Movioke

Box art of the hybrid version for Macintosh and Windows.

***Movioke*** (also marketed as ***movioke!***) is a CD-ROM-based entertainment title that had been announced for Pippin @WORLD consoles.

## Features

Players can select from classic film scenes to act out, karaoke-style. Comedian Dennis Miller acts as a host, director, drama coach, and critic by providing guidance to players. Audio recorded through the microphone port is then dubbed into the scene for playback.

## Development

*Movioke* was originally developed by DigiToy Entertainment to support Pippin consoles as well as Macintosh and Windows. It had initially been scheduled for release on September 15, 1996, but was delayed to the following year.

A version only for Macintosh and Windows was rescheduled for release in September 1997 by Bandai Digital Entertainment, with no mention yet of Dennis Miller's involvement.

## Releases

A promotional disc was released for Macintosh in February 1997 at Ted7 in Monterey, California. It was partially "Pippinized" to boot on Pippin consoles, but requires a revision 1.3 ROM, a developer dongle, or *Pippin Kickstart* as it had not been authenticated.

The final retail version was released as a hybrid disc for Macintosh and Windows in late 1997, incorporating video of Miller with MediaSpan as the developer. *Movioke* producer Jim Lambert was named Best CD-ROM Entertainment Producer at the first annual Hollywood Film Awards, held on October 18, 1997.

The Pippin version had been promoted on Bandai Digital Entertainment's USA website for release in early 1997. Releases of other @WORLD titles also revealed an early *Movioke* packaging design without Dennis Miller. However, it is unclear whether it had ever been released for the platform.

## Gallery

Early pre-release version of main menu.Screenshots of dialog interface.Screenshot of screenplay interface.Main menu from Pippin @WORLD version.Screenshot of dialog interface.Screenshot of screening room.
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 @WORLD Software - Entertainment, Bandai Digital Entertainment USA. Archived 1997-04-04.
2. ↑ Special Preview, *Movioke!*. 2005.
3. ↑ *Movioke: Karaoke meets Hollywood*, DigiToy Entertainment. Archived 1997-04-19.
4. ↑ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Karaoke Meets Hollywood with *Movioke™* by Jim Pavilack, DigiToy Entertainment. 1996-05-21. Archived 1997-04-19.
5. ↑ *Movioke*, Bandai Digital Entertainment USA. Archived 1997-07-12.
6. ↑ Movioke! Macintosh Version (TED7 Preview) by Jason Scott, The Internet Archive. 2017-06-23.
7. ↑ TED7, SittingO. Accessed 2019-02-20.
8. ↑ Inside Move: Bandai cranks up ‘Movioke’, *Variety*. 1997-12-22.
9. ↑ Jim Lambert, LiveCode. 2018-11.
10. ↑ Hollywood Film Awards™ – And the Winners Are…, Hollywood Film Awards. 1997-10-20.
11. ↑ Katz Media Pippin KMP 2000 Home Console by nostalgeeks, eBay. 2017-06-23.
12. ↑ Apple Bandai Pippin USA Games by Willard, AtariAge Forums. 2014-08-03.

## See also

* *CineNoir*
* *Mug-O-Matic*

## External links

* Official *Movioke!* website
* *Movioke* at CD-ROM Access (1998)
* *Movioke* by Kipp Cheng at *Entertainment Weekly* (1998-02-03)
* *Movieoke**(sic)* at Universal Videogame List
* @WORLD Software at Bandai Digital Entertainment USA (archived 1997-04-04)