The most popular based on a novel games

A lot of old games were based on a book, being it a novel or even a short story. Some novels that inspired developers to create video games are The Lords of the Rings (by J. R. R. Tolkien, Rendez Vous with Rama (by Arthur Clarke), The Mist (by Stephen King).

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Shannara

DOS1995protected4/5 Legend Entertainment

Dragonflight

DOS19913.6/5 Thalion

The Wizard of Oz

DOS19853.9/5 Windham Classics

J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan

DOS19974.1/5 Papyrus Design Group

ICON: Quest for the Ring

DOS19843.6/5 Macrocom

Frankenstein

DOS19944.2/5 Junkyard

Castle Elsinore

DOS19923.5/5 Temple Software

Lone Wolf: The Mirror of Death

DOS19913.8/5 Mr. Micro

War of the Lance

DOS1990protected4.3/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Treasure Island

DOS19853.5/5 Byron Preiss Video Productions

Dracula in London

DOS19883.5/5 SDJ Enterprises

Scrooge

DOS19913/5 Leisuresoft

Scrooge is an abandoned interactive fiction graphic adventure game developed and released by Leisuresoft in 1991 for DO. Scrooge is based on the popular Christmas tale of the same name.