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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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 ...

Lone Wolf: The Mirror of Death

DOS19913.8/5 Mr. Micro

Companions of Xanth

DOS1993protected3.8/5 Legend Entertainment

20000 Leagues under the sea

DOS19883.8/5 Coktel Vision

Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch

DOS19923.8/5 Tsunami Media

Below The Root

DOS19843.7/5 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 Crack of Doom

DOS19893.7/5 Beam 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.

The Shadows of Mordor

DOS19883.7/5 Beam Software

Rendezvous with Rama

DOS19853.7/5 Telarium

Dragonflight

DOS19913.6/5 Thalion

ICON: Quest for the Ring

DOS19843.6/5 Macrocom

Dracula in London

DOS19883.5/5 SDJ Enterprises

Journey to the Center of the Earth

DOS19883.5/5 Chip

Treasure Island

DOS19853.5/5 Byron Preiss Video Productions

Castle Elsinore

DOS19923.5/5 Temple Software

Farenheit 451

DOS19843.4/5 Telarium

Zorro

DOS19953.3/5 Capstone

Alice in Wonderland

DOS19893.3/5

Dragonriders of Pern

DOS19873.1/5 Everlasting

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.

The Rocketeer

DOS19912.8/5 NovaLogic