The best 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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The Hunt for Red October

DOSMac OS19874.1/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises

Betrayal at Krondor

DOS1993protected4/5 Dynamix

Red Storm Rising

DOS19894/5 MicroProse Software

Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur

DOS19894/5 Infocom

Shannara

DOS1995protected4/5 Legend Entertainment

The Fourth Protocol

DOS19874/5 The Electronic Pencil Co.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 3: Dragon of Destiny

DOS19934/5 KOEI

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I

DOS19904/5 Interplay Productions

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I is an abandoned fantasy top-down DOS RPG game set in the The Lord of the Rings universe. The Lord of the Rings I was developed and released by Interplay Productions in 1990. The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I is based on the popular The Lord Of The Rings book by J.R.R. Tolkien and it's focused on the f...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2

DOS19904/5 KOEI

Romance of the Three Kingdoms II is a turn-based strategy game developed and published by Koei. It was released in 1989 for various platforms, including the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), MS-DOS.In Romance of the Three Kingdoms II, players take on the role of a ruler during this period, and their objective is to unify China under their rule. ...

William Shatner's TekWar

DOS19954/5 Capstone

Emmanuelle: A Game of Eroticism

DOS1989NSFW4/5 Coktel Vision

Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

DOS19974/5 Legend Entertainment

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers

DOS19923.9/5 Interplay Productions

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers is an abandoned fantasy top-down DOS RPG game set in the The Lord of the Rings universe. The Lord of the Rings II was developed and released by Interplay Productions in 1992. The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers is based on the popular The Lord Of The Rings book by J.R.R. Tol...

Neuromancer

DOS19893.9/5 Interplay Productions

The Hobbit

DOS19833.9/5 Beam Software

The mist

DOS19853.9/5 Angelsoft

The Cardinal of the Kremlin

DOS19903.9/5 Capstone

The Cardinal of the Kremlin is an abandoned simulation game involving espionage, politics and govern management set in the cold war years. It was designed by Kenneth Rothschild, developed by Capstone and released by IntraCorp in 1990 for DOS and Amiga. The Cardinal of the Kremlin was based on the Tom Clancy novel of the same name.

Transarctica

DOS19933.9/5 Silmarils

Death Gate

DOS1994protected3.9/5 Legend Entertainment

Gateway 2: Homeworld

DOS1993protected3.9/5 Legend Entertainment

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

DOS19893.9/5 KOEI

Arrakis

DOS20003.9/5

The Wizard of Oz

DOS19853.9/5 Windham Classics

War in Middle Earth

DOS19893.9/5 Synergistic Software

War in Middle-earth is a real-time strategy game developed by Synergistic Software and published by Melbourne House. It was released in 1988 for various platforms including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC.The game is based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy world of Middle-earth, specifically focusing on the events depicted in "The Lor...

Return to Ringworld

DOS19943.8/5 Tsunami Media

Spirit of Excalibur

DOS19903.8/5 Synergistic Software

Dune Generations

Windows XP/98/952002canceled3.8/5 Cryo Interactive Entertainment

Dune Generations was a canceled 3D MMO strategy game set in the Dune universe that was never published. Dune Generations was in development by Cryo Interactive Entertainment, but it was canceled in 2002 when the company filed for bankruptcy. As of 2002 the game was still in the alpha stage; what's left are some screenshots ...