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Majuular: FMV Horror | A Strange Moment in Gaming History (youtu.be)
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cross-posted from: [email protected] | https://lemmy.mods4ever.com/post/327

The 1990s was a time of rapid change in the tech powering video game graphics. From pre-rendering, to ray casting, to texture-mapped polygons, it seemed that a major innovation was around every corner.

However, the pathway towards graphical realism hasn't always been clear. Let's explore one such forking path: full-motion video. With CD-powered consoles and home PCs arriving in the 90's, FMV-powered games became viable at last, promising the world... but only delivering oddity after oddity.

  • 00:00 - Introduction
  • 7:19 - Night Trap
  • 23:50 - The 7th Guest
  • 31:07 - Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster
  • 36:12 - Corpse Killer
  • 41:12 - Phantasmagoria
  • 1:09:29 - Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
  • 1:42:45 - Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh
  • 2:11:36 - Bad Mojo
  • 2:28:14 - Harvester (Revisited)
  • 2:47:39 - Conclusion
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