Literature-inspired games

Group Description

Games based off works of literature, previously published, and characters from those works. This can include novels and short stories, published in books, magazines, in e-books or even online as text.

Limitations:
  • If the game directly references content or design from another adaptation of literature, such as a Movie, it is no longer considered to be based "solely" off the original literature and is instead based off of the new derivative work;

  • Books and other literature which has been written, based on an already existing game, are not eligible for this group. In those cases the literature is inspired by the game, not the other way around;

  • Legendary characters such as Zeus, King Arthur or Robin Hood are based on a loose series of tales and mythology. For that reason, different materials have sprung up with completely different retellings and the characters themselves don't really apply to any particular piece of literature. These can only be included in this group if the game references a specific book, author or story;

  • Games which merely re-create the "atmosphere" of a certain author or set of stories are not to be included in this group.

For the related but distinct group of games which inspired books in turn, please consult the games made into books group.


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Game Titlesorted in descending orderYearPlatformPublisherMobyScore
Jinyong Qunxia Zhuan1995DOSSoft-World4.00
Robot City1995Windows, Windows 3.xByron Preiss Multimedia Company, Inc.2.27
Suikoden1995PlayStation, SEGA SaturnKonami of America, Inc.3.95
Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles Adventure Game1995Windows, Windows 3.xSimon & Schuster Interactive3.60
A Story as You Like It1995Browser4.33
Prisoner of Ice1995DOS, Macintosh, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, WindowsInfogrames, Inc.3.57
Return to Ringworld1994DOSTsunami Media, Inc.2.94
Alice: Interactive Museum1994Macintosh, Windows 3.xSynergy Interactive Corp.4.15
Death Gate1994DOSLegend Entertainment Company4.00
Richard Scarry's BusyTown1994GenesisSEGA of America, Inc....
Little Monster at School1994DOS, Macintosh, Windows 3.xLiving Books...
Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Explores the Human Body1994Macintosh, Windows 3.xMicrosoft Corporation4.29
Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire1994PlayStation, SEGA 32X, SEGA Saturn, SNES, Wii, Windows, Windows 3.xKOEI Co., Ltd.3.30
Counting on Frank1994Windows 3.xLearning Company, The0.00
Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle1994Game BoyGameTek, Inc....
Lu Ding Ji1994DOSSoft-World...
J.R.R Tolkien's Lord of the Rings - Volume One1994SNESInterplay Entertainment Corp.2.27
Just Grandma and Me1993DOS, Macintosh, Windows 3.xBrøderbund Software, Inc.3.33
Companions of Xanth1993DOSLegend Entertainment Company3.81
Dracula in London1993Windows 3.xSDJ Enterprises, Inc.3.00
Der Schatz im Silbersee1993DOSSoftware 20002.50
James Bond 007: The Duel1993Game Gear, Genesis, SEGA Master SystemDomark Software, Inc.2.67
The Berenstain Bears' Camping Adventure1993Game Gear, GenesisSEGA of America, Inc.1.92
Hobbit: The True Story1993Browser, DOS3.20
Betrayal at Krondor1993DOSSierra On-Line, Inc.3.89
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Selected Covers

Windows 3.x Front Cover Also the manual
Front cover for Little Monster at School
DOS Front Cover Box sleeve
Front cover for Return to Ringworld
Windows 3.x Front Cover Also the manual
Front cover for Just Grandma and Me
Windows Front Cover
Front cover for Robot City

Selected Screenshots

Title screen
Screenshot from Return to Ringworld
Title screen
Screenshot from Jinyong Qunxia Zhuan
Starting location
Screenshot from A Story as You Like It
Starting the game.
Screenshot from Hobbit: The True Story
 
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