ReadySoft, for Jaguar)
Space Ace (by ReadySoft, for Sega CD)
Space Ace (by ReadySoft, for 3DO)
Space Pirates (by Amer Lasergames, for 3DO)
Star Strike (by Good Deal Games, for Sega CD):
Strahl (by Panasonic, for 3DO):
Supreme Warrior (by DigitalPictures, for Sega CD):
Supreme Warrior (by DigitalPictures, for 3DO)
Supreme Warrior (by DigitalPictures, for 32X):
Surgical Strike (by Sega, for Sega CD):
Time Gal (by Renovation, for Sega CD):
Tomcat Alley (by Sega, for Sega CD):
Triad Stone (by Pioneer, for Laseractive):
Voyeur (by Philips, for CD-I)
Who Shot Johnny Rock? (by Amer Lasergames, for Sega CD):
Who Shot Johnny Rock? (by Amer Lasergames, for 3DO)
Wirehead (by Sega, for Sega CD)
X-Files, The (by Fox Interactive, for PlayStation):

[Daltone]

I guess this is consoles only then :( Shame - I could list many for the PC :-D Anyhow - didn't Tender Loving Care get a release on a home platform in some dim and distant part of the past? Also, are you including those scummy 'games' you can play on a normal DVD player? I seem to remember that a few PC FMV titles have recently been re-released that way.

[digitalpress]

Excluding PC stuff and DVD player games. I'm also excluding Action Max, in case there are any smart asses here (as if that were in doubt) This is console only. Guess I shoulda pointed that out up front. I've never heard of "Tender Loving Care", it certainly wasn't released on any home console unless it was titled something else... ?

[Gamereviewgod]

What about the 32X CD games?

[Sniderman]

What about the 32X CD games?
I was about to say the same. I know that both Fahrenheit and Corpse Killer had Sega 32X CD releases. Needed both to play. I'd add those too Joe, for they were "unique" titles and on consoles.

[digitalpress]

What about the 32X CD games?

OOH! You found a bug in my query! I was including only "type 1" which is US-based games but there is a "type 7" which is CD-based games and only used on normally cartridge-associated systems like 32X and TurboGrafx. Thanks fellas, I'll amend the list above.

[Daltone]

Bah, Ok, I seem to be wrong about TLCare, or at least I can't find anything on the internet (so, wrong then.) Ah well, maybe next time.

[Lost Monkey]

Don't forget Space Ace, Dragon's Lair and Braindead 13 for the mighty 64 bit JaguarCD!

EDIT: That's better! ;)

[Sniderman]

OK, how about Dragon's Lair for the Game Boy Color? You do indeed only control the video, just like it's Big Brudder!

[Raccoon Lad]

If you're going to include Sewer Shark, then you might as well include Cadillacs and Dinosaurs for the Sega CD.

[digitalpress]

OK, how about Dragon's Lair for the Game Boy Color? You do indeed only control the video, just like it's Big Brudder!

Tough call. Would you really consider DL on GBC FMV?

[Sniderman]

OK, how about Dragon's Lair for the Game Boy Color? You do indeed only control the video, just like it's Big Brudder!

Tough call. Would you really consider DL on GBC FMV?You're reacting to a movie on-screen. A digitized movie, yes. But it seems to fit your criteria. Other than it being just a skootch more primitive, it's no more different than DL for any other system. Move at certain pre-determined points to further the movie unfolding. You do not control the character, so much as just bump the stick/pad at the right times.

Your call, but I think this should be included.

[digitalpress]

I guess I've always considered "FMV" a disc-based technology. I know what you're saying and there's a good argument to keeping the GBA version on there. I shall deliberate on this. For now, it's got an asterisk in the database :)

[Sniderman]

I'm also excluding Action Max, in case there are any smart asses here (as if that were in doubt) This is console only.
Ah. Well, that leaves out my Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future collection. 8-)

[SoulBlazer]

DP, how about Rebel Assault II for the PSX? I believe that fits your criteria because in some of the stages when you're on ground and shooting Stormtroopers and the like the game screen is a actuall video shot, with the troops running in and firing at you, and you fire back at them. The space battle stages don't fit, of course, but I'd say the ground ones do -- and I was'nt sure if half of a game would meet what you want. I don't think the original was ever ported to a console, though.

[digitalpress]

Hmm. Another one that kinda skirts around the issue. On the one hand, it does CONTAIN full-motion video segments, and yet, I would have never considered the game itself a "FMV Game".

The original Rebel Assault was released on Sega CD and 3DO, but I don't think it has any FMV sequences, IIRC.

So now there are two kinda-sorta FMV games, are there others you can think of that are borderline like these?

[SoulBlazer]

Yeah, I thought that game would be borderline. :) But I would'nt consider the first one even close. There WERE no actually FMV's or real photos in that one -- it was all computer generated. By compairson, about 75 percent of RA 2 was filmed, like a movie. It was even one of the tag lines on the back of the box -- 'the first Star Wars film shot in ten years' or something close to that line. So MUCH of the game is FMV, the only time you're actually not in it is the space battles which are computer generated, but the cockpit of the ship is still a FMV scene. It's for those reasons I thought it worthy to include.

(Oh, the PC version may be the only one with the FMV cockpit. I recall how the PSX port had a third person behind the ship view as well, and the ships were CG.)

[Stringfellow]

don't forget Double Switch. At least that is what I think it was called. It was on the Sega CD and maybe others and was similar to Night Trap and had Corey Haim in it.

[digitalpress]

don't forget Double Switch. At least that is what I think it was called. It was on the Sega CD and maybe others and was similar to Night Trap and had Corey Haim in it.

Roger that, it was already on the list. It's the unofficial sequel to Night Trap.

[Jorpho]

How about Panic! for the Sega CD? (Also, was A Fork in the Tale ever released on any consoles?)
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[Gamereviewgod]

No, Panic was more of a point and click like Myst. Still a crazy-ass game...

[wcmiker]

Burn Cycle for CD-I is a puzzle game, right? I've never played it but the trailer sure makes it look like a FMV game.

[Anthony1]

Since we are on the subject of FMV games, does anybody else find it strange that the Playstation only had one FMV game?


Also, what FMV games do you think are actually somewhat decent?


I always liked Night Trap.

[linlhutz]

Are you including games that take advantage of the PS2 and Xbox DVD player?

I know they released the Mad Dog Mcree games and Dragons Lair (and others I cant think of right now) with a "DVD Video, Xbox and PS2 Compatible" label attached. Like this:

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/236492.asp

Granted these are just the DVD games but they were rereleased with the consoles in mind. Kind of a grey area, I guess.



Here is the Digital Leisure page:

http://www.digitalleisure.com/presstext.html

[digitalpress]

Burn Cycle for CD-I is a puzzle game, right? I've never played it but the trailer sure makes it look like a FMV game.

Burn:Cycle is kinda more like Myst or Microcosm too, though it doesn't really do the things those games do very well. It has FMV sequences and some of the backgrounds are FMV/weirdly compressed video but you actually move from screen to screen manually, the game isn't running the game in FMV mode at any time.


Are you including games that take advantage of the PS2 and Xbox DVD player?

This was already addressed, see above.


Since we are on the subject of FMV games, does anybody else find it strange that the Playstation only had one FMV game?

I've got three listed above: Fox Hunt, Psychic Detective, and X-Files. I'm not surprised that there were only a handful - by the time PSX came out the media was ripping the FMV genre a new asshole.

As for the good ones... that's forthcoming in the column :)

[Kid Ice]

Wing Commander 3? The main game isn't FMV, but the choices you make during the FMV affect the outcome of the game.

[Kid Ice]

The Dadaleous (sp?) Encounter?