16-Bit FMV Madness!

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16-Bit FMV Madness! - Game Sack

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Episode 58 - What did we get with CD-ROM systems? That's right, Full Motion Video. Let's take a look at some of these FMV games that we love to hate. Yes, the video of us in this episode is running on a real Sega CD.
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@MetalJesusRocks 12 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahaha! That FMV intro is AWESOME!

@roxynano 3 жыл бұрын

The bonus at the end is better!

@Godsgood111 8 ай бұрын

@@roxynanothat's what she said 😉

@roxynano 8 ай бұрын

@@Godsgood111 She likes it that way.

@ShinobiNeon 9 жыл бұрын

Joe, I loved the bonus segment at the end. It perfectly captures the spirit of most FMV live action games, how they berate you and belittle you all the time.

@pidgeo5 9 жыл бұрын

Joe: "so you going on vacation huh?" Dave: "yeah, somewhere dirty and mean." Lol, love these skits you guys do after the show.

@ElGamerCosplayer 10 жыл бұрын

The Final Scene was so funny XD

@Magitek1112 6 жыл бұрын

"Night Trap will never appear on a NIntendo system." And now it's on Switch. Haha.

@spoonybard13 10 жыл бұрын

I'll be honest, in the Sherlock Holmes game, the video quality looks a lot better on the Turbo. The Sega CD version looks like it uses a lot of dithered colors to create each frame, while the Turbo version looks cleaner and sharper. Plus, I'm just amazed that they put FMV in the TurboGrafx without an arcade card!

@AnArchyRulzz 7 жыл бұрын

Full motion video, as opposed to video that isn't full motion!

@jeremyjohnson8844 6 жыл бұрын

Dave Hobbs you haven't heard of HMV and QMV?

@justanotheryoutubechannel 4 жыл бұрын

I’d rather it be full-fucking-screen!

@dooleh84 4 жыл бұрын

@@justanotheryoutubechannel It's supposed to be full motion video game (FMVG). FMV is just a wrong abbreviation that stuck.

@tristanmcfrosty2588 4 жыл бұрын

Dench2020 And anyone that directs senseless and uncalled-for insults towards an anonymous individual on the Internet definitely has severe asperger’s. Also, anyone who responds to comments that are over 6 months old and makes pathetic self-referential jokes about it in fear of being called out for it is definitely a raging crackhead

@chanceallen3586 Жыл бұрын

Two words: Stop Motion Oh man I thought you said over 6 years, not 6 months! Guess I am a assburger then. Lol

@demonsty 8 жыл бұрын

loved that last skit! i was literally rolling on the floor cuz i was a hardcore sega cd fmv gamer back in the day!

@bfsnorlax 10 жыл бұрын

That parody at the end was friggin' great!

@MetalJesusRocks 12 жыл бұрын

Dragons Lair and Space Ace on the iPhone & iPad are a ton of fun, and they include an easy mode which is VERY forgiving the timing. Great video as usual

@darrnellnott07 7 жыл бұрын

one of the most creative ideas I've seen for video game related content

@GameSack 11 жыл бұрын

The codec is actually worse if it needs to pause. It's probably not compressed at all. Yes, the colors are better (though certainly not a "million times"), but I'll put up with a bit more washed-out look and a touch more macro-blocking because both is far less annoying than the constant pausing. Thanks for watching!

@SkyCE9A 10 жыл бұрын

I LOVED the ending. You should make an actual fmv game. I'd play it.

@Ursichan 12 жыл бұрын

The video quality hurt my eyes a little, but I still loved the feel of the nostalgia in this episode!! Also, the end, freakin' hilarious~!!

@BasedAri 10 жыл бұрын

That is so cool how this was actually made on a Sega CD.

@newwavejunkie 5 жыл бұрын

I love how in NFL's Greatest, the players on your team just completely change based on the highlight. "Rice is in motion. Young takes the snap, he morphs into Joe Montana. Montana with the handoff to Craig, and he's tackled after a pickup of about 4 yards."

@fordxbgtfalcon 2 жыл бұрын

“Night Trap will never be on a Nintendo system “. How ironic that it’s now on Nintendo Switch…

@briansikeshowe 10 жыл бұрын

Okay, so I've been slowly going through all of your videos in my free time and I am really happy with everything I have seen so far but this is my favorite one yet. Really clever approach to the FMV genre and the ending made me laugh really hard. I've just been Game Sacked, bitch... and I like it. :-)

@GameSack 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks! This is one of my favs as well and it was a blast to make.

@sportsnut198 10 жыл бұрын

Game Sack Like blast processing? Har Har Har

@Ravenfellblade 4 жыл бұрын

I'm currently running through the entire video playlist, and I feel like its a toss up between this and the Lucky Hit segment from the Polarizing Games video for the "Best of Game Sack". So far.

@joolsstoo3085 10 жыл бұрын

"The video quality was improved a bit" Are we looking at the same screen? The turbo version looks quite a bit clearer and with fewer artifacts. The lack of hitching seems to be the only advantage of the sega copy.

@GameSack 10 жыл бұрын

And a HUGE advantage it is. I'll take smooth playback over a teeny bit more detail any day.

@ebru5716 8 жыл бұрын

+Game Sack dude have you recorded the whole video on a Sega CD?

@GameSack 8 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@ebru5716 8 жыл бұрын

I DON'T have a problem with that.

@dacypher22 7 жыл бұрын

I can't say I would agree. The Sega CD is oddly such a huge step down in video quality that I think I would rather have the stuttering.

@AndrewCody 12 жыл бұрын

The 'ending' was so true to many Sega CD fmv games. I felt weirdly nostalgic just watching that!

@blueowl0708 Жыл бұрын

Slowly making my way through oldest to newest for the first time. You've definitely hit your stride at this point, excellent ep. This and the pioneer ep have been my favourites so far which is weird as I can't stand FMV games for the most part.

@HerecomestheCalavera 10 жыл бұрын

Is this episode available anywhere to burn to a CD-ROM Disc and actually play it on the Sega Genesis Compact Disc System?

@GameSack 10 жыл бұрын

Brian must have taken it down. I thought I saw it up somewhere like a ROM site but can't remember where exactly.

@kylegam3broz9 10 жыл бұрын

Game Sack It's still up. I found it on the ISO Zone.

@ToastyMann 8 жыл бұрын

Can you leave a link please?

@HerecomestheCalavera 8 жыл бұрын

Just go to google and search for the site Kyle mentioned in a previous comment plus Game Sack

@ToastyMann 8 жыл бұрын

Can it be played on an emulator?

@andy7666 12 жыл бұрын

"He always wanted to be a boxer! Until the tragedy.." LOL! X'D

@AzureSymbiote 9 жыл бұрын

Oh man! That ending skit is one of the best!

@Ubersnuber 10 жыл бұрын

I'm writing this blindly as my eyes bled dry during this episode. Nicely done thematically, props for that!

@HolyDiver1 9 жыл бұрын

When I saw the title, I was thinking it was gonna be about FMVs in Genesis and SNES games. Which would have been interesting to see. Although, I don't know of any of those games having FMVs, besides Sonic 3D Blast.

@PhilShary 10 жыл бұрын

A great intro you guys, when it started playing, I thought - here we go again with slow connection, KZfaq is automatically switching into 144p!

@jimserson2723 2 жыл бұрын

Coolest intro ever. After watching every single episode over the last few years..... This is the one. Amazing stuff dude(s)

@keypath4389 3 жыл бұрын

Classic gamesack and coffee in rainy night... Life is good right now...

@Islandswamp 4 жыл бұрын

This channel deserves a million subs.

@126Face 9 жыл бұрын

This episode brought back some awesome memories. Nice job guys!

@VideoGameStupidLC 2 жыл бұрын

22:47 This brought in a flood of memories! I remember playing this when I was very young at family's house but couldn't remember what it was called and just forgot about it. Seeing this footage and hearing the music though got me finally remembering this game and the very awesome and experimental music as well as the zany FMV sequences with the host! Thanks!

@julberndt 11 жыл бұрын

you guys have a special way to finish your videos, nobody get off without seeing the video until the end

@lordsoth5276 6 жыл бұрын

I played Night Trap with my uncle, who has since passed away, when I was very young, so I’ve always had a soft spot for it. Still one of my favorite games today.

@tetrisdave 12 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Colorado is hit and miss when it comes to retro games. We have a handful of locally owned stores that carry them. Just last week I was able to find R.C. Pro-am II for $5 at a local store. At the same store about 5 months ago I found Lunar for SEGACD for around $5 also. It's not constant but if you are persistent shopper like me you can and will find great stuff.

@crtglow7947 12 жыл бұрын

Brilliant episode of Game Sack. Best use of a Sega CD in the past 20 years. Tom Zito would be proud.

@PickleRick91x 7 жыл бұрын

The video quality is amazing!

@brpadington 9 жыл бұрын

The Grainy intro made me laugh harder than it probably should have.

@jasonharrington5200 5 жыл бұрын

This was awesome back in the day, if you can believe it. We were used to, like, Mario and Sonic, and then suddenly we had actual video footage and movie audio in games. It was mind blowing.

@lemarechaltateau 3 жыл бұрын

what? the grainy graphics, the b-movie acting, omg, that's EXACTLY what I love in those games

@MoteofLobross 9 жыл бұрын

I loved the hell out of Mansion of Hidden Souls when I was seventeen.

@rloasby 10 жыл бұрын

Best intro/outro ever! Man that was great

@MonsPubitorium 12 жыл бұрын

That opening, and that ending, fucking classic. The worst thing about watching a new episode is having to wait the two weeks, but once the day comes, you guys really deliver.

@tetrisdave 12 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! And Thank You for watching. Who knew there was so many people that enjoyed grainy FMV video games..

@Sega_is_all_i_cd 8 жыл бұрын

Tomcat Alley, Sewer Shark(3DO especially), Surgical Strike is my favorites true FMV's. Lethal Enforcers is replayed on my Sega CD a lot too. Not all FMV games were bad but lot of them were.

@ItsTheFizz 12 жыл бұрын

This may be one of your best episodes yet! I really love the extra mile you guys took to replicate the look of those FMV games... As bad as the genre of FMV was, I wish Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors got an actual release

@videogamemusicrenditionsby7625 Жыл бұрын

The only FMV games I like are Road Avenger, Night Trap and Tomcat Alley...Still, they seemed to be better in those good old times :-)

@videogameobsession 11 жыл бұрын

Brilliant idea guys. This show just keeps getting better.

@TheLoneGameMan 12 жыл бұрын

Your interview last night was fun! Thanks for answering our questions! RIP, Dwayne

@SeaToSkyImages 12 жыл бұрын

A new fan here. I'm enjoying the content and the geeky humour big time. We're from the same era of gaming, so everything you guys talk about makes me smile. Keep up the great work.

@Bloodreign1 12 жыл бұрын

Great finish guys, really captured how FMV games were back in the 90's.

@otherreality 10 жыл бұрын

Brilliant ending scene, you guys make a great show, if not the best of its kind on youtube

@aziz_light 12 жыл бұрын

It's like you answered my wishes and made this episode just for me. Thanks! I love the breadth of games covered, the grainy video and the clever ending. Here's to much more Gamesack goodness.

@alleykat6273 7 жыл бұрын

this is the best video quality I have ever seen in a very long time

@Shorty_Lickens Жыл бұрын

I remember when my buddy got a Sega CD and the first time we saw a movie we went "OHHHHHHHH MAAAAAANNN!!!!" Then after about half an hour we realized it wasnt that cool.

@DanielVazquez-zn6hy 10 жыл бұрын

OMFG I laughed so hard xd when I saw your old school FMV intro! love your show guys

@tolust 12 жыл бұрын

how do you guys do it... you ALWAYS make your show/videos better then the last.. This one just took me waaaaaaaay back to my youth about sega cd.. from the bottom of my heart THANK YOU SOOO MUCH for every single show, it is the BEST SHOW on the NET ..EVER !! Loved the style, editing, and the awesome nostalgia feel for the sega cd.. Dont EVER stop making your videos.. Thank you, thank you , thank you !!!

@bluestrife28 4 жыл бұрын

These guys always make me happy even when I’m so down I couldn’t get further deep without a shovel

@Michirin9801 10 жыл бұрын

That Game Sack Full Motion Video game was freaking hilarious xD

@Wampaa 12 жыл бұрын

I don't like fmv games, but I do, however, enjoy games with fmv cut scenes between the levels. That is the best use of fmv. Great episode!

@BigAngryPhil 11 жыл бұрын

Great ending and doing the show in the lousy resolution that the Sega CD was famous for was a great idea.

@williamoverton7414 10 жыл бұрын

brings back memories I wish you'd do a sequel about the later more well made stuff for PC psx etc. like seventh guest braindead 13 hologram time traveler a fork in the tale.

@mx3fto 10 жыл бұрын

Oh man, I had Mad Dog McCree on the Phillips CDi with the light gun. It was amazing for its time but definitely has not aged well. Another great episode guys. Keep it up

@GameSack 12 жыл бұрын

They're OK. We talked about the Saturn Road Blasters in our Four Underrated Games episode. In short: The Sega CD version is more fun despite the inferior visuals. We also talked about the LaserActive version in the LaserActive episode.

@Dubya_00 10 жыл бұрын

The ending of this episode was hilarious. Great job guys!

@stupidbluebird 8 ай бұрын

the intro really caught me off guard. love it!

@taids 9 жыл бұрын

Haha this ep had possibly the best ending skit of them all

@GameSack 12 жыл бұрын

Yes, many of them were. This is real Sega CD video.

@darthv72 12 жыл бұрын

Great segment. I never knew there were so many fmv Sega CD games. I myself have quite a few but it looks like I need to go hunting for more. Awesome presentation in the Sega quality fmv look.

@flatcapman 8 жыл бұрын

the strange thing is..I dream in this format. How weird is THAT?

@orderofmagnitude-TPATP 6 жыл бұрын

Ha! ~ yeah i can relate....

@Narhijan 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best video ever! We need part 2!

@HaydenRoberts08 10 жыл бұрын

Only recently discovering your channel, I've been working my way backwards through your library of videos. This episode is a real stand out, love the way you put your spin on the FMV topic. The ending was priceless, I had a great chuckle. I can't imagine anyone liking being insulted by a game, what a different time it was then. Please make future episodes with twists like this one if possible, loved it.

@OldsXCool 12 жыл бұрын

Each episode gets better an better. Good work guys. That ending was killing me XD

@justanotheryoutubechannel 4 жыл бұрын

Hang on, you madmen actually converted your episode to a format the Mega CD understood had then filmed it off a real console!? That’s insane! I love it! Of course, it looks awful, since it has to be super-dithered, and even then the colours have an insufficient gamut. God damn that’s so dedicated of you, even putting it on a real Mega CD, I just love it.

@femwrestlingfan1 10 жыл бұрын

As a teenager I loved FMV games. Something about seeing live actors in games blew me away. I thought they were the future. Looking at them now they do not age well at ALL. But at the time they were pretty impressive considering it was in the pre-polygon era of gaming. While most are pretty short plays with limited in what you can do, it should be noted on PC's a few games like the Tex Murphy games and A Fork In the Tale, an awesome game that few people ever played. Am impressed with how many you covered. I thought I had played every FMV game back in the day, but never even heard of "Wire Head".

@jamesmurray4312 4 жыл бұрын

Easily the greatest intro of all time.

@Mysticsloth 11 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't mind playing " Time Gal " ^^ it looks really cute and fun.

@SeekerLancer 12 жыл бұрын

I remember the height of the FMV era being Wing Commander III and IV with their huge budgets and big name Hollywood actors. At the time I thought that was going to be the future of video games. I'm kind of glad I was wrong but the Wing Commander games still had some amazing FMV.

@jebvoorhees125 9 жыл бұрын

Ground Zero Texas is actually one of the more playable FMV games that's worth a play. It's actually quite good.

@GameSack 12 жыл бұрын

They are true to the originals. The video runs in full screen on the Sega CD. Download the ISO and play the 16:9 versions! Lots of Sega CD FMV games ran full screen.

@TimmyCherry 10 жыл бұрын

Looking back on FMV games, it makes since why they thought it'd be the future of gaming. At the time, we were pretty obsessed with graphics (the bit wars), and everyone thought that better graphics meant a better game. Graphics couldn't be better than recorded video, so we were all excited about games made of recorded clips, but then we discovered that they weren't much fun to play.

@BrySkye 9 жыл бұрын

There's actually a bit more to the story of why FMV games were so prevalent on the Mega-CD. Sega really screwed up with it in many ways. To give an idea of this, the development kits, if you can call them that, were basically just 3 circuit boards wired together. They didn't have a case. Or even a means of turning them off without unplugging them. These also initially used the standard audio-cd player drives which burst into flames due to the high loads and burnt the units to a crisp. But key of all is that these came with next to no documentation for developers and what was there was either Japanese or incredibly badly translated. Joe and Dave are typically quick to blame developers for sub-par games, calling them lazy etc, but sometimes there are things happening behind the scenes that really stacked the odds against the people trying to make these games to ridiculous deadlines or with no support with the hardware creators. The Mega-CD had huge technical limitations that would take time to overcome and work with, since it was essentially a multi-processor system with a huge bottleneck between the two systems. With all these circumstances and incredibly tight deadlines, FMV games were comparatively easy to get working on the system, so they formed the bulk of the early releases and thus the marketing for the add-on.

@chrisvanderhoef9885 4 жыл бұрын

Dracula Unleashed is one of my favorite FMV's. I love the FMV games!

@trendkill777 6 жыл бұрын

One of the funniest episodes!! Awesome content guys!

@tonytigeer 12 жыл бұрын

EXCELLENT show!!!! I am glad I stuck with my Genesis when the Sega CD first came out. You guys are awesome.

@adamnelson3641 8 жыл бұрын

That last skit was funny, had to watch it a few times. haha

@enemyofthestatevcdking5982 6 жыл бұрын

Over 33 people asked how this was converted and no one has an answer ? I guess converting footage they shot in 1080 to cinepak 1.0 at 320 x 256 codec from a video editor like camstudio 2.0. Footage wasn't recorded or filmed through a Sega cd ...they just converted to cinepak resolution and recorded game footage and combined them in pc editor. Not sure where to get Sega cd bin files to play your own converted cinepak videos to play on Sega cd though

@occlinkn 12 жыл бұрын

that after the credits scene was the best one yet!

@Sinn0100 Жыл бұрын

That FMV intro messed with my eyes. Bravo! ;)

@clownprince88 11 жыл бұрын

Don't know what took me so long to find these reviews, i'm having a blast, another great video and i love the ending , Ghost aint got nothing on that guy

@IcemanJaymz 8 жыл бұрын

Still my favorite episode!!! So amazing you made a real sega cd video of you and Dave!

@RichardCraig 12 жыл бұрын

Truly awesome job on this one! The ending was just priceless, and I love how you actually did your own video running on a real Sega CD.

@GHOST_NEMESIS 5 жыл бұрын

You guys kill me!!! I've never laughed so hard

@TrapMouseTuuns 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making Time Gal look good in my point of view. It looks like it would be much more fun to play than just seeing it.

@loveandrockets4life 12 жыл бұрын

Such a clever way to present these "gems". :) Looking forward to every show...tell Dave to hurry back from vacation!

@43bigsteve 6 жыл бұрын

Oh how times have changed. Nintendo vowed that Night Trap would never be on a Nintendo system, and now it's coming out on the Switch!

@googleboughtmee 9 жыл бұрын

Best ending skit i've seen so far

@allanau 10 жыл бұрын

Great video... You forgot Star Wars Rebel Assault... Best FMV ever!

@YeahItsThatBad 12 жыл бұрын

I had a sega cd when I was younger, so I played my fair share of fmv games. My favorites were Double Switch, Time Gal and Ground Zero Texas. These cartoon games are also important from a historical perspective because the were the birth of the Quick Time Event which plagues so many games these days.