The most popular based on a novel games
Many classic games were based on books, whether novels or short stories. This literary influence brought rich narratives and intricate worlds to the gaming medium. Some notable examples include "The Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien, which inspired numerous games that explore Middle-earth's epic battles and complex lore. "Rendezvous with Rama" by Arthur C. Clarke provided a foundation for games that delve into the mysteries of space exploration and alien encounters. "The Mist" by Stephen King led to atmospheric horror games that capture the suspense and terror of the original story.
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Companions of Xanth
DOS1993protected Legend Entertainment
Touché: The Adventures of the Fifth Musketeer
DOS1995 Clipper Software
Team Yankee
DOS1990 Oxford Digital Enterprises
Spirit of Excalibur
DOS1990 Synergistic Software
Prisoner of Ice
DOS1995protected Chaosium Inc.
The Shadows of Mordor
DOS1988 Beam Software
The Cardinal of the Kremlin
DOS1990 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.
Below The Root
DOS1984 Dale Disharoon, Inc.
Below the root is an atipycal early 2 dimensional adventure game based on the Zilpha Keatley Snyder novels: the Green Sky Trilogy. The player can choose one of many characters, each with different skills and embark in a quest to eliminate the distrust between two races: the Erdling and the Kindar.
The Wizard of Oz
DOS1985 Windham Classics
La Abadia del Crimen
DOS1987 Opera Soft
La Abadía del Crimen (The Abbey of Crime) is an action-adventure developed in Spain by Paco Menéndez in the mid-1980s. It was initially created for the Amstrad CPC and later ported to other popular home computer systems of the time, such as the ZX Spectrum and MSX. The game was released in 1987.
9 Princes in Amber
DOS1985 Telarium
Gateway 2: Homeworld
DOS1993protected Legend Entertainment
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
DOS1997 Legend Entertainment
J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan
DOS1997 Papyrus Design Group
Dragonriders of Pern
DOS1987 Everlasting
William Shatner's TekWar
DOS1995 Capstone
Megafortress
DOS1991protected Artech Studios
The Fourth Protocol
DOS1987 The Electronic Pencil Co.
The Fourth Protocol is a 1985 interactive fiction video game inspired by Frederick Forsyth's 1984 Cold War spy novel of the same name. Developed by the Electronic Pencil Company and published by Hutchinson Computer Publishing, the game was released on platforms such as the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and IBM PC (in 1997). Designed as a ...
Return of the Phantom
DOS1993protecteddemo MicroProse Software
Return of the Phantom is adventure game set in France, designed by Raymond Benson, developed by MicroProse Software and released in 1993 for DOS only. Return of the Phantom is a third-person adventure game based on the book Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.
Transarctica
DOS1993 Silmarils
Return to Ringworld
DOS1994 Tsunami Media
Rendezvous with Rama
DOS1985 Telarium
Rendezvous with Rama is an interactive fiction (text adventure) game released in 1984. Telarium, a subsidiary of Spinnaker Software, was known for producing narrative-driven games based on popular literary works. This adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke's novel is one of the earlier attempts to translate a science fiction classic into an interactive for...
ICON: Quest for the Ring
DOS1984 Macrocom
Pacific Islands
DOS1992 Oxford Digital Enterprises
Alice in Wonderland
DOS1989
Hook
DOS1992 Shadow Software
War of the Lance
DOS1990protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Zorro
DOS1995 Capstone
Red Storm Rising
DOS1989 MicroProse Software
Red Storm Rising is a submarine simulation video game developed and published by MicroProse in 1988, based on the novel of the same name by Tom Clancy and Larry Bond. The game is set during a hypothetical World War III scenario, focusing on naval combat between NATO and Warsaw Pact forces. Players command a modern nuclear submarine from a first-per...
Dragonflight
DOS1991 Thalion