Keyword: based on a novel

Games found: 58. 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).

20000 Leagues under the sea

DOS1988 adventure - visual novel 3.3
9 Princes in Amber

DOS1985 adventure - interactive fiction 4
Arrakis

DOS2000 strategy - real-time strategy 4
Below The Root

DOS1984 adventure - action adventure 3.6
Betrayal at Krondor

DOS1993 rpg - first person perspective 4
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

DOS1997 adventure - point & click 4
Castle Elsinore

DOS1992 adventure - interactive fiction 3.3
Circuit's edge

DOS1990 rpg - first person perspective 4
Companions of Xanth

DOS1993 adventure - point & click 3.5
Conan: the Cimmerian

DOS1991 rpg - action RPG 3.9
Death Gate

DOS1994 adventure - point & click 3.9
Discworld

DOS1995 adventure - point & click 3.7
Discworld 2: Mortality Bytes!

DOS1996 adventure - point & click 4.3
Dracula in London

DOS1988 strategy - board game 3.6
Dragonriders of Pern

DOS1987 strategy - turn-based strategy 2.8
Dune

DOS1992 strategy - real-time strategy 4.1
Dune 2000

Windows XP1998 strategy - real-time strategy 4.2
Dune II: The building of a dynasty

DOS1992 strategy - real-time strategy 4.1
Emmanuelle

DOS1989 adventure - graphic, keyboard input 3.8
Farenheit 451

DOS1984 adventure - interactive fiction 3.7
Flight of the Intruder

DOS1990 vehicle simulation - combat flight 3.7
Frederik Pohl's Gateway

DOS1992 adventure - interactive fiction 4
Gateway 2: Homeworld

DOS1993 adventure - interactive fiction 3.9
I have no Mouth and I Must Scream

DOS1995protected adventure - point & click 3.7
ICON: Quest for the Ring

DOS1984 rpg - action RPG 3.3