The best 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.

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Disney's Aladdin

DOS1994 Virgin Interactive

The Blues Brothers

DOS1991 Titus Interactive

The Blues Brothers is a platformer that follows the adventures of Jake and Elwood Blues as they try to put their band back together. The player controls one of the Blues Brothers through various levels, each filled with obstacles, enemies, and puzzles. The ultimate goal is to collect musical notes and instruments to assemble the band. develope...

Arachnophobia

DOS1991 Blue Sky Productions

Spider-Man 2: The Game

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2004

The Train Escape to Normandy

DOS1988protected Artech Studios

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

DOS1989protecteddemo 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...

Jurassic Park

DOS1993 Ocean Software

The Terminator: Future Shock

DOS1995 Bethesda Softworks

The Terminator: Future Shock is an abandoned science fiction first-person shooter game based on the popular Terminator movies franchise, set in a dystopian world where machines has taken over the Earth. The Terminator: Future Shock was developed by Bethesda Softworks and released in 1995 for DOS.

Blade Runner

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1997protected 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.

Hook

DOS1992 Shadow Software

Star Wars

DOS1988 Atari

The Taking of Beverly Hills

DOS1991 Off The Wall Productions

Alien Trilogy

DOS1996 Probe Entertainment

Alien Trilogy is a first-person shooter video game released in 1996 for various platforms, including the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and MS-DOS. Developed by Probe Entertainment and published by Acclaim Entertainment, the game is based on the first three films in the Alien franchise. The game's narrative loosely follows the storyline of these mo...

Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures

Windows 3.xMac OS1996demo LucasArts

Batman: the Movie

DOS1990 Ocean Software

Star Wars: Yoda Stories

Windows XP/98/951997 LucasArts

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Windows XP/98/952001 KnowWonder

Rambo First Blood Part 2

DOS1985 Angelsoft

James Bond 007: Goldfinger

DOS1986 Angelsoft

The Lion King

DOS1994 Westwood Studios

Star Wars: X-Wing

DOS1993protected LucasArts

The Neverending Story 2: The Arcade Game

DOS1991 Linel

The Untouchables

DOS1989 Ocean Software

Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2001protected 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.

The Great Escape

DOS1986protected Denton Designs

As a prisoner of war, you must find a way to escape a prison in Germany in 1942. The prisoner has a daily routine which will follow if not controlled by the player for a certain amount of time.

Star Wars: TIE Fighter

DOS1994protected LucasArts

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

DOS1991 Syntetic Dimensions

Terminator 2: Judgment Day is one of the many adaptations of the Terminator franchise. This one is based on the movie of the same name, but it's not as good as the movie, according to critics. Terminator 2 is an action game developed by Syntetic Dimensions and released by Ocean Software in 1991 for DOS. It was also published for C64, ZX Spectrum, A...