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When the game was the movie.
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Explore interactive cinema, from laserdisc arcades to the CD-ROM era. Compare versions, discover platform Titans, and find your next game.
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What makes these games interesting?
Start with six different approaches to interactive cinema, then follow each guide into its gameplay and historical context.
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Six different ways to play a movie
Each guide compares releases and gathers the notes, sources and play options available in the FMV Games Index.
Dragon's Lair
Animated spectacle, split-second decisions and a long afterlife on home systems.
Explore the guide ↗ 02 / Sega CDSewer Shark
A cockpit, a maze and a live-action crew who keep you under pressure.
Explore the guide ↗ 03 / Sega CDNight Trap
Watch several rooms at once and learn why this sleepover became a cultural flashpoint.
Explore the guide ↗ 04 / interactive thrillerDouble Switch
A mansion full of traps asks you to follow the story and work the controls.
Explore the guide ↗ 05 / live actionWirehead
A science-fiction chase built around the choices you make inside another mind.
Explore the guide ↗ 06 / visual experimentMicrocosm
Travel through a body in one of the CD era's most ambitious visual showcases.
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The full index holds 786 games across 1,091 release records, with game guides, a timeline and platform comparisons. The archive is a living research project. Explore the catalog and follow the research as it grows.