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The most popular based on a movie games

In the 80s and the 90s we all saw a lot of good blockbuster movies come out. Some of them were good, some of them were bad. Unfortunately, most of video games based on movies (called 'tie-in') were really bad. Developers tried to put everything they could in those games and divided gameplay in different parts, each of them with a different gameplay: platform, driving sim, puzzle, etc. The best games based on a movie are those that focus on a single genre: Indiana Jones games, Star Wars games etc.

Most popular based on a movie games

The Lion King
actionDOS
Disney's Aladdin
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Robocop
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The Lion King

DOS19944.1/5 Westwood Studios
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Disney's Aladdin

DOS19944.2/5 Virgin Interactive
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Robocop

DOS19894/5 Data East
Robocop is an abandoned beat 'em up / run and gun shooter game developed and released by Data East in 1989 for a number of platforms, including DOS. Robocop is a conversion from an arcade game released by Data East in 1988 and it was based on the movie of the same name, Robocop, by Paul Verhoeven. Your goal is to get to the final boss by shoot...
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Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures

Windows 3.xMac OS1996demo4.1/5 LucasArts
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City of Lost Children

DOS19973.8/5 Psygnosis
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Rambo 3

DOS19883.6/5 Ocean Software
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Plan 9 From Outer Space

DOS19923.6/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
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Batman Returns

DOS19923.9/5 Spirit of discovery
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Windows XP/98/9520014/5 KnowWonder
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Spider-Man 2: The Game

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS20044.2/5
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Star Wars: Rebel Assault

DOSMac OS1993protected4.1/5 LucasArts
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

DOS1989protecteddemo4.2/5 LucasArts
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure is a point-and-click adventure game released in 1989 by Lucasfilm Games. The game was designed by Ron Gilbert, David Fox, and Noah Falstein. It is based on the 1989 film "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade", directed by Steven Spielberg.The game follows the plot of the movie closely and incl...
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Star Wars: Yoda Stories

Windows XP/98/9519974.1/5 LucasArts
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Blade Runner

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1997protected4.2/5 Westwood Studios
Blade Runner is one of those point & click adventure games that somewhat manages to fully capture the spirit of a cult movie without copying the original plot. Fans of the Blade Runner movie will enjoy this game, even without Harrison Ford. Blade Runner was developed by Westwood Studios and released in 1997 by Virgin.
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Once Upon a Forest

DOS19953.9/5 Sanctuary Woods Multimedia Corporation
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The Terminator: Rampage

DOS19934/5 Bethesda Softworks
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Ghostbusters 2

DOS19893.8/5 Dynamix
Ghostbusters 2 is an abandoned action game based on the movie of the same name, set in New York. Ghostbusters 2 was developed by Dynamix and released by Activision in 1989. It's part of a series of games based on the popular Ghostbuster franchise, being the olny one developed for DOS.
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Star Wars: TIE Fighter

DOS1994protected4.1/5 LucasArts
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Star Wars

DOS19884.2/5 Atari
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Alien Trilogy

DOS19964.1/5 Probe Entertainment
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

DOS19924/5 Manley Associates
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Jurassic Park

DOS19934.2/5 Ocean Software
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Star Wars: X-Wing

DOS1993protected4.1/5 LucasArts
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Batman: the Movie

DOS19904.1/5 Ocean Software
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Bram Stoker's Dracula

DOS19934/5 Psygnosis
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Platoon

DOS19873.6/5 Ocean Software
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Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2001protected4.1/5 LucasArts
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds is a science fiction real-time strategy game set in the Star Wars universe, focused both on the first and the second Star Wars trilogy. Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds was developed by LucasArts Entertainment in 2001. SWGB was developed using the Genie engine, the same used for Age of Empires.
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Top Gun

DOS19873.4/5 Ocean Software
Top Gun is an abandoned flight combat simulation game developed by Ocean Software and released by Thunder Mountain in 1987 for DOS and a number of other 8 bit platforms. As the title suggests, Top Gun is based on the movie of the same name starring Tom Cruise.
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Night Breed

DOS19904/5
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch

DOS19903.4/5 Elite Systems