Mega Movie Guide (PC, CD-ROM) InfoBusiness - 1993 USA, Canada Release

Mega Movie Guide
Title	Mega Movie Guide
Product ID	47643-00420
Product UPC	747643004209
Platform(s)	PC
Media	CD-ROM
Copyright date(s)	1993
Publisher(s)	InfoBusiness
Category(s)	Reference Entertainment Reference Movie Reference

Description from the packaging.

• Nearly 2 hours of film clips!
• Over 58,000 movie reviews!

If you go to the movies, rent or buy videos you need this!

Comprehensive:

• Mega Movie Guide is thew most comprehensive, economical, up-to-date and easy-to-use source for obtaining data on practically any film ever made.
• Contains nearly 60,000 movie/video reviews for films dating back as far as 1920's.
• Major Academy Award winners and nominees since the Academy Award's inception 1927-28.
• Includes made-for-TV films, international films and documentaries.
• Contains a compilation of the Greatest Hits of the Decade for every ten year period since the 1920's.
• Over 5,000 films include a second more extensive review by other film critics.
• Contains bibliographies of film star legends.
• Mega Movie Guide offers three times the number of movie reviews when compared to most other movie guides.

Utilizes advanced CD-ROM capabilities.

• Nearly 2 hours of live film footage featuring numerous film clips of classic scenes from some of the most popular films of all time.
• Real-time indexing: every word that is entered into the software is indexed automatically and is fully searchable, including the users' own notes.
• Provides user with extensive search features by rating, actor, director, category, academy awards, MPAA expanded rating, Black & White or color designation, availability on video, etc.
• Advanced searching techniques (i.e. boolean, phrase, wild card, word stemming, proximity, thesaurus, etc.).

Up-to-date.

• Contains the latest movies (i.e. Jurassic Park, The Firm, In the Line of Fire, Sleepless in Seattle, etc.).
• Updated every 9 to 12 months.

Personalization/Customization of the Mega Movie Guide.

• Utilizing new technology, the user may write, keep track of and search their own reviews and opinions of the movies they watch.
• The user may annotate or place bookmarks on any review.
• Highlighting capabilities allow the user to highlight/color code the movies they have seen and search on that criteria (i.e. best movies are coded red and mediocre movies are coded blue).

Easy-to-use.

• Through thousands of hyper links, the user is able to access pertinent information by simply double-clicking on highlighted words.
• User may search by typing several search terms at one time (i.e. comedy, PG, 4 stars, academy award, etc.). Other movie guides limit the number of terms that may be searched.
• Every word in the guide is indexed; therefore the user may search on any term or specific information instantly.
• Easy enough for a child to operate, yet comprehensive enough to do serious research on film history.

The bottom line.
Mega Movie Guide gives you direction in your movie selection, allowing you to spend your time watching a good movie, instead of wasting your time looking for one!

System Requirements

PC Windows 3.0
Required CPU	386
Required RAM	2MB
Requires Mouse	Yes
Required CD Speed	MPC
Recommend RAM	4MB
Required Audio	8-bit sound card
Supported Video	VGA VGA 256 Color
Misc Support	Headphones or speakers

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