View-Master Interactive Vision
 The Interactive Vision and controller | |
| Manufacturer | View-Master Ideal Group, Inc. ACTV, Inc. (original concepts) |
|---|---|
| Release date | 1989 |
| Introductory price | $120[1] |
| Storage | VHS and digital |
View-Master Interactive Vision is an
Gameplay
The system was packaged with a simple controller which includes a joystick and five colorful buttons. It also requires a VCR and videotapes that the system will add graphics to. As the video plays, the characters address the player directly, and ask the player to make a choice by pressing one of the buttons. Simple videogames with graphics similar to the ColecoVision game system are played during the course of the videotape. The Disney game is built around the "arcade-style" gameplay, including fighting ghosts and shoveling coal into a fireplace.[1]
The video has two different
Although there is only one video track, the optional parts of the soundtrack are designed to fit the movement of the Muppets' mouths, to create the illusion that the video was recorded with only one soundtrack and the digitally generated graphics then further enhance the games video interactivity.
In the game Muppets Studios Presents: You're the Director,
Unlike other games, Disney's Cartoon Arcade contains a collection of arcade-like mini games, including a Frogger inspired game where Mickey Mouse must cross a busy highway in order to get to Minnie Mouse. The mini-games display 8-bit computer graphics similar to ColecoVision capabilities.
Games
- Sesame Street: Let's Learn to Play Together
- Sesame Street: Magic on Sesame Street
- Sesame Street: Let's Play School
- Sesame Street: Oscar's Letter Party
- Muppet Madness
- Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director
- Disney's Cartoon Arcade[5] (uses footage from various classic theatrical Disney animated shorts and the Ludwig Von Drake episodes from Disney's anthology TV series.).
See also
- Control-Vision, another VHS-based game system
- Action Max, another VHS-based game system
References
- ^ a b Cella, Catherine (25 August 1989). "Hands-on videos educational, fun". Boca Raton News.
- ^ Plunkett, Luke (March 28, 2011). "Only In The 80's Would They Put Video Games On A VHS Tape". Kotaku. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
- ^ Zacks, Richard (4 March 1989). "Hey, kids! Newest videos cater to you". Wilmington Morning Star. p. 6D.
- ^ "View-Master Interactive Vision - Player's Choice".
- ^ "Let's take a look at the View-Master Interactive Vision Television System (VMTV) console".