Abandonware DOS title

Games based on movies sorted by year, newest first

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.

Most popular based on a movie games

Beverly Hills Cop
action-adventureDOS
The Lion King
actionDOS
Disney's Aladdin
actionDOS
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Ghostbusters

DOS2006remake4/5
Ghostbusters is a abandoned action game based on the 80s hit movie Ghostbusters. Ghostbusters was released in 2006 as a remake of the game of the same name developed by Activision in 1984 for a number of platforms including C64, Atari 2600, ZX Spectrum.
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Blues Brothers RPG

Windows XP/98/952004freeware3.9/5
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Spider-Man 2: The Game

Windows XP/98/95Mac20044.2/5
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Windows XP/98/9520014.1/5 KnowWonder
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Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds

Windows XP/98/95Mac2001protected4.1/5 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.
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Blade Runner

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac1997protected4.2/5 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.
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City of Lost Children

DOS19973.8/5 Psygnosis
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Star Wars: Yoda Stories

Windows XP/98/9519974.2/5 LucasArts
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Alien Trilogy

DOS19964.1/5 Probe Entertainment
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Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures

Windows 3.xMac1996demo4.1/5 LucasArts
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Once Upon a Forest

DOS19953.9/5 Sanctuary Woods Multimedia Corporation
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The Terminator: Future Shock

DOS19954.1/5 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.
aladdin-2

Disney's Aladdin

DOS19944.2/5 Virgin Interactive
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Star Wars: TIE Fighter

DOS1994protected4.1/5 LucasArts
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Surf Ninjas

DOS19943.5/5 Creative Edge Software
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The Lion King

DOS19944.1/5 Westwood Studios
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Beethoven 2

DOS19933.1/5 Rozner Labs Software Group
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Bram Stoker's Dracula

DOS19934/5 Psygnosis
jurassic-park-04

Jurassic Park

DOS19934.1/5 Ocean Software
star-wars-chess-01

Star Wars Chess

DOSWindows 3.x19934/5 Software Toolworks
rebel-assault-04

Star Wars: Rebel Assault

DOSMac1993protected4/5 LucasArts
xwing-6

Star Wars: X-Wing

DOS1993protected4.1/5 LucasArts
beverly-hillbillies-01

The Beverly Hillbillies

DOS19933.4/5 Synergistic Software
bluesbrothers2-1

The Blues Brothers 2: Jukebox Adventure

DOS19933.8/5 Titus Interactive
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The Terminator: Rampage

DOS19934/5 Bethesda Softworks
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Wayne's World

DOS19933.9/5 Capstone
Wayne's World is an abandoned point and click adventure game based on the movie of the same name. In Wayne's World you control both the characters of Wayne and Garth (created by Mike Myers and Dana Carvey) in a quest to save their TV show. Wayne's World was developed and released by Capstone in 1993.
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Batman Returns

DOS19923.9/5 Spirit of discovery
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Beauty and the Beast

DOS19924.1/5 Infogrames
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Beetlejuice: Skeletons in the closet

DOS19924/5 Hi-Tech Expressions
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Die Hard 2: Die Harder

DOS19923.6/5 Tiertex Design Studios