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'''Digital Pictures''' was a video game company founded in 1991 by Tom Zito and Ken Melville, and collapsed by the end of the decade. Today they are most well-known for their library of InteractiveMovie games released on the UsefulNotes/SegaCD.

Whilst their games make up a sizable amount of the Sega CD's library, several of them were ported over to the UsefulNotes/ThreeDOInteractiveMultiplayer and UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn. However, their first efforts were originally designed in the 80's for Hasbro's abandoned NEMO console; the assets would later be dug up and used for their Sega CD games.

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'''Digital Pictures''' was a video game company founded in 1991 by Tom Zito and Ken Melville, and collapsed by the end of the decade. Today they are most well-known for their library of InteractiveMovie games released on the UsefulNotes/SegaCD.

Platform/SegaCD.

Whilst their games make up a sizable amount of the Sega CD's library, several of them were ported over to the UsefulNotes/ThreeDOInteractiveMultiplayer Platform/ThreeDOInteractiveMultiplayer and UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn.Platform/SegaSaturn. However, their first efforts were originally designed in the 80's for Hasbro's abandoned NEMO console; the assets would later be dug up and used for their Sega CD games.



* ShoutOut: Most if not all of their games (at least for the UsefulNotes/SegaCD) had a track that when played on a regular CD player (or the Sega CD's CD player) was apparently one to Music/TheBeatles combined with SubliminalSeduction [[note]]And is supposedly a hint for Sewer Shark.[[/note]]:

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* ShoutOut: Most if not all of their games (at least for the UsefulNotes/SegaCD) Platform/SegaCD) had a track that when played on a regular CD player (or the Sega CD's CD player) was apparently one to Music/TheBeatles combined with SubliminalSeduction [[note]]And is supposedly a hint for Sewer Shark.[[/note]]:
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'''Digital Pictures''' was a video game company founded in 1991 by Tom Zito and Ken Melville, and collapsed by the end of the decade. Today they are most well-known for their library of FullMotionVideo games released on the UsefulNotes/SegaCD.

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'''Digital Pictures''' was a video game company founded in 1991 by Tom Zito and Ken Melville, and collapsed by the end of the decade. Today they are most well-known for their library of FullMotionVideo InteractiveMovie games released on the UsefulNotes/SegaCD.
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* TheNewRockAndRoll: ''Night Trap'' attracted controversy alongside ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'' and ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' for supposedly promoting adult content and graphic violence to minors, eventually forming the ESRB.

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* TheNewRockAndRoll: ''Night Trap'' attracted controversy alongside ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1992'' and ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' for supposedly promoting adult content and graphic violence to minors, eventually forming the ESRB.
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* ''VideoGame/KidsOnSite''

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* ''VideoGame/KidsOnSite''''VideoGame/KidsOnSite'' (remastered in 2022)
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* ''Make My Video'' series

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* ''Make My Video'' ''VideoGame/MakeMyVideo'' series
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* TheNewRockAndRoll: ''Night Trap'' attracted controversy alongside ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' and ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' for supposedly promoting adult content and graphic violence to minors, eventually forming the ESRB.

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* TheNewRockAndRoll: ''Night Trap'' attracted controversy alongside ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'' and ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' for supposedly promoting adult content and graphic violence to minors, eventually forming the ESRB.

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Starting in the 2010s, the company Screaming Villains has started producing high-definitions remasters of Digital Pictures' output, allowing for much better color definition and framerate than what was possible upon their initial release.



* ''VideoGame/CorpseKiller''
* ''VideoGame/NightTrap''

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* ''VideoGame/CorpseKiller''
''VideoGame/CorpseKiller'' (remastered in 2019)
* ''VideoGame/NightTrap''''VideoGame/NightTrap'' (remastered in 2017)



* ''VideoGame/GroundZeroTexas''

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* ''VideoGame/GroundZeroTexas''''VideoGame/GroundZeroTexas'' (remastered in 2021)



* ''VideoGame/DoubleSwitch''

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* ''VideoGame/DoubleSwitch''''VideoGame/DoubleSwitch'' (remastered in 2018)
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* ''Corpse Killer''

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* ''Corpse Killer''''VideoGame/CorpseKiller''
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* MagicalSecurityCam: ''Night Trap'', ''Double Switch'', and ''Ground Zero Texas'' all fall victim to this, as their gameplay is specifically stated to be tied into the camera view the player is given, and yet they pan and rotate in ways that shouldn't be possible for stationary recording. Hilariously, their prototype game, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFDPToA4rto Scene of the Crime]]'', was an aversion despite having a similar premise.
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Whilst their games make up a sizable amount of the Sega CD's library, several of them were ported over to the ThreeDO and UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn. However, their first efforts were originally designed in the 80's for Hasbro's abandoned NEMO console; the assets would later be dug up and used for their Sega CD games.

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Whilst their games make up a sizable amount of the Sega CD's library, several of them were ported over to the ThreeDO UsefulNotes/ThreeDOInteractiveMultiplayer and UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn. However, their first efforts were originally designed in the 80's for Hasbro's abandoned NEMO console; the assets would later be dug up and used for their Sega CD games.

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* ''Kids on Site''

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* ''Kids on Site''''VideoGame/KidsOnSite''
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* RealTime: A staple of the company's output whenever it tasks you with monitoring multiple locations at once. All the available video feeds in a given game are happening simultaneously and you'll have to pick and choose what to watch, often sacrificing learning the plot if you want to get a perfect score.
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'''Digital Pictures''' was a video game company founded in 1991 by Tom Zito and Ken Melville, and collapsed by the end of the decade. Today they are most well-known for their library of FullMotionVideo games released on the SegaCD.

Whilst their games make up a sizable amount of the Sega CD's library, several of them were ported over to the ThreeDO and SegaSaturn. However, their first efforts were originally designed in the 80's for Hasbro's abandoned NEMO console; the assets would later be dug up and used for their Sega CD games.

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'''Digital Pictures''' was a video game company founded in 1991 by Tom Zito and Ken Melville, and collapsed by the end of the decade. Today they are most well-known for their library of FullMotionVideo games released on the SegaCD.

UsefulNotes/SegaCD.

Whilst their games make up a sizable amount of the Sega CD's library, several of them were ported over to the ThreeDO and SegaSaturn.UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn. However, their first efforts were originally designed in the 80's for Hasbro's abandoned NEMO console; the assets would later be dug up and used for their Sega CD games.



* ShoutOut: Most if not all of their games (at least for the SegaCD) had a track that when played on a regular CD player (or the Sega CD's CD player) was apparently one to Music/TheBeatles combined with SubliminalSeduction [[note]]And is supposedly a hint for Sewer Shark.[[/note]]:

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* ShoutOut: Most if not all of their games (at least for the SegaCD) UsefulNotes/SegaCD) had a track that when played on a regular CD player (or the Sega CD's CD player) was apparently one to Music/TheBeatles combined with SubliminalSeduction [[note]]And is supposedly a hint for Sewer Shark.[[/note]]:
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-->".enin rebmun ,enin rebmun ,enin rebmuN"

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-->".-->.enin rebmun ,enin rebmun ,enin rebmuN"
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* ShoutOut: Most if not all of their games (at least for the SegaCD) had a track that when played on a regular CD player (or the Sega CD's CD player) was apparently one to Music/TheBeatles combined with SubliminalSeduction [[note]]And is supposedly a hint for Sewer Shark.[[/note]]:
-->''(phone rings)''
-->"Good afternoon, Digital Pictures.
-->".enin rebmun ,enin rebmun ,enin rebmuN"
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Whilst their games make up a sizable amount of the Sega CD's library, several of them were ported over to the 3DO and SegaSaturn. However, their first efforts were originally designed in the 80's for Hasbro's abandoned NEMO console; the assets would later be dug up and used for their Sega CD games.

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Whilst their games make up a sizable amount of the Sega CD's library, several of them were ported over to the 3DO ThreeDO and SegaSaturn. However, their first efforts were originally designed in the 80's for Hasbro's abandoned NEMO console; the assets would later be dug up and used for their Sega CD games.



* TheNewRockAndRoll: ''Night Trap'' attracted controversy alongside ''MortalKombat'' and ''Doom'' for supposedly promoting adult content and graphic violence to minors, eventually forming the ESRB.

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* TheNewRockAndRoll: ''Night Trap'' attracted controversy alongside ''MortalKombat'' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' and ''Doom'' ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' for supposedly promoting adult content and graphic violence to minors, eventually forming the ESRB.



* TotallyRadical: Especially ''Make My Video''.

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* TotallyRadical: Especially ''Make My Video''. Video''.
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** HeyitsThatGuy: Some of the actors are quite well-known, including Dana Plato, Reb Brown and Mark Wahlberg.
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* HamAndCheese: Most of the actors hired by Digital Pictures for their games.



* SoBadItsGood: Even though the gameplay for most of their titles is limited, their infamously cheesy cutscenes will most likely make you laugh.

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''Digital Pictures'' was a video game company founded in 1991 by Tom Zito and Ken Melville, and collapsed by the end of the decade. Today they are most well-known for their library of FullMotionVideo games released on the SegaCD.

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''Digital Pictures'' -> For actual analog or digital pictures, see PhotographyAndIllustration.

'''Digital Pictures'''
was a video game company founded in 1991 by Tom Zito and Ken Melville, and collapsed by the end of the decade. Today they are most well-known for their library of FullMotionVideo games released on the SegaCD.
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''Digital Pictures'' was a video game company founded in 1991 by Tom Zito and Ken Melville, and collapsed by the end of the decade. Today they are most well-known for their library of FullMotionVideo games released on the SegaCD.

Whilst their games make up a sizable amount of the Sega CD's library, several of them were ported over to the 3DO and SegaSaturn. However, their first efforts were originally designed in the 80's for Hasbro's abandoned NEMO console; the assets would later be dug up and used for their Sega CD games.

Games developed include:
* ''Corpse Killer''
* ''VideoGame/NightTrap''
* ''VideoGame/SewerShark''
* ''Make My Video'' series
* ''VideoGame/GroundZeroTexas''
* ''Slam City''
* ''VideoGame/DoubleSwitch''
* ''Quarterback Attack''
* ''Supreme Warrior''
* ''Kids on Site''
* ''Midnight Raiders''
* ''Prize Fighter''
* ''Citizen X'' (unfinished)

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!!Tropes applied to the company and their output:

* HamAndCheese: Most of the actors hired by Digital Pictures for their games.
** HeyitsThatGuy: Some of the actors are quite well-known, including Dana Plato, Reb Brown and Mark Wahlberg.
* KaizoTrap: They're fond of this one. Even just sitting and watching the intro cutscenes will often deny you HundredPercentCompletion, if they don't give you a NonstandardGameOver outright.
* TheNewRockAndRoll: ''Night Trap'' attracted controversy alongside ''MortalKombat'' and ''Doom'' for supposedly promoting adult content and graphic violence to minors, eventually forming the ESRB.
* RailShooter: ''Corpse Killer'' and ''Sewer Shark''.
* SoBadItsGood: Even though the gameplay for most of their titles is limited, their infamously cheesy cutscenes will most likely make you laugh.
* StockFootage: The footage for ''Night Trap'' was filmed in the 80's, but was stored in a vault until being used for the Sega CD.
** Public domain stock footage is used extensively in ''Make My Video'', and ''Sewer Shark'' and ''Ground Zero Texas'' recycle enemy encounters and scenery frequently.
** A 2003 TV movie called ''Maximum Surge'' (also known on video as ''Game Over'') used about 35 minutes of stock footage from no less than four Digital Pictures games.
* TotallyRadical: Especially ''Make My Video''.
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