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Gameplay feature: Recordable replaysGroup DescriptionGames in which the player can record gameplay actions (by saving to a file) and later view them (non-interactively). Often done in replay editor mode, which enables changing camera views, playback control etc. Other games require to be run with command-line switches to allow recording/playback. Replays are sometimes called demos, confusingly (as this term has many other meanings).
History of use
While generally superseded today by video capture, before the required advances of video compression and improvements in computers' performance it was the only way to record the player's gameplay (without a camera). Such recordings can be used to document speedruns, as any user with the same version of the game can play it back. New game version may cause things to play out-of-sync (or fail to play at all, usually the case with older versions). Synchronization errors may also occur in the case of recording multiplayer events. Saved replays (also gameplay recorded via video capture) are used to create machinima (usually after being edited using other software). Similar technique may be applied (coupled with scripting) to produce game-engine based cutscenes.
Limitations
- Games which only offer short non-recordable after-action instant replays (usually sport/racing games) do not qualify.
- Games which allow the player to chase a ghost of oneself (usually racing games) do not qualify.
- While some recorded replays allow the player to re-enter the action, replay recordings should not be confused with savegames.
- Not to be confused with so-called demo mode (attract mode), when computer plays the game by itself (AI vs. AI).
See also:
Game Title | Year | Platform | Publisher | MobyScore |
| 1942: The Pacific Air War | 1994 | DOS | MicroProse Software, Inc. | 3.95 |
| Aces of the Pacific | 1992 | DOS, Windows 3.x | Dynamix, Inc. | 3.82 |
| Aces Over Europe | 1993 | DOS | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | 3.82 |
| Blood | 1997 | DOS | GT Interactive Software Corp. | 4.08 |
| Chuck Yeager's Air Combat | 1991 | DOS, Macintosh | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 3.72 |
| Descent | 1994 | DOS, Macintosh, PC-98, PlayStation | Interplay Productions, Inc. | 3.93 |
| Descent II | 1996 | DOS, Macintosh, Windows | Interplay Productions, Inc. | 4.00 |
| DOOM | 1993 | 3DO, DOS, Game Boy Advance, Jaguar, Linux, PC-98, SEGA 32X, SNES, Windows | Activision Publishing, Inc. | 3.65 |
| DOOM II | 1994 | DOS, Game Boy Advance, Macintosh, PC-98, Windows, Zodiac | Activision Publishing, Inc. | 3.99 |
| Driver | 1999 | iPhone, Macintosh, PlayStation, PS Vita, Windows | GT Interactive Software Corp. | 3.50 |
| Duke Nukem 3D | 1996 | Android, DOS, iPad, iPhone, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, Xbox 360 | 3D Realms Entertainment | 3.99 |
| Extreme Rise of the Triad | 1995 | DOS | FormGen, Inc. | 3.34 |
| Grand Theft Auto IV | 2008 | PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360 | Rockstar Games, Inc. | 3.69 |
| Gunship 2000 | 1991 | Amiga, Amiga CD32, DOS, PC-98 | MicroProse Software, Inc. | 3.94 |
| Half-Life 2 | 2004 | Macintosh, Windows, Xbox | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 4.08 |
| Heretic | 1994 | DOS | id Software, Inc. | 3.94 |
| Hexen: Beyond Heretic | 1995 | DOS, Macintosh, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, Windows | GT Interactive Software Corp. | 3.65 |
| IL-2 Sturmovik | 2001 | Windows | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | 4.02 |
| IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles | 2003 | Windows | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | 4.16 |
| Links 386 Pro | 1992 | DOS, Macintosh, PC-98 | Access Software, Inc. | 4.27 |
| NASCAR Racing | 1994 | DOS, Macintosh | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | 3.42 |
| NASCAR Racing 3 | 1999 | Windows | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | 4.10 |
| Pacific Fighters | 2004 | Windows | Ubisoft, Inc. | 3.48 |
| Powerslave | 1996 | DOS, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, Windows 3.x | Playmates Interactive Entertainment, Inc. | 3.48 |
| Quake | 1996 | Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, DOS, Linux, Macintosh, Nintendo 64, SEGA Saturn, Windows, Windows Mobile, Zeebo | id Software, Inc. | 3.98 |
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