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

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨theangriestbird@beehaw.org⁩ to ⁨gaming@beehaw.org⁩

https://www.eurogamer.net/lionheads-secret-best-game-and-one-of-the-greatest-ever-abandonware-games-the-movies-turns-20-today

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  • CaptainBlinky@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That game was so silly and fun. Forgot all about it! We used to make fun little movies and overdub them using Sonar.

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  • lmagitem@lemmy.zip ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    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.

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    • theangriestbird@beehaw.org ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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      • lmagitem@lemmy.zip ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Indeed, it’s the last solution

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  • Soapbox@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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

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    • theangriestbird@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      3D Movie Maker? Casino Inc? Theme Park?

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      • Soapbox@lemmy.zip ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        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.

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  • brsrklf@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    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.

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    • theangriestbird@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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

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  • Akasazh@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Firones that come to be saved the click:

    Is the 2005 game The Movies

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    • CaptainBlinky@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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    • theangriestbird@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      it’s in the title, bro.

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  • enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    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

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