Cinematech
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Cinematech was a TV show
Television program
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on G4
G4 (TV channel)
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and G4techTV
G4techTV Canada
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that showcases various cutscene
Cutscene
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s and trailers
Trailer (film)
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for video games past, present, and upcoming. Some of the cut scenes are outros
Outro (computer gaming)
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, which only people who have played through the game would have been able to see. Some of this footage comes from the interns of X-Play
X-Play
X-Play is a TV program about video games, known for its reviews and comedy skits...
, who had to play through the game for the X-Play review. The show has neither a host nor any narration. A new version of the show, entitled Cinematech: Nocturnal Emissions, was shown during the Midnight Spank
Midnight Spank
Midnight Spank was the former name of a late-night block shown on G4. This block was originally based on G4's recent venture to Williams Street Studios, pioneers of the Adult Swim block on Cartoon Network. G4 Late Nights was made originally to offer the similar content like that of Adult Swim...
block. In addition, some episodes of Cinematech have been devoted to classic games and how much they are worth today.
Cinematech: Nocturnal Emissions
Cinematech: Nocturnal Emissions is an alternate version of the original Cinematech shown during the Midnight Spank
Midnight Spank
Midnight Spank was the former name of a late-night block shown on G4. This block was originally based on G4's recent venture to Williams Street Studios, pioneers of the Adult Swim block on Cartoon Network. G4 Late Nights was made originally to offer the similar content like that of Adult Swim...
block on G4
G4 (TV channel)
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. It features content that is more violent, sexually suggestive, or offbeat than what is normally shown on Cinematech. It usually focuses on foreign games, and are usually based on anime. (Examples are Pretty Cure
Pretty Cure
is a Japanese magical girl anime metaseries created by Izumi Todo and produced by ABC and Toei Animation. The first program Futari wa Pretty Cure debuted in 2004 and has continued with sequels and spinoffs into the current series Suite PreCure♪ airing in 2011 as part of Asahi Broadcasting...
and School Rumble
School Rumble
is a Japanese Shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Jin Kobayashi. First serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from October 22, 2002 to July 23, 2008, all 345 chapters were later collected in 22 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. Shōnen Magazine Special published a sequel, School Rumble Z,...
) and its also airs opening for anime series such as Beck.
Several of the games previews shown during this show have not yet been released in the United States
United States
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, or are Japan and South Korean only games.
In other episodes, there have been tributes to popular games (such as the Legend of Zelda) which include small amounts of trivia about that game.