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was one of the most significant FMV titles made in 1994, featuring big-name
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to store the video used in the game, which allowed for very high quality visuals compared to contemporary arcade games of the era. A number of arcade games using FMV with
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featured 640×480 FMV at 30 frames-per-second on 4 CDs. The development team had worked for three years on developing a format that could handle the video, as the director of the live-action sequences had not shot the FMV sequences in a way that could be easily compressed. However, this proved to be
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DVD-quality movies that far exceeded the original CD release in quality. A hardware decoder card was required at the time to play back the DVD-quality video on a PC. Wing
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that caused the largest jump in FMV use in the arcade. Their very large capacities and mature, reliable technology allowed for much cheaper hardware than traditional hardware systems, and FMV cut-scenes became commonplace. FMV as a major gameplay component had disappeared by this time because of the
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and TV actors and promised to create the experience of playing an interactive movie or animation. However, production values were quite low with amateurish sets, lighting, costumes, and special effects. Animated titles either cobbled together footage from old
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the game's downfall, as most computers of the day could not play the full-resolution video. Users were usually forced to select an option which played the videos at a quarter-size resolution in black-and-white.
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or used cheaper overseas animation producers to create their footage. In addition, the video quality in these early games was low, and the gameplay frequently did not live up to the
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2357:Incremental
2153:Kart racing
2097:Virtual pet
1928:Walking sim
1903:Escape room
1802:Beat 'em up
1741:Bullet hell
1513:January 25,
1359:Video Games
1197:Flash Video
1079:PlayStation
1077:and Sony's
1075:Sega Saturn
1015:2.0 codec.
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669:hard drives
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570:The use of
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448:Mark Hamill
414:, and
238:Tile engine
204:Rotoscoping
182:Cel shading
122:Vector game
2720:Categories
2643:Open world
2554:Production
2475:Nonviolent
2158:Sim racing
2125:Government
2060:Simulation
1751:Twin-stick
1685:Platformer
1509:: 58. 1994
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1258:References
1155:Bink video
1104:TrueMotion
1092:Enemy Zero
809:Tex Murphy
804:Windows 95
800:multimedia
723:Night Trap
592:Star Rider
516:Laserdiscs
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452:Tom Wilson
378:Night Trap
342:video game
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2038:Roguelike
2016:Soulslike
1895:Adventure
1731:Light gun
1539:Billboard
1507:Bloomberg
1185:Project.
1148:Dreamcast
1056:11th Hour
1013:QuickTime
878:Obduction
865:Her Story
767:becoming
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617:Universal
609:Tradewest
540:Space Ace
369:LaserDisc
358:cutscenes
354:3D models
194:Animation
150:Pixel art
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2633:Masocore
2579:Fan game
2449:Licensed
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2115:Business
1814:Fighting
1773:Survival
1758:Tactical
1381:Cash Box
1225:See also
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1144:GameCube
1097:Sega AM2
914:animated
899:Nintendo
738:(1993),
732:(1993),
726:(1992),
720:such as
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546:Time Gal
72:Fixed 3D
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2490:Serious
2423:Bishōjo
2340:Fitness
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2143:Fishing
2082:Farming
1982:Sokoban
1846:Stealth
1832:Pac-Man
1708:Shooter
1520:office.
1427:Polygon
1102:Duck's
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