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Is an AS-1 experience a video game, or a ride film? AS-1 experiences are MOSTLY ride films, but PARTLY video games. And to me, the more I think about it, I think it makes sense to define these as video games. And by that definition, if AS-1 experiences aren't games, then FMV games aren't either. And it seems strange to call something like Burning Soldier just a "film" with interactive elements. It's not wrong, but I'd feel better putting AS-1 games in the category of "video games". [[User:CartridgeCulture|CartridgeCulture]] ([[User talk:CartridgeCulture|talk]]) 19:39, 12 June 2021 (EDT) | Is an AS-1 experience a video game, or a ride film? AS-1 experiences are MOSTLY ride films, but PARTLY video games. And to me, the more I think about it, I think it makes sense to define these as video games. And by that definition, if AS-1 experiences aren't games, then FMV games aren't either. And it seems strange to call something like Burning Soldier just a "film" with interactive elements. It's not wrong, but I'd feel better putting AS-1 games in the category of "video games". [[User:CartridgeCulture|CartridgeCulture]] ([[User talk:CartridgeCulture|talk]]) 19:39, 12 June 2021 (EDT) | ||
: If it's interactive then I'd call it a game. Lots of games are little more than interactive cartoons. - [[User:Hivebrain|Hivebrain]] ([[User talk:Hivebrain|talk]]) 20:40, 12 June 2021 (EDT) | : If it's interactive then I'd call it a game. Lots of games are little more than interactive cartoons. - [[User:Hivebrain|Hivebrain]] ([[User talk:Hivebrain|talk]]) 20:40, 12 June 2021 (EDT) | ||
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| + | :: going off of the footage I've seen, I believe only Scramble Training had an interactive element - the rest were all pretty much just simulator experiences which ran off of laserdiscs (Scramble Training likely did too, but don't know the specifics on how they married the disc up with interactivity. I imagine it was a la Dragon's Lair) - [[User:Ted618|Ted618]] ([[User talk:Ted618|talk]]) 13:56, 13 June 2021 (GMT) | ||
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Are AS-1 experiences video games or ride films?
Hey, I don't have any issue with removing that Gameplay section cause it was basically empty, but AS-1 ride films are interactive experiences with "gameplay", and a Gameplay section proper should EVENTUALLY be re-added to the article. Which raises an interesting question:
Is an AS-1 experience a video game, or a ride film? AS-1 experiences are MOSTLY ride films, but PARTLY video games. And to me, the more I think about it, I think it makes sense to define these as video games. And by that definition, if AS-1 experiences aren't games, then FMV games aren't either. And it seems strange to call something like Burning Soldier just a "film" with interactive elements. It's not wrong, but I'd feel better putting AS-1 games in the category of "video games". CartridgeCulture (talk) 19:39, 12 June 2021 (EDT)
- If it's interactive then I'd call it a game. Lots of games are little more than interactive cartoons. - Hivebrain (talk) 20:40, 12 June 2021 (EDT)
- going off of the footage I've seen, I believe only Scramble Training had an interactive element - the rest were all pretty much just simulator experiences which ran off of laserdiscs (Scramble Training likely did too, but don't know the specifics on how they married the disc up with interactivity. I imagine it was a la Dragon's Lair) - Ted618 (talk) 13:56, 13 June 2021 (GMT)