The Story of Digital Pictures & The Sega CD's Full Motion Video Games | Wrestling With Gaming

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  • Digital Pictures was the FMV studio behind Sega CD classics like Sewer Shark and Night Trap, but their story didn't start at Sega. In fact, Digital Pictures story dates back all the way to the early 80s .
    From a partnership with Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, to working with a famous toy manufacturer, and even becoming a developer for the ill-fated Sony-Nintendo Play Station. This is the story of Digital Pictures.
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  • @tgreaux5027
    @tgreaux5027 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I absolutely LOVED my Sega CD when I bought it back in 1994, I saved up for a whole year to buy it and stayed up all night every night for like 3 months straight when I bought it. SewerShark, Night Trap, Ground Zero Texas, Lethal Enforcers, Sonic CD etc, there were so many awesome games that were so cheesy and campy but as a kid you didnt care, all I remember was being blown away that you could see actual real video on a game console! Honestly its probably the console I remember most fondly...well besides my old PC of course lol

  • @TristansGameRoom
    @TristansGameRoom 6 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    "Night Trap will never appear on a Nintendo System."
    *4/20/2018 comes around...*
    Night Trap is announced for the Switch.

  • @KieferSkunk
    @KieferSkunk 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This was a great look at such an interesting time in video game history. :) My father was the lead programmer for Sewer Shark, and also developed the video codec used for most of DP's games. I vividly remember watching him doing endless code/decode sessions with the original tapes to squeeze out the best possible video quality from the Sega CD's limited hardware. I am just full of little trivia facts from the NEMO and Sega CD. :)
    Fun fact: In Sewer Shark, there are basically two halves of the game. While you're in the first two call signs, Dogmeat and Ratbreath, your movement through the sewers is relatively slow. After Falco supposedly crashes in Sector 19 and Commissioner Stenchler acknowledges her disappearance, Ghost takes you back to the garage and puts some extra stuff on the ship. When he gives you the Exterminator callsign and you launch again, the ship moves a lot faster through the pipes.
    In the NEMO version, Catfish would continue to give you verbal directions in this second half of the game - junctions were called out 5 at a time instead of 3. The "Crazy-Lookin' Thing" that guides you through Sector 19 was originally meant to show up much later when Catfish essentially disappears. But on the Sega CD, Catfish's callouts (and pretty much all of Ghost's verbal feedback) had to be cut because the video codec had to work harder with the increased movement speed and motion blur. So the Crazy-Lookin' Thing showed up at the start of that section instead, which was much easier to animate.

    • @TheVoiceofTheProphetElizer
      @TheVoiceofTheProphetElizer 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Tell your dad thank you for his work. I cannot tell you how much I played Sewer Shark as a kid and how much I enjoyed that game and getting the different cut scenes based on how well I was doing in the game. That was a lot of fun and such a great time in gaming.

  • @WrestlingWithGaming
    @WrestlingWithGaming  6 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    If you like this video enough to share it please consider sharing it on Reddit. It's probably the best way to help my channel grow!I apologize for the 2nd notification but due to TH-cam demonetizing the original video I released I had to publish this version which has already gone through manual review. The only difference between this video and the original I published are 3 words. So there's no need to re-watch if you already watched the first one... that is unless you really want to :-)The GameShark video is still coming, I promise! Due to some potential new contacts for the GameShark video I had to delay editing it but it will be the next video.

    • @zeromancer-x
      @zeromancer-x 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      3 words, seriously?

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yep lol. If anything this version of the video is technically "worse." Basically this is the first version i uploaded to youtube. It immediately got demonetized and was stuck in manual review for a while. It was taking so long to be reviewed that I started uploading slightly different versions to youtube in the hopes that one of them wouldn't get demonetized. On one of the versions i uploaded I removed one of the senators saying "murder of women" and boom, it was monetized and that's the version that's been up since Monday.
      But yesterday I noticed that that one had also become demonetized. At some point my original video, this one, got approved through manual review so I decided it's best just to publish this version since it's already gone through the review process. Fun times huh? lol

    • @CasperUK31
      @CasperUK31 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Were the three words You and Tube and Sucks?

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      lol no. It was one of the senators saying "murder of women" in the first couple of minutes. It may actually have been "it advocates the murder of women" so a little more than 3 words but I think you get what I mean. It was literally jsut a few words. the funny thing is that this version actually includes that phrase and the one that was demonetized doesn't. So technically this is the "edgier" version. lol

    • @ghos7bear
      @ghos7bear 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Fucking TH-cam.

  • @superdave7498
    @superdave7498 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    17:45 Howard Lincoln, "Night Trap will never appear on a Nintendo system." cut to 2018, Night Trap now on Nintendo Switch.

  • @Drain-Life-Archive
    @Drain-Life-Archive 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    The new release of Night Trap gets rated T, the original was M and they tried to ban it. The times sure have changed.

    • @jamiewilliamson9829
      @jamiewilliamson9829 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And it got released on a Nintendo platform

    • @opo3628
      @opo3628 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The excuse was that Night Trap "portrayed graphic violence against teens and children"...when all of the actors were *clearly* full grown adults and there was more violence in your average Looney Tunes cartoon than in this game. Hilarious, really.

    • @KieferSkunk
      @KieferSkunk 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@opo3628 A couple points on this: First, while the actors were clearly adults, they were playing teenage girls, so the context of the story lends itself to the government's claim. Second, as Zito mentioned, Lieberman had refused to actually play Night Trap at all, so he only went on the bits of footage he'd been shown and didn't have any more context than that. He'd also been jaded by Mortal Kombat, which definitely went miles beyond Looney Tunes in terms of violence, so it's easy to see how he conflated the two.
      And to be fair, just watching a woman being held by several supposedly male characters and hauled out of the bathroom with an odd blood-sucking weapon held to her throat... No matter how unrealistic and even comical the scene was, it did portray the kind of coercion that at the time was a serious problem for concerned parents and the government alike.
      But @Drain_Pipe_Old is right - times really have changed. That sort of thing is more tolerated now, and our higher quality video does a much better job of pointing out that these were bad actors wearing trash bags and holding plastic toy weapons that had no possibility of being harmful. But people in the 90s were generally not that perceptive. New tech brought new fears.

    • @MattyIcecubes
      @MattyIcecubes 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's because back then video games were still largely considered toys for kids.

  • @zachreddy
    @zachreddy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    This is exactly the kind of content I come to TH-cam for. Brilliant video, sorry to hear about the demonetization hassle.

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thanks! I just try to make the kind of videos I would like to see. I appreciate the support man, I kind of expected to have some demonetization issues but I didn't think it would be demonetized 4 days after being posted. lol.

  • @swiftxmiles
    @swiftxmiles 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Howard: It doesn't fit our guidelines
    *Few years later*
    Nintendo: Mortal Kombat 11 is arriving to Nintendo Switch

  • @DashingPunkSamurai
    @DashingPunkSamurai ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Looking back these games were horrendous but but back in the day, Double Switch, Ground Zero Texas, Dracula Unleashed & Corpse Killer were what seriously got me into gaming. After these I was hooked and was no longer a reactionary buyer who found out about products when they came out but was reading shouting them, preordering them, constantly talking about them and made me a day one buyer of new games and the newest systems. I was officially hooked and have been a active video game player ever since. And despite how bad they were, I have the best memories. The Sega Cd kicked my but into gear but the Saturn & PsOne changed my life.

  • @Destron5683
    @Destron5683 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I remember getting a JVC Xeye as a kid and it came with Prize Fighter and Sewer Shark bundled in, at the time I thought they were the most amazing games ever, Then Origin launched Wing Commander 3 on PC and blew my mind all over again because it looked so much better, of course as a kid I didn’t realize than the Sega FMV games were so limited due to Sega hardware. But I have fond memories of many FMV games as a kid because they became so prevalent for a short period.
    Although hands down the best game that system introduces me to was Popful Mail

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Argh. I should've mentioned prize fighter coming with the Xeye! I know what you mean about wing commander. WC3 and WC4 are two of my favorite games of all time. They felt like you were part of an adventure.

    • @31leoceara
      @31leoceara 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That Xeye must have costed an eye back in the day!

  • @angelmanfredy
    @angelmanfredy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was a tester at SEGA testing Night Trap, Sewer Shark, and all of the Make My Videos games. Back then it was pretty horrible, now I have great memories especially with the early 90s music of Kriss Kross, Marky Mark, and INXS. Good times.

    • @sargonsblackgrandfather2072
      @sargonsblackgrandfather2072 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I had the Kriss Kross make my video game, it was great fun at the time

  • @dundy7845
    @dundy7845 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love Night Trap, it's so bad you can't help but love it. I have wanted to play it ever since I first heard about it years ago and I'm so glad that it's now available on more accessible consoles, I actually played it a second time after I finished it for the first time. It may not be the best game in the world, but it's become a personal favorite of mine.

    • @lennybrewster4673
      @lennybrewster4673 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's one of those games that's so bad it's great in its own way.

    • @KieferSkunk
      @KieferSkunk 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lennybrewster4673 Exactly how it was intended.

  • @Jenovi
    @Jenovi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Amazing work man! If I didn't know you and just saw this playing on a tv in a video rental store, I would believe this was part of a Nexflix Exclusive series. The real question everyone wants to know is, did you watch that movie and how was it?

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thanks buddy 😀 I watched Game Over ages ago but didn't know any of the history behind it. I recognized some of the footage from Digital Pictures games and was like, what the hell is going on here? That movie is terrible and I can't recommend it enough. That's not a typo lol.

  • @kareliask
    @kareliask 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Magnificent work as always, you are making some of the best gaming documentaries on TH-cam.

  • @RetroIslandGaming
    @RetroIslandGaming 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I love FMV games and I love hearing about FMV games even more. Great episode. Let's hope for a definite resurgence in FMV style games! :)

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'd love for FMV games to make a real comeback. There are a few modern ones out there but they lack the charm of the 90s crop of games imo.

    • @jakebowski02
      @jakebowski02 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Tex Murphy!!

    • @swishpronoob
      @swishpronoob 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Have you tried Late Shift?

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I adore FMV games. So much fun.

    • @duskonanyavarld1786
      @duskonanyavarld1786 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Red alert is a great game

  • @misteramerika7020
    @misteramerika7020 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your videos! I play the audio while I’m driving and it makes the commute actually educational and entertaining!

  • @dun0790
    @dun0790 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love your videos just discovered you and im currently binge watching most of it THANK YOU high quality gaming documentarys are my new addictions

  • @subielife4life
    @subielife4life 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You have a voice that would keep anybody watching regardless of the subject your documenting, I'm a long time gamer and enjoy everything and anything about video games whether old or new, but I especially love documentaries regarding retro games and your voice just kept my eyes glued to my phone screen, your tone of voice has this enjoyable likeness that makes it so easy to understand the subject at hand, your soothing tone fills my brain with a warm nostalgia feeling that is hard to get from other documentary narrators/host's. Amazing work man!

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for the kind words. I truly appreciate it and I'm glad you like the content.

    • @subielife4life
      @subielife4life 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@WrestlingWithGaming your welcome! complimenting your work is the least I could do considering the great memories you were able to dig up from my brain, theres no better feeling then the euphoria you get when you relive old great gaming memories.

  • @HellScream107
    @HellScream107 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great video as always man! These games blew my mind as a kid and I thought live action FMVs were going to be the future! Very good work and information. Keep up the good work!!

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks! I've always had a soft spot for FMV games.

    • @deshirabrinson272
      @deshirabrinson272 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was the only kid with a Sega CD these games were definitely ahead of they time.

  • @FerintoshFarmsPhotography
    @FerintoshFarmsPhotography 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Glad to see you've got a new video man, always look forward to these learning experiences

  • @lookoutpiano8877
    @lookoutpiano8877 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    So well researched and executed. I am really impressed with the production quality of your videos. Thank you

  • @goodiesguy
    @goodiesguy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    21:16 That Jungle Book game is the Best FMV of all time IMO, but then I've played it since I was a young child. It really is a good one though.

  • @RobNoireGaming
    @RobNoireGaming 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was really interesting! Those FMV games are something that were always in the background when I was a kid but I really didn't know much about. Always appreciate the amount of research and polish you put into these mini-documentaries

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! Digital Pictures was definitely trying to do something different but unfortunately technology of the time couldn't match their ambition.

  • @nevets4298
    @nevets4298 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great work once again, you can never go wrong with any of your videos

  • @supersquare
    @supersquare 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this channel so much!! All of your videos are amazing and so well done

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks so much! I'm working on making my next video a special one.

    • @supersquare
      @supersquare 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WrestlingWithGaming I seriously can't wait!!

  • @kenjimiwa3739
    @kenjimiwa3739 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for capturing this very interesting slice of history.

  • @shinypb
    @shinypb 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a another great episode - thanks for putting it together, WWG!

  • @trevmex
    @trevmex 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great stuff as always! Keep the videos coming!

  • @cougar2013
    @cougar2013 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great job on these videos. Entertaining and definitive!

  • @losalfajoresok
    @losalfajoresok 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another great work that I'm using for my video game history lessons. Thanks a lot!

  • @bradnimbus4836
    @bradnimbus4836 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hit another one out of the park! Great job homie!

  • @JVicViperX
    @JVicViperX 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know I'm late to the game on this video but I just wanted to say thank you for putting together this great tribute to Zito and FMV games. Just fantastic!

  • @John_Lee_
    @John_Lee_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This should have more views. I come back and watch this once a month. It's so nostalgic.

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks! Glad you liked it. I'm a huge fan of FMV games and i think digital pictures has a really interesting story so I was a bit disappointed with its number of views myself. But oh well, they can't all be winners lol

  • @BrianRaider
    @BrianRaider ปีที่แล้ว

    GREAT GREAT!!!!!!!! IM 39 &... i randomly today searched SILPHEED GROUND Zero TEXAS & prize fighter Games i had when i was a kid, when i noticed the Full Motion theme in both, & your video was on the side suggested. THIS VIDEO TOOK ME BACK. As Bad as they may seem now, I ENJOYED THOSE GAMES AS A KID. This Video Is Thorough As Possible. THANKU GREAT JOB.

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for the kind words and watching. I appreciate it!

  • @ColtSSR
    @ColtSSR 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    You do an awesome job of these man

  • @rossomac21
    @rossomac21 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have managed to watch all the videos you have on this channel over the course of this weekend. Thank you for your hard work, the video lengths leave me wanting more so I consider you are doing a good job. Please excuse my ramblings but I walk with wrestling with gaming.

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! My goal is to try to put out 16 videos this year. I'm already a little behind haha. Seriously though, thanks for watching everything and taking the time to comment, I appreciate. Your comment reminded me that I wish Elias had a bigger role at this year's mania. Dude is a future main-eventer if booked correctly.

  • @John_Lee_
    @John_Lee_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very interesting video about a weird time in gaming. Keep up the good work!

  • @KnjazNazrath
    @KnjazNazrath 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, some real nostalgic hit when I saw that CVG cover. Made me dig out my old video game magazines only to remember I got rid of them when I moved house a while ago. Sad times.

  • @linkage432
    @linkage432 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Don’t know how I haven’t seen your channel sooner. Love it!! Subbed!!

  • @godzilla7391
    @godzilla7391 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Keep up the good work! Your my new G4TV . Its like getting new episodes of Icons all over again! Kudos.

  • @NickBartolo
    @NickBartolo 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I continue to be impressed by your content. Excellent work.

  • @shahid1296ify
    @shahid1296ify 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mate , what a brilliant video !!

  • @joncarlos716
    @joncarlos716 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I actually liked fmvs games it was different

    • @mayamanign
      @mayamanign 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same, they weren't my favorite but definitely there was some fun to be had.

    • @mark6302
      @mark6302 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      sewer shark was the bomb

    • @ChibiSothe
      @ChibiSothe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They sure looked like they had charm.. That's for sure.

    • @leemckenna8214
      @leemckenna8214 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Such potential. I always loved the ones at the arcade and the hologram ones.

    • @31leoceara
      @31leoceara 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too. It was technically impressive for the time.

  • @dmoehling
    @dmoehling 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    These were always my favorite Sega cd games! I’m a huge retro FMV fan. I recall reading an article from Tom Zito that mentioned them shooting all of the video in “high def” back in the day and how disappointed he was to see what Sega’s compression algorithm did to their video and sound. I’ve always hoped newer versions of these games would release in 1080p.

  • @Dewderonomy
    @Dewderonomy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is pro, man. Great job. As a Sega CD owner, remembering Working Designs (Lunar, Popful Mail, Vay) and DP (Sewer Shark, Night Trap) very fondly as a kid, this was a treat. Although Zito sounds like Kermit. lol

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks man! The Tom Zito interview is like 90 minutes long and I probably listened to it like three full times and never noticed that he sounded like Kermit. Now that everyone's pointed it out it's all I can think of when I see his face lol

  • @sogero2
    @sogero2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for making this. I really like how this video and the one on Virtuality are done so professionally without the cancerous hype that most youtube gaming channels are infected with. Great work!

  • @SlyJMan
    @SlyJMan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The thumbnail in a Game Grumps video brought me.

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was pretty surprised when I saw my own video’s thumbnail in their video lol. Thanks for taking the time to check it out.

  • @Joeyboots80
    @Joeyboots80 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Impressively comprehensive! So glad I stumbled across your channel a little while back. :)

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks ham burgler. I hope one day my videos help lead you away from your life of burger crimes. But seriously, thanks!

  • @orinanime
    @orinanime 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's amazing!
    If they ever re-release an updated version of Sewer Shark, I'll happily buy it on day-one!

    • @treverchalmers9473
      @treverchalmers9473 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too for sure i still play it on an emulater for now. Ahh good times with the sega cd.

  • @PatJ613
    @PatJ613 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is excellent, really great quality! I love this stuff and sit through some pretty awful histories and documentaries haha
    Great job man!

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha thanks man. Glad this wasn't one of the awful ones you had to sit through lol.

  • @steveevans938
    @steveevans938 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome work again guys.

  • @Amir-kc9yu
    @Amir-kc9yu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This channel should have more subscribers. The videos are great.

  • @nilz23
    @nilz23 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    These videos are so good I'm surprised to you only have 36k subscribers.

  • @dirkdiggler7912
    @dirkdiggler7912 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ll never forget getting a Sega CD and playing Sewer Shark and Ground Zero Texas. I truly thought we had reached the pinnacle of gaming.

  • @andreo
    @andreo 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    As always, great job.

  • @JosueHDC
    @JosueHDC 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    your videos are awesome!! keep up the good work!!!!!

  • @bryantmartell6138
    @bryantmartell6138 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice logo. Great video

  • @Flint_Ironstagg
    @Flint_Ironstagg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i'll watch it again bro, you deserve the views good sir

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well... I'm not going to try to stop you or convince you not to lol. I appreciate it man.

  • @willmistretta
    @willmistretta 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    The whole situation is perfectly described by Zito looking at kids playing Super Mario Bros. and his takeaway being that the graphics weren't flashy enough. This one anecdote is a microcosm of everything that eventually soured gamers and the industry on FVM.

  • @EarthboundX
    @EarthboundX 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very nicely done!

  • @prinzbach
    @prinzbach 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember wanting a sega CD SOooo Bad at the time... Watching the gameplay now, I didn't miss much. YET, I have a strong nostalgia for it... At least they tried something new.

    • @sargonsblackgrandfather2072
      @sargonsblackgrandfather2072 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No you really did miss out, there was a lot of really fantastic games that pushed the hardware on the sega cd, it wasn’t all FMV there were groundbreaking games like Snatcher and Thunderhawk that couldn’t be done on other systems of the time

    • @prinzbach
      @prinzbach 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sargonsblackgrandfather2072 I do agree that there's some cool games on the Sega CD and it was clearly ahead of it's time. I need to try some of them out with emulation. Nowadays, there's also a lot of English translations for all the hidden gems from Japan!

  • @davidsomoza
    @davidsomoza 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It is funny now that Night Trap is on a Nintendo System after what Lincoln said.

  • @mtshark7
    @mtshark7 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing video man! :-)

  • @Bluemilk92
    @Bluemilk92 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    TH-cam is amazing... It gives people like you a platform to shoot a hot load of knowledge right into my eye-holes.

  • @StigDesign
    @StigDesign 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great work as allways :D

  • @CandisClassicGameShrine
    @CandisClassicGameShrine 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was wondering why I haven't seen your content lately, it's because TH-cam has been hiding your uploads from my subscriptions feed. Glad I found this in a different feed. Great work as always dude.

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ugh. I was afraid that something like that happened with this video. It has a really small amount of views and a really small percentage of that are from subscriptions. I'll probably have to do a community post tomorrow so that it shows in people's feed. Thank you for the compliment and for the heads up about the video!

    • @CandisClassicGameShrine
      @CandisClassicGameShrine 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah when I clicked on this and saw the number of views and likes, I figured I wasn't alone. I friggin hate how YT keeps screwing everyone over. This site is such a mess. Ever since they demonetized my channel, my views tanked too.

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Damn. Sorry to hear that.

    • @CandisClassicGameShrine
      @CandisClassicGameShrine 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's alright. I'm still going to keep on keeping on. I enjoy making videos and if I happen to get my monetization back, awesome. If not, it is what it is. It was just a nice bonus to making videos in all honesty.

  • @vince19games
    @vince19games 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Absolutely phenomenal and in-depth review of an extremely intriguing period of video game history. Well done!!

  • @franknitti9126
    @franknitti9126 6 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Is it just me but does Zito sound a lot like Kermit the frog?

    • @codemiesterbeats
      @codemiesterbeats 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lmfao yea I just commented "Kermit the frog here" 5:24

  • @superb0lly
    @superb0lly 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Excellent video, super interesting! I loved the Power Rangers FMV game for Sega CD

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for taking the time to watch. The power Rangers game is surprisingly good and has pretty decent controls as well.

  • @karnagefails333
    @karnagefails333 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video bro!!

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks man! I'm a bit bummed that it's not getting many views but I'm really happy with the way it turned out. I think Digital Pictures has a really interesting story so I hope eventually people get interested in it. Thanks for watching man.

  • @RW-ij1ci
    @RW-ij1ci 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Also I love that Nighttrap is on the switch now...

  • @Rationalific
    @Rationalific 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fascinating history that I did not know!

  • @MrBoogiemoney
    @MrBoogiemoney 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great documentary.

  • @peterbhuntley
    @peterbhuntley 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very well made doc on an interesting subject :-)

  • @TheMan-ye8gt
    @TheMan-ye8gt 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent video. Made me miss my childhood just a bit. **sniff** :(
    Loved the Sega CD and had/played a bunch of their games and would insta-buy them again for PC/Steam if Zito or anyone would get the rights and re-release them.

  • @antonionavarrete8210
    @antonionavarrete8210 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love, Love, Love this episode! I totally miss this brief but wide eyed period in gaming.

  • @darthkai8242
    @darthkai8242 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey Yahel, I am rewatching a couple classic videos tonight and just thought I would drop a comment. Growing up with a SegaCD this episode about Digital Pictures will always be my fav, followed closely by the Absolutely Rose Street episode.
    Whatever you are doing now, I hope all is well. I miss them days of you streaming classic games and playing Oregon Trail with everyone in the chat, but those memories will always be there.
    Shoot the tubes, Dogmeat! 😂

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'll be back soon! I've been working on a video for a while now. I'll get back to streaming once it's out too. Thanks for rewatching and commenting. Hopefully I'll see on a stream again soon! 💜

    • @darthkai8242
      @darthkai8242 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@WrestlingWithGaming Great to hear from you man, and that you got some new stuff in the pipeline!
      Whenever you get back, I'll be there! 🤘😝🤘

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Just posted an update on a new community post including a screenshot from the new video

  • @brianoconnell6459
    @brianoconnell6459 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting that Sony was getting into purchasing the games, because when I was a QA contractor at SOA in 1991, I spotted one of the cubicles 20 feet away watching one of the game tapes, and immediately recognized the footage playing from it. I think it was a fighter game, because up until that point, in 1989, all I saw/played were Sewer Shark, Night Trap, and a "make your own music video" demo that would go on to be used for Kid and Play's Make Your Own Video title.

  • @edmundkempersdartboard173
    @edmundkempersdartboard173 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    You do some high quality stuff. Deserve far more subs. Here's one.

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks a lot man, I know that there are a lot of gaming channels out there so I really appreciate it.
      Glad you liked the video. This one didn't get much attention. I guess I'm the only interested in FMV haha!

  • @brianoconnell6459
    @brianoconnell6459 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fun fact: The SFX from Sewer Shark were done by John Dykstra's Apogee Studio.

    • @KieferSkunk
      @KieferSkunk 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Dykstra's studio was responsible for the sewer pipes as well. :)

  • @clydesalley
    @clydesalley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I loved these FMV games. Dracula Unleashed was basically the cheesiest Dracula movie ever made once you made it through the game. Your reward for beating Corpse Killer was to end up out on a yacht with Julie, who had been giving you advice while dressed in Khaki's but was now wearing a rather skimpy bikini. The actress was Bridget Butler and she went on to a long and distinguished acting career......well maybe not. Another cool part of Corpse Killer was Vincent Schiavelli playing the Big Bad. I guess he quit his day job at Ridgemont High. And Robert Costanzo's role in Sewer Shark had to be the highlight of his career. They don't make games like they used to.

  • @geekehUK
    @geekehUK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If the timing had just been slightly different I suspect their fortunes would have been a lot better. If they'd landed the license to create a Power Rangers game, they could have reused the footage from the show, and ordered any extra scenes they needed for dialogue from the US studio, this would have dramatically lowered the cost of development while still being popular with fans of the series because it would have featured the same actors and allowed them to do all the cool stuff from their favourite TV show.
    The visuals would have been better than anything on the market at the time and current gen hardware could have rendered the zords pretty well, maybe not for a 3D fighting game, but certainly giant robot battles as a sprite based 2D fighter would still have been good. I think a cross-genre title with FMV elements tying it all together would have worked well, with fighting stages, on-rails shooter stages, as well as maybe adventure stages to move the plot forward. Throw in some golden axe or streets of rage style side scroller / fighting stages utilising FMV backgrounds and captured digital character models of the Power Rangers out of costume while exploring, then when they run into enemies they can transform into their costumed counterparts to fight which could either have been more video captured sprites or generated models given that they all wore fairly basically designed, brightly coloured costumes. It should have tied together well, been cheap to produce and have been both a critical and financial success.
    A single massive success would have given them the working capital as well as interest and investment to develop more aspirational projects and the gravitas to be able to license some big name IPs, things like ghostbusters, which would have worked great by drawing translucent ghosts and proton streams, over the top of FMV. Or how about a star wars title maybe with first person perspective lightsabre battles?

  • @Gam1ngGor1lla
    @Gam1ngGor1lla 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Came from GameGrumps! Loved the video.

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s awesome. Appreciate you taking the time to check it out. I was pretty surprised when I saw my own video’s thumbnail at the end of their video lol.

  • @jcdenton1454
    @jcdenton1454 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Your narration voice and editing have improved so much. Gaming historian's gonna need to catch up haha

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! I've been working pretty hard to improve both so I can't tell you how good it feels to read that.

  • @brianoconnell6459
    @brianoconnell6459 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Funny thing is, I know one of the developers behind the footage (and later who converted it to the SegaCD, 3DO, etc). These were originally designed for a revolutionary game console called the ISIX Nemo, which ran off of VHS tape, using a unique frame buffering system to split the footage up. I played the prototype, and *boom* mind blown.

  • @alexanderroberts3855
    @alexanderroberts3855 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was so good. Wrestling With Gaming is the best gaming show on TH-cam! Hail to the king baby.

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't know about being the best lol. But I really appreciate the kind words!

    • @alexanderroberts3855
      @alexanderroberts3855 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      No seriously, you and Gaming Historian are killing it!

  • @TheEmergencyHammer
    @TheEmergencyHammer 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome
    well done

  • @Icanthandlethecandle
    @Icanthandlethecandle 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! Game Grumps brought me and I subbed.

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for taking the time to check it out. I appreciate it!

  • @chzzyg2698
    @chzzyg2698 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your channel is all stuff that seemed to be top secret while I was growing up. What was it like gathering all this information? Was it hard to do? Great job.

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! It was very time consuming, especially verifying some of the information with multiple sources. The nice thing about a lot of these companies being out of business now, is that many former employees are more willing to speak about their time there when I reach out to them.

  • @dubbschultz1
    @dubbschultz1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sewer shark was one of my favorites!

  • @Randomark3087
    @Randomark3087 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    The Government tried to steer people away from Night Trap, but instead it made more people buy the game. I LOVE IT! 😂

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah, you'd think that they would've learned their lesson from the parental advisory labels on music lol.

    • @simzzoker123
      @simzzoker123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Listening to what they were saying about it, showed they had no idea what the game was about just, screaming girls being attacked by foot clan soldiers that accidentally wandered of the set of first TMNT movie = Bad for kids

    • @brandonreina5450
      @brandonreina5450 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@simzzoker123
      But Family Home Entertainment (the kids division of Artisan Home Entertainment) released the very first TMNT movie on videocassette

    • @somethingsomething9008
      @somethingsomething9008 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      the government made this would be obscure forgotten bad game into something still remembered

  • @JoshNieporte
    @JoshNieporte 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I still have the "Making of" VHS tape. Corpse Killer looked nice in the '90s.

  • @adamhovey407
    @adamhovey407 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm always baffled, when in all of your videos, I see dislikes, and I can't for the life of me think of why. You don't go out of your way to offend, you tell the story, sometimes you give your opinion, but it's usually not something that's heavy-handed, I love your videos, in fact I love your videos, like I love that Telecaster in in this video.

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks Adam, I appreciate that. It's that internet, there's always someone offended about something lol.
      Seriously though, it doesn't bother me. Can't please everyone.

  • @kimberlyrose984
    @kimberlyrose984 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’d love to play these games and with the technology we have now, it could look and play really well!

  • @mikeall7012
    @mikeall7012 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your work! Was this re-uploaded?

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, it was posted on Monday. Then TH-cam's mysterious algorithm labeled it as not suitable for advertisers so I had to publish this slightly different version. Sorry about that.

    • @mikeall7012
      @mikeall7012 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wrestling With Gaming, no worries at all. I'm sorry you had to jump through hoops like that. TH-cam is nutz. Regardless, I don't mind watching this twice at all!

    • @WrestlingWithGaming
      @WrestlingWithGaming  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for understanding!

  • @johneygd
    @johneygd 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Am amezed that despites the color limitations of the sega cd, digital pictures did not refused to port their vhs night trap game to the sega cd ,just in order to make their dream became true.
    Also wow, i did not know that you could stream analogue video as an background to collecovision games if desired, but suppose that atari 2600 adaptor does just that.

    • @KieferSkunk
      @KieferSkunk 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The ColecoVision had the necessary hardware on the motherboard to do this, but there was no connector for it, and no software was ever written that would let it do that. It was an unused feature - the clip shown early on I believe was just a mockup of what it could look like.

  • @thetreblerebel
    @thetreblerebel 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I played the shit out of Sewer Shark, Double Switch, Dracula Unleashed. At the time, the Sega CD just seemed so advanced compared to the 16 bit stuff we had

  • @napoleonfeanor
    @napoleonfeanor 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Imagine a loading screen with the noises of a VHS tape rewinding.

  • @wbl_unlimited
    @wbl_unlimited 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for reminding me Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch existed.

  • @TheVileOne
    @TheVileOne 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I enjoyed this a lot