Midt i 90'erne var der mange studier og produktionsselskaber der mente at såkaldt FMV-teknologi (eller Full Motion Video) var fremtiden for spilmediet, hvor man brugte ægte optagelser som stand-in for grafik, og hvor spilleren så traf valg i stedet for at interagere mere direkte.
Blandt andet SEGA arbejdede på et FMV-spil, som de selv dengang beskrev som "erotisk", The Sacred Pools, men det kom desværre aldrig ud, selvom at det skulle være udkommet i 1997.
Nu er spillet, takket være Gaming Alexandria, blevet reddet. De arbejder med at bevare spilhistorie, og dem så vil kan nu faktisk downloade en gratis prototype til PC. Det beskrives således:
"The Sacred Pools was developed by SegaSoft, a studio which was formed in 1995 to replace Sega of America's development group with the aim to release games for "all platforms", but would ultimately only end up releasing games for the Saturn and PC. The game reportedly had a budget of $3 million, which was enormous at the time, and made use of what SegaSoft called VNRS technology (Virtual Navigation in Real Space), which seamlessly joined together FMV clips to make it look like the player was moving through 3D worlds without pausing to load the next clip."
Du kan desuden se lidt gameplay her.
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