The following is a list of notable machinima-related events in the year 1996. These include the release of id Software's first-person shooter

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'' Quake''. This game was used to create the first

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later that year.

Events

*May 31 – id Software released ''Quake''.''Quake''.

Notable machinima releases

*October 26 –

United Ranger Films ''Diary of a Camper'' is an American short film released in October 1996 that was made using id Software's first-person shooter video game '' Quake''. The film was created by the Rangers, a clan or group of video game players, and first released ...

released the first known machinima production, ''

Diary of a Camper ''Diary of a Camper'' is an American short film released in October 1996 that was made using id Software's first-person shooter video game '' Quake''. The film was created by the Rangers, a clan or group of video game players, and first release ...

''.Marino, 21. *October 31 – United Ranger Films released ''

Ranger Gone Bad ''Diary of a Camper'' is an American short film released in October 1996 that was made using id Software's first-person shooter video game ''Quake (video game), Quake''. The film was created by the Rangers, a clan (gaming), clan or group of vide ...

''.Heaslip, October 26 – November 1. *November 6 – United Ranger Films released '' Torn Apart'', a short

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that used custom "RangerCam" technology.Heaslip, November 2–8. *December 2 – United Ranger Films released '' Ranger Gone Bad 2: Assault on Gloom Keep''.Heaslip, November 30 – December 6. *December 13 – United Ranger Films released '' Torn Apart 2: Ranger Down!'', the first machinima work to feature voices.Heaslip, December 7–13.

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Machinima Machinima, originally machinema () is the use of real-time computer graphics engines to create a cinematic production. Most often, video games are used to generate the computer animation. The word "machinima" is a portmanteau of the words ''ma ...

Machinima by year