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Make My Video is a series of three video games by Digital Pictures in 1992 for the Sega Mega CD and personal computers. The games would feature three songs from the respective musical group, and the player would edit pre-made clips to make a new music video. The games were universally panned and were financial disasters.
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Games
INXS
INXS: Make My Video 
Developer(s) Digital Pictures Publisher(s) Sony Imagesoft Platform(s) Sega Mega-CD Release date(s) October 15, 1992 Mode(s) Single-player Media/distribution 1 Compact disc INXS: Make My Video was created as a video game by Digital Pictures in 1992[1]. The game puts the player in control of editing the music videos for the band INXS on 3 different songs, Heaven Sent, Baby Don’t Cry and Not Enough Time[1]. All three songs are from the 1992 album Welcome to Wherever You Are, adding to the fact that the box art for the game is taken from the album! Players are given instructions of what they should include in the video, and then the song is played while you edit the video live. Players can change between video clips available by pressing the buttons on the controller, and have the option between clips from the videos of the group, stock footage, movie clips and special effects.[2]
Kris Kross
Kris Kross: Make My Video 
Developer(s) Digital Pictures Publisher(s) Sony Imagesoft Platform(s) Sega Mega-CD Release date(s) 1992 Genre(s) Music Video Editor Kris Kross: Make My Video was created as a video game by Digital Pictures in 1992[1], due to the popularity of the rap group Kris Kross.
The game puts the player in control of editing the music videos for the group on 3 different songs, Jump, I Missed the Bus, and Warm It Up[1]. Players are given instructions of what they should include in the video, and then the song is played while you edit the video live. Players can change between video clips available by pressing the buttons on the controller, and have the option between clips from the videos of the group, stock footage, movie clips and special effects.[3]
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch: Make My Video 
Developer(s) Digital Pictures Publisher(s) Sega Platform(s) Sega Mega-CD Release date(s) 1992 Genre(s) Music Video Editor Mode(s) Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch: Make My Video was created as a video game by Digital Pictures in 1992. The game was part of a series of games made of the same concept for various artists of this era.
The game puts the player in control of editing the music videos for hip-hop artist Marky Mark (Mark Wahlberg) and his group The Funky Bunch on 3 different songs: "Good Vibrations", "I Need Money" and "You Gotta Believe". Players are given instructions of what they should include in the video, and then the song is played while you edit the video live. Players can change between video clips available by pressing the buttons on the controller, and have the option between clips from the videos of the group, stock footage, movie clips and special effects.
Reception
Kris Kross turned out to be a huge failure, both financially and critically[4]. It is on Seanbaby's Crapstravaganza list of the 20 worst games of all time at #18.[5]
Game Informer gave Marky Mark 0 out of 10, the lowest score a game ever received from the magazine [6]. A 2006 PC World article rated the game as number 8 on their list of the 10 worst games of all time.[7]
See also
- Power Factory Featuring C+C Music Factory'
References
- ^ a b c d "Make My Video: INXS for Sega CD". MobyGames. http://www.mobygames.com/game/make-my-video-inxs. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
- ^ Digital Pictures, Inc.. 'INXS: Make My Video'. (SCEE). Sega Mega-CD. (1992-10-15)
- ^ Digital Pictures, Inc.. 'Kris Kross: Make My Video'. (SCEE). Sega Mega-CD. (1992)
- ^ "Kris Kross – Listen free at". Last.fm. 2008-11-21. http://www.last.fm/music/Kris+Kross. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
- ^ "#18 on the worst games of all time". Seanbaby.com. http://www.seanbaby.com/nes/egm18.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
- ^ "Marky Mark: Make My Video Reviews". Gamerankings.com. http://www.gamerankings.com/segacd/587969-marky-mark-and-the-funky-bunch-make-my-video/. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
- ^ The 10 Worst Games of All Time, pcworld.ca, Emru Townsend, October 23, 2006-->
External links
Categories:- 1992 video games
- Interactive movie video games
- INXS
- Musician video games
- Music management games
- Sega Mega-CD games
- Band-centric video games
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