Abandonware DOS title

Games based on a novel

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).

Most popular based on a novel games

Based on a novel games

  • 20000leagues-3
    DOS19883.8/5 Coktel Vision
  • 9-princes-in-amber-02
    DOS19854.2/5 Telarium
  • alice-wonderland-if-01
    DOS19893.7/5
  • arrakis-05
    DOS20003.9/5
  • arthur-excalibur-02
    DOS19894.1/5 Infocom
  • belowroot-1
    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.

  • betrayalkrondor-7
    DOS1993protected4/5 Dynamix
  • callahan-crosstime-03
    DOS19974/5 Legend Entertainment
  • castleelsinore-1
    DOS19923.5/5 Temple Software
  • circuitsedge-2
    DOS19904/5 Westwood Studios

    Circuit's Edge is a single-player science fiction blend of adventure game and RPG, developed by Westwood Studios and released by Infocom in 1990. Circuit's Edge is based on George Alec Effinger's cyberpunk novel "When Gravity Fails".

  • xanth-1
    DOS1993protected3.7/5 Legend Entertainment
  • conancimmerian-3
    DOS19914.2/5 Synergistic Software
  • death-gate-01
    DOS1994protected3.9/5 Legend Entertainment
  • discworld-splash
    DOS19954.2/5 Perfect Entertainment
  • discworld2-08
    DOS19964.1/5 Perfect Entertainment
  • dracula-in-london-03
    DOS19883.5/5 SDJ Enterprises
  • dragonflight-01
    DOS19913.6/5 Thalion
  • dragonriderspern-1
    DOS19873.1/5 Everlasting
  • dune-4
    DOS19924.1/5 Cryo Interactive Entertainment
  • dune2000-splash
    Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 Westwood Studios

    Dune 2000 is an abandoned science fiction classic real-time strategy game based on the popular Dune franchise. The Dune "universe" took form in the books of science fiction writer Frank Herbert and went on to include movies, TV series, comics, and of course video games. Dune 2000 is one of the finest RTS of its era; it was developed by We...

  • dune-generations-06
    Windows XP/98/952002canceled3.3/5 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 ...

  • dune2-7
    DOS19924.2/5 Westwood Studios

    Dune 2 is a real time strategy game set on Arrakis, the planet made famous by the popular series of science fiction books written by Frank Herbert. Dune 2 established the classic RTS genre that later spawned games like Starcraft, Warcraft and Red Alert.

  • emmanuelle-2
    DOS1989NSFW4/5 Coktel Vision
  • farehneith451-04
    DOS19843.4/5 Telarium
  • flight-of-the-intruder-03
    DOS19904/5 Rowan Software
  • frankenstein-02
    DOS19943.9/5 Junkyard
  • gateway1-3
    DOS19924.1/5 Legend Entertainment

    Frederik Pohl's Gateway is one of the best abandoned adventures games from Legend Entertainment. Gateway is an interactive fiction with graphics and an improved interface (unusual for IFs), based on the Frederik Pohl's novel Gateway. Tt was designed by Michael Verdu and Glen R. Dahlgren and published by Legend Entertainment in 1992.

  • gateway2_home_000
    DOS1993protected4/5 Legend Entertainment
  • hook-04
    DOS19924/5 Shadow Software
  • ihnom-4
    DOS1995protected4/5 The Dreamers Guild