List of interactive films explained

This is a list of interactive films grouped by original year of release. Some are considered films, while others are considered video games.

Pre-1970s

• Life Targets (1912)^[1]
• Auto Test (1954)^[2]
• Kinoautomat (1967)

1970s

• Wild Gunman (1974)
• EVR Race (1975)^{[3] [4]}
• The Driver (1970s)^[5]

1980s

1983

• Astron Belt
• Bega's Battle (Genma Taisen)
• Cliff Hanger
• Cube Quest
• Dragon's Lair
• Interstellar^{[6] [7] [8]}
• Laser Grand Prix^{[9] [10] [11]}
• M.A.C.H. 3
• Space Ace
• Star Rider

1984

• ALBEGAS
• Badlands
• Cobra Command (Thunder Storm)
• Cosmos Circuit
• Deus Ex Machina
• Firefox
• Ninja Hayate (Revenge of the Ninja)^[12]
• Super Don Quix-ote
• Thayer's Quest

1985

• Space Battleship Yamato
• Road Blaster
• Time Gal

1987

• Freedom Fighter (Escape From Cyber City)

1988

• Snatcher

1989

• Mean Streets

1990s

1990

• Mad Dog McCree

1991

• It came from the Desert (TurboGrafx-CD version)
• Martian Memorandum
• Time Traveler
• Who Shot Johnny Rock?

1992

• I'm Your Man
• L-Zone
• Make My Video
• Night Trap
• Sewer Shark
• Space Pirates

1993

• Crime Patrol
• Dear My Friends
• Double Switch
• Dracula Unleashed
• Gadget: Invention, Travel, & Adventure
• Iron Helix
• Lost in Time
• Mansion of Hidden Souls
• Microcosm
• Prize Fighter
• Quantum Gate
• Surgical Strike
• The 7th Guest
• The Lawnmower Man
• Voyeur
• Yumimi Mix

1994

• Corpse Killer
• Creature Shock
• Critical Path
• Cyberia
• Cyberwar
• J.B. Harold: Blue Chicago Blues
• Jurassic Park
• Novastorm
• Policenauts
• The Last Bounty Hunter
• Tomcat Alley
• Under a Killing Moon (part of the Tex Murphy series)
• Vortex

1995

• BioForge
• Brain Dead 13
• Chaos Control
• Connections
• Cyberia 2: Resurrection
• Cyclemania
• D
• Demolition Man - version for 3DO Interactive Multiplayer console
• Fahrenheit
• Ghostly Desires^[13]
• In the 1st Degree
• Johnny Mnemonic: The Interactive Action Movie
• McKenzie & Co
• Midnight Raiders
• Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
• Panic in the Park^{[14] [15] [16]}
• Phantasmagoria
• Psychic Detective
• Quarterback Attack
• Silent Steel
• Slam City with Scottie Pippen
• Snow Job^[17]
• Street Fighter II Movie - An interactive movie based on released only in Japan for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn.
• Supreme Warrior
• The 11th Hour
• The Daedalus Encounter
• What's My Story?
• Wirehead

1996

• Angel Devoid^[18]
• Bad Mojo
• Enemy Zero
• Fox Hunt^[19]
• Hardline
• Harvester
• ^[20]
• ^[21]
• Realms of the Haunting
• Ripper
• Solar Crusade
• Spycraft
• Terror T.R.A.X.
• The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996 FMV Game)^[22]
• The Pandora Directive (part of the Tex Murphy series)
• Toonstruck
• Urban Runner
• Vampire Diaries
• Voyeur II
• Devo Presents Adventures of the Smart Patrol (video game)

1997

• A Fork in the Tale
• ^[23]
• ^[24]
• ^{[25] [26]}
• Riana Rouge
• Temüjin
• The Last Express

1998

• Alive
• Black Dahlia
• ^[27]
• Dune 2000
• Machi
• Super Adventure Rockman
• Tender Loving Care
• The X-Files Game

2000s

2000

• Love Story
• Star Strike
• The Exterminators

2001

• Point of View^[28]
• The Fear^[29]

2003

• Conspiracies

2004

• The Guy Game

2005

• Doctor Who: Attack of the Graske
• Façade
• Fahrenheit
• School Days

2006

• Yoomurjak's Ring original Hungarian release
• Final Destination 3

2007

• The Act
• Return to House on Haunted Hill

2008

• Casebook^[30]
• Crimeface

2009

2010s

2010

• Heavy Rain

2011

• Conspiracies II – Lethal Networks^[31]
• I Am Playr
• Take This Lollipop

2012

• The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
• The Silver Nugget^[32]
• The Walking Dead

2013

• Bear Stearns Bravo
• The Stanley Parable
• Hero of Shaolin^[33]
• The Wolf Among Us
• Kentucky Route Zero
• The Novelist
• Chili or Mango

2014

• A Bird Story
• Game of Thrones
• Tales from the Borderlands

2015

• The Beginner's Guide
• Her Story
• Life Is Strange
• Press X To Not Die
• Until Dawn
• Simulacra

2016

• The Bunker
• The Verdict
• The Walking Dead: Season Three

2017

• Late Shift^[34]
• Hidden Agenda
• The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker

2018

• The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
• Life Is Strange 2
• The Quiet Man
• The Shapeshifting Detective
• Steins;Gate Elite
• Stretch Armstrong: The Breakout
• Visitor 来访者

2019

• Telling Lies
• She Sees Red
• Erica
• A Heist with Markiplier
• Visitor2 来访者2

2020s

2020

• Tell Me Why
• Death Come True
• The Complex
• Dark Nights with Poe and Munro
• ^[35]
• (short film)^[36]
• Twin Mirror
• Gamer Girl
• Five Dates
• At Dead of Night

2021

• Night Book
• I Saw Black Clouds
• Escape the Undertaker
• Bloodshore
• American Hero
• Make Her Laugh - Tickle Game
• Willage
• Lake
• Road 96
• Twelve Minutes

2022

• As Dusk Falls
• Cat Burglar
• The Gallery
• Immortality
• In Space with Markiplier
• Not For Broadcast
• The Quarry
• Vladimir's Volition^{[37] [38]}
• Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?
• 神都不良探 Underdog Detective

2023

• Choose Love (film)^[39]

Upcoming

• Ghosts
• Murderous Muses
• Star Wars: Eclipse

Notes and References

1. Cowan . Michael . Interactive media and imperial subjects: Excavating the cinematic shooting gallery . NECSUS. European Journal of Media Studies . 2018 . 7 . 1 . 17–44 . 10.25969/mediarep/3438.
2. Book: Williams . Andrew . History of Digital Games: Developments in Art, Design and Interaction . 16 March 2017 . . 978-1-317-50381-1 . 20–5, 63–5.
3. Web site: 2009-08-07. Iwata Asks: Punch-Out!! - The Proposition is to Use Two Televisions. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20100111064027/http://us.wii.com/iwata_asks/punchout/vol1_page1.jsp. January 11, 2010. 2009-08-07. Nintendo.
4. News: Kohler . Chris . Nintendo Has Now Been Making Video Games For 40 Years . 19 May 2021 . . July 5, 2017 . en-us.
5. Web site: Kasco no Jidai ~ Moto Kansai Seisakusho Staff Interview ~ . ja:(キャスコの時代 ～元・関西製作所スタッフインタビュー～) . Kasco and the Electro-Mechanical Golden Age: Former Kansai Seisakusho Staff Interview . Classic Videogame Station Odyssey . 2001 . ja . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20030622095823/http://www.ne.jp/asahi/cvs/odyssey/hyperlink/setframe_creators_kasco1.html . 2003-06-22 . 16 April 2021.
   • Web site: Kasco and the Electro-Mechanical Golden Age . Shmuplations.
6. Overseas Readers Column: 21st AM Show Of Tokyo Held Heralding The Age Of The Video Disk. Game Machine. 223. Amusement Press, Inc.. 1 November 1983. 34. ja.
7. 立体CGを駆使したVDゲーム 〜 未来の宇宙戦争 〜 フナイから 『インターステラー』. VD Game That Makes Full Use of 3D CG – Future Space War: "Interstellar" from Funai. Game Machine. Amusement Press, Inc.. 226. 15 December 1983. 24. ja.
8. Looks at Lasers: The Shape of Games to Come . . 16 November 1983 . 26 (December 1983) . 86–7 . 2018-01-05.
9. Overseas Readers Column: Taito Unveils LD Video Driving Game "Laser Grand Prix". Game Machine. 219. Amusement Press, Inc.. 1 September 1983. 30. ja.
10. Sharpe . Roger C. . The Most Exciting Video... Pinball's Return... Video Jukebox's Appeal . . January 15, 1984 . 10 . 2 . 63–6 .
11. 15 November 1983. Best Hit Games 25. Game Machine. Amusement Press, Inc.. 224. 29. ja.
12. Web site: Segagaga Domain. Ninja Hayate. 2012-01-24.
13. Web site: YouTube. Ghostly Desires. . 2011-09-01.
14. Web site: Moby Games. Panic in the Park. 2012-07-03.
15. Web site: IMDB. Panic in the Park. . 2012-07-03.
16. Web site: Gry-Online. Panic in the Park. 2012-07-03.
17. Web site: FMV WORLD. Snow Job. 2012-02-13.
18. Web site: Moby Games. Angel Devoid: Face of the Enemy. 2012-05-06.
19. Web site: YouTube. Fox Hunt. . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/zt6mUTrbozs. 2021-12-12 . live. 2012-02-13.
20. Web site: Moby Games. Mummy: Tomb of the Pharaoh. 2011-04-01.
21. Web site: Moby Games. Noir: A Shadowy Thriller. 2012-08-03.
22. Web site: Moby Games. The Adventures of Pinocchio. 2012-04-05.
23. Web site: Moby Games. Blue Heat: The Case of the Cover Girl Murders. 2012-04-29.
24. Web site: Moby Games. Byzantine: The Betrayal. 2012-04-29.
25. Web site: Moby Games. Eraser Turnabout. 2012-06-20.
26. Web site: IMDB. Eraser Turnabout. . 2012-06-20.
27. Web site: Moby Games. Dark Side of the Moon. 2012-05-07.
28. Web site: Moby Games. Point of View. 2012-05-10.
29. Web site: Moby Games. The Fear.
30. Web site: Gry-Online. Casebook: Trilogy. 2012-03-20.
31. Web site: Gry-Online. Conspiracies II: Lethal Networks. 2012-03-06.
32. Web site: Newgrounds. The Silver Nugget. 2013-04-03.
33. Web site: Google Play. Hero of Shaolin. 2013-01-10.
34. Web site: Review: Late Shift. Nick. Valdez. Destructoid. 18 April 2017. 21 September 2017.
35. Web site: Interrogation Files: Port Landsend - Steam. 18 June 2020.
36. Web site: DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family: Exclusive Official Trailer - IGN. 28 July 2020 .
37. Web site: Vladimir's Volition Interactive film .
38. Web site: IMDB . Vladimírova volba (2022) . .
39. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19267924/