''Make My Video'' is a series of three

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s by

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in 1992 for the

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. These included series by

INXS INXS (a phonetic play on "in excess") were an Australian rock band, formed as the Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney. The founding members were bassist Garry Gary Beers, main composer and keyboardist Andrew Farriss, drummer Jon Farriss, gu ...

Kris Kross Kris Kross were an American hip hop duo, composed of rappers Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly and Chris "Daddy Mac" Smith, formed by record producer Jermaine Dupri. They were the youngest hip-hop group to gain commercial success, charting releases by t ...

C+C Music Factory C+C Music Factory was an American musical group formed in 1989 by David Cole and Robert Clivillés. The group is best known for their five hit singles: " Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)", " Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)", " Things ...

, and

Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch was an American hip-hop group formed in 1991 by Mark Wahlberg (alias Marky Mark), Scott Gee, Hector the Booty Inspector, DJ-T, and Ashey Ace. The group's best known song is "Good Vibrations", which made it to number ...

. The games featured three songs from the respective musical groups, and the player edited pre-made clips to make a new music video. In each game, players are given instructions of what they should include in the video, and then the song is played while the video is edited live. Players can change between video clips available by pressing the buttons on the controller, and choose from clips of videos of the group, stock footage, movie clips, and special effects. The games were panned by critics and were financial failures.

Games

INXS

''INXS: Make My Video'' was created as a video game by

in 1992. The game puts the player in control of editing the

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s for the band

on the songs " Heaven Sent", " Baby Don't Cry", and " Not Enough Time". All three songs are from the 1992 album ''

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'', and the box art for the game is taken from the album.

Kris Kross

''Kris Kross: Make My Video'' was created as a

in 1992, due to the popularity of the rap group

. The game puts the player in control of editing the music videos for the group on the songs: "

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", " I Missed the Bus", and "

Warm It Up "Warm It Up" is the second single released from American duo Kris Kross' debut album, ''Totally Krossed Out'' (1992). Produced and written by Jermaine Dupri, the song was released as the follow-up to the duo's multi-platinum chart topping hit, " J ...

Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch

''Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch: Make My Video'' was created as a

in 1992. The game puts the player in control of editing the

s for hip-hop artist

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and his group

on the songs "

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", "I Need Money", and "You Gotta Believe".

Reception

All three games turned out to be huge failures, both financially and critically. In 1997 ''

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'' listed the series collectively as number 2 on their "Top 10 Worst Games of All Time". ''Kris Kross'' is on

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's Crapstravaganza list of the 20 worst games of all time at #18.

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gave ''Marky Mark'' 0 out of 10, the lowest score a game ever received from the magazine. A 2006

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article rated the game as number 8 on their list of the 10 worst games of all time.The 10 Worst Games of All Time
pcworld.ca, Emru Townsend, October 23, 2006

References

External links

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''Kris Kross: Make My Video''

''INXS: Make My Video''

''Make My Video: Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Make My Video (Series) 1992 video games Band-centric video games Full motion video based games Interactive movie video games INXS Music management games Video games based on musicians Sega CD games Sega CD-only games Video game franchises Digital Pictures games Video games developed in the United States