Dirty Dancing Now Available

[Andy Chalk]

Dirty Dancing Now Available

To the toe-curled delight of housewife gamers across the country, Dirty Dancing: The Video Game [http://www.codemasters.com/] is now available for download.

Released to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the smash hit movie starring Lionsgate [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000664/]in honor of the event, which also included the release of a special 20th anniversary edition of the movie on DVD and Blu-ray and a remastered companion CD from Sony/BMG. The movie also saw limited re-release in sold-out theaters across the U.S. During its original theatrical release in 1987, Dirty Dancing generated over $170 million worldwide and has sold more than 10 million DVDs since.

"Dirty Dancing is a premium casual game which fans of both the movie and high-quality casual games will be able to enjoy for hours," said Codemasters Online Associate Product Manager Tim Hodges. "We are proud to be a part of such an imperative franchise and we are delighted to bring a quality casual game to the many dedicated Dirty Dancing fans."

Dirty Dancing: The Video Game is currently available in the U.S. via download from www.dirtydancinggame.com [http://www.dirtydancinggame.com].


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[Easykill]

I never fail to be amazed at what people are actually willing to pay for. This has got to be one of the stupidest game concepts ever.

 

[Andy Chalk]

Probably a lot of people said exactly the same thing 20 years ago about the movie.

 

[Geoffrey42]

Resisting... urge... to... link... Penny Arcade....

Must... fight...

Losing... strength... GAH!!!! <a href=http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/05/30>*death gurgle*

More seriously: Easykill, I think its a wonderful game concept, because it has an audience. I will never play it, nor will you, but as long as they made it well, there are people that will get enjoyment out of this. That makes me happy for them, just as long as they keep it away from me.

[sarcasm]And Malygris, how can you deny the quality of a movie getting 61% on rottentomatoes (66% users) [as of this posting]?[/sarcasm]

EDIT: Sorry Malygris, left off sarcasm tags. *fixed*

 

[Andy Chalk]

I'm not denying the quality of anything, I'm just imaging people hearing about Dirty Dancing for the first time back in the 80s and thinking, what kind of stupid-ass idea is this? The point being that while I think everything about the movie sounds monstrously stupid, obviously there's a whole bunch of people who didn't (and still don't) agree with me; and while I think the game sounds kinda stupid too (and so do the majority of Escapist readers, no doubt), there's a whole bunch of people who aren't going to agree with me on that one either. The fact is that despite what crazy Nintendo executives say, there is no such thing as a universal game, so the only way I'd call Dirty Dancing "bad" or "stupid" is if it's a horrible money-grab hack job. But as long as it's done well, like you say, then good for them and everyone who enjoys it.

Also, good PA link.

 

[Arbre]

I've been waiting for this game all my life.