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Multiplayer?

It says The Movies is a multiplayer-game? I have seen no such option ingame. Can anyone confirm? Mamen (talk) 07:32, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Technology Section

Right at the end where it says "And remember, the staff need pay." Don't you think this sentence sounds a little walkthrough-ish? And also it sound s a little first person rhetorical question-ish as well. Should it be deleted?

90.195.50.244 (talk) 16:54, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Macintosh features

What features are in the macintosh version that are not in the PC version of the game?

in sandbox mode you can edit it to put "all prizes" on, this enables the game to be started in the 2000s and unlocks all extra sets brought to the game by the expansion pack without having to unlock them in the normal game mode —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.42.206.156 (talk) 10:02, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This information needs a reliable source. — TKD::{talk} 20:26, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No Reception section?

Most articles on video games have at least a brief section noting how they were received by reviewers. I realise this was more of a movie-making application than a traditional video game, but wasn't it reviewed at all? If so, a reception section should be added. Robofish (talk) 16:32, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Widescreen Support

86.149.181.28 (talk) 03:42, 16 June 2014 (UTC)Magei 16/06/14[reply]

The Movies has no native widescreen support.

To run The Movies in a custom resolution open the Registry Editor by clicking the Start button > Run and typing regedit in the run box.

Note: The game must be ran first before the information appears in the registry editor.

After pressing OK the editor will load. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Lionhead Studios Ltd\TheMovies.

A list of information will display on the right hand side of the editor after clicking on The Movies folder. The ones we will be changing are ""GD: Screen Width"" and ""GD: Screen Height"".

Next, right click on GD: Screen Width and click modify. Enter the width you want (for example 1920) and click OK.

Then right click on GD: Screen Height on click modify. Enter the height you want (for example 1080) and click OK.

Next time you run the game it will start in your custom resolution.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.149.181.28 (talk • contribs) 03:43, 16 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Abandonware

Doesn’t a game become abandonware when the developer shuts down and the game isn’t available on digital Stores(GOG.Com,Steam) This game should be classified as such Right? Tee wew28 (talk) 06:21, 6 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

We don't tag games as abandonware because it would mean doing it for every video game article, but also because every claim in Wikipedia needs a reliable source and there are no reliable sources that say games are abandonware, mainly because there is no legal definition of abandonware. - X201 (talk) 10:49, 6 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well In order to define what abandonware is,we should have to do some more research. Tee wew28 (talk) 11:22, 6 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Real research Tee wew28 (talk) 11:23, 6 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No, we don't research anything, except to find reliable, third-party published sources. Wikipedia is basically a summary of what reliable sources say. Woodroar (talk) 11:57, 6 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ok then what does the Oxford Dictionary define abandonware?

Maybe a different dictionary has the definition. Tee wew28 (talk) 14:29, 6 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That would violate our policies on synthesis, which is combining material from sources to make a claim that none of them actually make. So we can't say "a dictionary defines X as Y" and "Y sure sounds like Z" to say "X is Z". Besides that, dictionaries aren't much use on Wikipedia because they tend towards generalities and lack the specificity that we require. To make a long story short (too late), what we need is a reliable source to unambiguously say that The Movies is abandonware. Woodroar (talk) 00:00, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The company who made it Lionhead studios closed in 2016 it isn’t purchasable on Steam or GOG,making it abandonware. Tee wew28 (talk) 12:45, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe it's actually abandoned, sure. Or maybe Microsoft has plans to continue support or is selling the license to do so. We don't know, and it's not up to us to make something up. We summarize what reliable sources say, that's all. If they don't consider The Movies important enough to cover, then we can look to add content from older sources or make grammar and stylistic changes, but nothing new. After all, Wikipedia is neither an indiscriminate collection of information nor a crystal ball, so we don't have to give the article a clear-cut "ending" when the sources haven't, either.

I suggest reading the policy and guideline links on your Talk page as well as the links in this section, because they go over all of this. Please also remember to thread your messages on Talk pages. Woodroar (talk) 22:14, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Microsoft shut the company down and searching for their website redirects to Microsoft’s page,so it is abandonware. Tee wew28 (talk) 03:01, 8 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sources for rewrite

I'm afraid that the article in its current state is a bit of a mess, virtually all GAMECRUFT with a tiny reaction section. I'm looking to cut unsourced and unreliably sourced content and save (or rewrite) what I can based on reliable sources. Here's what I've found so far:

I haven't read any of these sources yet, I'm just compiling them before starting. A few include only trivial mentions so they might not be much use. I'm mostly mentioning this here because searching for "The Movies" is rather difficult and I thought other editors might know of some additional sources. Thanks! Woodroar (talk) 23:02, 12 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I don't doubt that we can expand the Gameplay and Development sections as sources are found, but it was a mess of unsourced "this is what I think is important to mention" gamecruft. Woodroar (talk) 22:43, 15 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mac version

It should be noted that the Mac version is only 32-bit and will not run on Catalina or higher.--174.99.238.22 (talk) 03:39, 16 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

We generally don't include system requirements unless they're particularly noteworthy, as evidenced by coverage in reliable, third-party sources. If sources make a big deal about The Movies not running on 64-bit computers, please let us know. Woodroar (talk) 21:10, 16 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]