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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Circuit's Edge

DOS19904.1/5 Westwood Studios

Circuit's Edge is a cyberpunk-themed role-playing game developed by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom. It was released in 1990 for various platforms including DOS, Amiga, and Commodore 64.Set in a dystopian future, Circuit's Edge takes place in the fictional city of Rhoes Island, a dark and gritty urban landscape filled with crime, corru...

Touché: The Adventures of the Fifth Musketeer

DOS19954.1/5 Clipper Software

Return of the Phantom

DOS1993protecteddemo3.7/5 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.

Return to Ringworld

DOS19943.8/5 Tsunami Media

Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

DOS19974/5 Legend Entertainment

Gateway 2: Homeworld

DOS1993protected3.9/5 Legend Entertainment

Prisoner of Ice

DOS1995protected4.1/5 Chaosium Inc.

Companions of Xanth

DOS1993protected3.8/5 Legend Entertainment

Neuromancer

DOS19893.9/5 Interplay Productions

Shannara

DOS1995protected4/5 Legend Entertainment

Team Yankee

DOS19904.2/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises

The mist

DOS19853.9/5 Angelsoft

The Shadows of Mordor

DOS19883.7/5 Beam Software

The Fourth Protocol

DOS19874/5 The Electronic Pencil Co.

Journey to the Center of the Earth

DOS19883.5/5 Chip

William Shatner's TekWar

DOS19954/5 Capstone

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

DOS19974.1/5 Papyrus Design Group

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 ...

Megafortress

DOS1991protected4.1/5 Artech Studios

Hook

DOS19924.2/5 Shadow Software

Death Gate

DOS1994protected3.9/5 Legend Entertainment

Rendezvous with Rama

DOS19853.7/5 Telarium

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.