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Literature-inspired gamesGroup DescriptionGames 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.
| Game Title | Year | Platform | Publisher | MobyScore |
| Dragonworld | 1984 | Apple II, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX | Telarium | 3.75 |
| Sherlock | 1984 | Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum | Melbourne House | ... |
| Swiss Family Robinson | 1984 | Apple II, Commodore 64 | Windham Classics | 4.62 |
| Through the Looking Glass | 1984 | Macintosh | Apple Computer, Inc. | ... |
| The Citadel of Chaos | 1984 | Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum | Puffin Books Ltd. | 3.00 |
| Below the Root | 1984 | Apple II, Commodore 64, PC Booter | Windham Classics | 3.54 |
| Robots of Dawn | 1984 | Apple II, Commodore 64 | Epyx, Inc. | ... |
| The Warlock of Firetop Mountain | 1984 | ZX Spectrum | Puffin Books Ltd. | 4.00 |
| The Saga of Erik the Viking | 1984 | Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum | Mosaic Publishing | ... |
| The Forest of Doom | 1984 | Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum | Puffin Books Ltd. | 3.17 |
| Rendezvous with Rama | 1984 | Apple II, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX | Trillium Corp. | 3.12 |
| Berenstain Bears | 1983 | Atari 2600 | Coleco | ... |
| Dragonriders of Pern | 1983 | Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 | Epyx, Inc. | 4.00 |
| Frankenstein's Monster | 1983 | Atari 2600 | Data Age, Inc. | 3.50 |
| Ten Little Indians | 1983 | Atari 8-bit, Browser, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum | Channel 8 Software | ... |
| Klendathu | 1982 | TRS-80 CoCo | Tandy Corporation | ... |
| Shadowfax | 1982 | Commodore 64, VIC-20, ZX Spectrum | Postern | 2.33 |
| Dracula | 1982 | Intellivision | Imagic | 4.20 |
| The Hobbit | 1982 | Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Commodore 64, MSX, PC Booter, ZX Spectrum | Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. | 3.34 |
| Frankenstein Adventure | 1981 | Commodore 64, DOS, TRS-80 | Free Spirit Software Inc. | ... |
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