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lmagitem, do gaming w Lionhead's secret best game, and one of the greatest ever abandonware games - The Movies - turns 20 today [Eurogamer]

Man, every time I tried to make it run last decade there was one bug or another preventing me to do so. I miss that game.

theangriestbird,
@theangriestbird@beehaw.org avatar

time to go buy an old cow-colored HP computer off ebay just to make it work!

lmagitem,

Indeed, it’s the last solution

Soapbox, do gaming w Lionhead's secret best game, and one of the greatest ever abandonware games - The Movies - turns 20 today [Eurogamer]

This just unlocked a memory of playing something similar but it was pre 2005 and did not look like the screenshots.

theangriestbird,
@theangriestbird@beehaw.org avatar

3D Movie Maker? Casino Inc? Theme Park?

Soapbox,

It was 3D movie maker. I looked it up after I made the comment, and forgot to reply or update.

I remember it being janky as hell.

theangriestbird,
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dude 3D movie maker was my shit. Glad to find another former movie maker stan - I used to put entire evenings into making stupid little animations. That was the game that taught me what it feels like to be completely immersed in a creative project. McZee still haunts my nightmares, tho…

Deyis,

I occasionally feel like I hallucinated that whole game so it’s nice to know that other people have played it.

Soapbox,

It seems I managed to block McZee from my memory. After a quick search, I’m glad I did.

theangriestbird,
@theangriestbird@beehaw.org avatar

they don’t make disturbing kid’s content like they used to.

DoucheBagMcSwag,

You got another Stan here.

I actually had my fare share with vd3mm… But I can’t dedicate any time to it anymore

enbiousenvy,

damn searching for “3d movie maker” on youtube points me to a 19 years old video www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGJKeESLBpQ

Akasazh, (edited ) do gaming w Lionhead's secret best game, and one of the greatest ever abandonware games - The Movies - turns 20 today [Eurogamer]
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For those that come to be saved the click:

Is the 2005 game The Movies

theangriestbird,
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it’s in the title, bro.

CaptainBlinky,

Not to be that guy, but it’s the 20th anniversary of the game, The Movies, so yeah. Could just read the title.

Hadriscus, do gaming w The wait for GTA 6 has now been so long it must be some kind of record - right? [Eurogamer]

Holy shit, not a single word about the abusive (illegal?) layoffs and the union busting in this article. Not even in the other article linked in the first paragraph! Shame!

I suppose they wrote an article dedicated to the news at some point (?) but this should be repeated over and over, hammered to the point of damaging their image.

Uniquitous, do gaming w The wait for GTA 6 has now been so long it must be some kind of record - right? [Eurogamer]

laughs in Elder Scrolls

enbiousenvy, do gaming w Lionhead's secret best game, and one of the greatest ever abandonware games - The Movies - turns 20 today [Eurogamer]

I used to play this a lot. Somehow I had the creativity to make movies in the game back then. Even without knowing how to read English, and scrolling few dozens of scene template et cetera.

Nowadays I would consider that as a chore even if now I can speak English

NastyNative, do gaming w The wait for GTA 6 has now been so long it must be some kind of record - right? [Eurogamer]
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GTA is a console selling machine and thats why it was delayed to coincide with the console releases.

brsrklf, do gaming w Lionhead's secret best game, and one of the greatest ever abandonware games - The Movies - turns 20 today [Eurogamer]

I discovered that game long after it was abandoned, and I love it. My dream is a version of this with a slightly modernized UI (especially since it was made for low-res 4:3 screen ratios), maybe more movie genres and mod integration for user content like planet coaster.

theangriestbird,
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It was a real gem. I haven’t gone DEEP on it before, but I’ve really enjoyed what I played of it.

Faydaikin, do gaming w The wait for GTA 6 has now been so long it must be some kind of record - right? [Eurogamer]
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And when it finally does drop, it’s just a slightly prettier version of GTA 5.

Nasan, do gaming w The wait for GTA 6 has now been so long it must be some kind of record - right? [Eurogamer]

I’ll have to remember to ask my grandchildren when they inherit my copy of Star Citizen in time for release (I don’t have children).

DebatableRaccoon,

And if you did, they wouldn’t be able to inherit your digital licence.

ada, do gaming w The wait for GTA 6 has now been so long it must be some kind of record - right? [Eurogamer]

laughs in Duke Nukem

TachyonTele, do gaming w The wait for GTA 6 has now been so long it must be some kind of record - right? [Eurogamer]

How does it compare to all the early access games that end up strung along for a decade+ and not officially released?

theangriestbird,
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At least in that case, the devs have presented playable content. I don’t think I would count that if I was trying to determine the record.

sw00Sh, do gaming w The wait for GTA 6 has now been so long it must be some kind of record - right? [Eurogamer]
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One more year and it rivals Duke Nukem Forever.

1984,

I cant imagine that game being allowed today. Maybe if they replaced the male hero with a young girl hero it would be accepted.

Ganbat,

Can I ask, what are your thoughts on 1984?

1984,

My username is inspired by the movie 1984. I think we live more in a world similar to Brave New World though, but it has some things from 1984 built in. Like controlling what is seen by the masses as truth and making people self-censor their thoughts, those things I see strongly in todays society, and they are from 1984.

towerful, do gaming w The wait for GTA 6 has now been so long it must be some kind of record - right? [Eurogamer]

Skyrim?

theangriestbird,
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The record is for time from announcement to release. ES6 was announced 7 years ago, so we’re getting there but not quite. It might still break the record by the time it comes out…

thingsiplay, do gaming w The wait for GTA 6 has now been so long it must be some kind of record - right? [Eurogamer]

The wait for Half-Life 3 is longer.

TheFogan,

The wait is nothing, though I guess the definition of “active development”, publicly confirmed development etc… To my knowledge HL3 has been in some form of development since, HL2, but to my knowledge there’s only been “leaks” rather than any official confirmation, and the joke teaser as valve goes to game event after game event without making announcements.

missingno,
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Rockstar has repeatedly reminded us that GTA6 is in active development. Valve hasn't even mentioned HL3 in a very long time, I think it's safe to conclude it's dead and has been dead for a while now.

Midnitte,

Tbf, I dont think they’ve ever explicitly mentioned it being in development – unless you technically mean Episode 3

DebatableRaccoon,

Anything with a 3 in the title from Valve would cause waves at this point, doesn’t matter what the words prior are.

theangriestbird,
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I think a game has to actually release to break this record. And in the article, Purchese points out that the current record holder is Duke Nukem Forever, while Beyond Good & Evil 2 might break the record if it ever actually comes out.

Banzai51,
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What was the wait for Diakantana?

missingno,
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Announced in 1997, released in 2000. Might've seemed like a lot at the time, but barely a footnote by today's standards.

Hadriscus,

yea, and be announced

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