Video Games Made From Movies

[Ash]

Most of us are familiar with movies being based on video games.

What about video games that are based solely on movies?

"Krull" comes to mind as a game that would not have existed were it not for the film.

Any other games you can think of that were based on movies?

[Fearless Freep]

I had the "Megaforce" cartridge for the Atari 2600


 (plus a few Star Wars games for it and the Atari 800)

[Dolph Lundgren]

Wasn't Ghost in the Shell made into a game on the Playstation?

Nick

[Cullen]

The list is endless.

The Atari had "Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi" (sans Ewoks).  "Raiders of the Lost Ark" existed at one point and I think that "Temple of Doom" appeared in game form, too.  No discussion of this sort can be complete until one person mentions "E.T.", one of the worst games ever made.

Then there was "Jaws" for the Nintendo (based on the glorious, the classic, the some other misused adjective, Jaws: the Revenge), as well as "Total Recall", "Friday the 13th", and "Nightmare on Elm Street."  The "Batman" movies had games made for them.  

Even the movie Street Fighter had a game made for it.  Which would be a game based on a movie based on a game... ouchie.  Hurts the head.

The "Alien v. Predator" series, while not based on one movie (yet) should also be mentioned.  It's one of the better of its ilk, by my poor judgement.

There are more out there (there's always more...) but that's all my puny brain can come up with now.
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[Fearless Freep]

Yeah, I remember "Raiders..." for the Atari as well..  Between that and the whole sword series (four games with clues to a comic book) it's pretty clear that Atari's imagination and outstripped their architecture

[Cullen]

I had one of those comic/video games once.  Once.

Never did like it.
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[Vermin Boy]

Hell, I grew up with Super Nintendo-- I think EVERY action movie between 1991 and 1995 had a Super Nintendo game. The weirdest ones were the ones based on direct-to-video movies that I wouldn't even know existed until well after I played the games (the instance I can remember was a kids' movie/game called Dinosaur City).

[Ash]

Actually I should've been more specific.

I was actually thinking of stand up arcade games that were made from movies.

"Tron" would be one.

[jmc]

There were TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and HALLOWEEN games made for the 2600...never actually played them, but I heard about them.  Also ALIEN.

[D]

Let's see... for the Atari
Porky's
Halloween
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Evil Dead (commodore 64)
I heard there was a game based on Death Race 2000, but I'm not sure

[The Burgomaster]

I'd like to see a video game made from the movie TWO IF BY SEA, starring Sandra Bullock.

The again, maybe that's a bad idea.

[Cullen]

It would have to be Survival Horror, wouldn't it?

[Neon Noodle]

there was Tron and Tron Deadly Discs, both never woulda existed without the movies.
There's also Demolition Man on the short-lived 3do system ( I STILL laugh to this day when you choose the "easy" style of play, you get to see Sylvester Stallone look at the screen and say "You Suck."

Enter the Matrix, the Terminator, Aladdin, there are so many out there......but Demolition Man takes the cake.

[Cullen]

So bloody obvious.  I'm ashamed I didn't think of it

[SplitDog]

I can't believe you guys didn't mention the Robocop, and The Rocketeer games for the Nintendo. I mean they were the greatest games ever! Almost as good as the movies! ;  )