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The Movies
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For the 1925 film directed by Fatty Arbuckle, see The Movies (film).
For the band originally known as "The Movies", see Tribes of the City.
The Movies
Developer(s)
Lionhead Studios(For Windows)
Robosoft Technologies (For Mac)
Publisher(s)
Activision(For Windows)
Feral Interactive (For Mac)
Engine
Custom
Version
The Movies: Stunts & Effects Spring 2006
Platform(s)
Windows, Mac OS X
Release date
PC
USA November 8, 2005
PAL November 11, 2005
Mac OS X
December 20, 2006
Genre(s)
Simulation
Mode(s)
Single player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)
ESRB: T
OFLC: M
Media
CD (3), DVD (1)
System requirements
PC: Windows 98SE or later
800 MHz CPU
256MB RAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible sound and video card. Mac: OSX 10.4 Tiger or later, PPC G4 1.67 GHz, 512MB RAM, 64MB video card, DVD drive (minimum)
Input method(s)
Keyboard & mouse
The Movies is a simulation game created by Lionhead Studios for Microsoft Windows and subsequently ported to Apple Mac OS X by Feral Interactive. It was released on November 8, 2005 in the United States of America, and November 11, 2005 in Europe after reaching gold status on October 8, 2005.
Playstation 2 and Xbox versions were also planned, but they were canceled. It is unknown why the console versions were canceled.
The game allows players to take the role of a Hollywood film mogul, running a studio and creating films. Much has been made about the film-making aspect of the game, as it allows players to easily create viewable works or machinima. The game is similar to the early 1990s film production game Stunt Island; the game is also similar to the 1988 game Charlie Chaplin, the 1996 game Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair and, to a lesser extent, the 1996 game 3D Movie Maker.
On June 6, 2006, the first, and to date, only expansion pack was released, The Movies: Stunts and Effects. This expansion added a host of new features, among which were stunts (and stunt doubles), and special effects, as well as the ability to designate custom camera angles.
This game is also available on the Mac. The Mac port of the game was published by Feral Interactive and developed by Robosoft Technologies. It has won the Best Video Game Simulation Award at British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) for the Mac specific features that have been incorporated in the game.
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