Make My Video
| Industry | Video game development |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1992 |
| Products | Make My Video series |
Make My Video is a collection of three video game titles produced by Digital Pictures in 1992 exclusively for the Sega CD. These games showcased well-known musical artists such as INXS, Kris Kross, C+C Music Factory, and Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. Each installment enabled users to craft new music videos by editing pre-existing footage, utilizing three tracks from the featured performers.
Players were guided with detailed directions on elements to incorporate within their videos, editing clips in real-time as the music played. The controller allowed seamless switching among band performances, stock footage, film scenes, and visual effects.
Although the series capitalized on prominent musicians, it was met with negative critiques and did not achieve commercial success.
INXS
INXS: Make My Video launched on October 15, 1992, developed by Digital Pictures and published by Sega. It centered around creating music videos for INXS songs "Heaven Sent", "Baby Don't Cry", and "Not Enough Time", all from their 1992 album Welcome to Wherever You Are. The game's cover art was derived from this album.
Kris Kross
The 1992 title Kris Kross: Make My Video was developed by Digital Pictures and released by Sony Imagesoft, leveraging the rap duo's fame. Users edited videos for the tracks "Jump", "I Missed the Bus", and "Warm It Up".
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch: Make My Video came from Digital Pictures with Sega as publisher in 1992. This edition allowed editing of music videos for hip-hop artist Mark Wahlberg and his group, featuring songs "Good Vibrations", "I Need Money", and "You Gotta Believe".
Reception
The entire trilogy experienced both critical disdain and poor sales performance. In 1997, Electronic Gaming Monthly placed the series second on their "Top 10 Worst Games of All Time" ranking. Additionally, Kris Kross was ranked eighteenth on Seanbaby's Crapstravaganza list of the 20 worst games ever created.
Game Informer assigned Marky Mark an unprecedented score of zero out of ten, marking the lowest rating in their publication's history. Furthermore, a 2006 article by PC World listed this game eighth among the ten worst games ever made.