Emulation for The Dame Was Loaded for DOS

Australia, 1996

Videogame

A hardboiled detective, femme Fatales, missing people and money. The Dame was Loaded has all the hardboiled elements of film noir and is just as cinematic.

Created using innovative Full Motion Video (FMV) technology, which was developed in-house at Beam Software, this point-and-click adventure incorporated real footage of actors that players interact with to solve the mystery. At the time when computer graphics were limited, PMV games tried to generate empathy in players by putting them in the protagonist’s point of view and presenting other characters as real people in a fully realised game world.

When it was made it was the largest multimedia production in Australia, with game developers collaborating closely with actors and film crews, who used iconic Melbourne landmarks as settings like the art-deco former police headquarters on Russell Street.

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Credits

developer

Beam Software

publisher

Philips Interactive Media, Inc.

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1996

Appears in

Group of items

Play It Again II: Games Collection

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

ARC000113-3

Subject category

Game

Object Types

Emulation file/Computer game/Game

Materials

CD-ROM videogame. Two CD-ROM, CD case insert and manual in 2 CD capacity jewel case

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