Games: Dvd Menu

You’ll get the question wrong. The BWONG will echo through your empty living room.

And honestly? That’s fine. The lag was unbearable.

In the early 2000s, every major family film came bundled with what I call the "Shovelware Mini-Game." These weren't games in the Nintendo sense. They were PowerPoint presentations with a time limit. dvd menu games

Welcome to the game! Question 1: What color is the cat?

And for just a second, you’ll smile.

Because they represented

You have no idea. You haven’t watched the movie yet. You guess wrong. A harsh BWONG sound plays. A text box appears: You’ll get the question wrong

Modern games autosave every 30 seconds. DVD games? They saved nothing. You got to question three of five? Great. Time for dinner. You turn off the TV. You come back two hours later.