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The most popular 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).

Most popular based on a novel games

Dune 2000
strategyWindows XP/98/95

Based on a novel games

  • 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...

  • dune2-7
    DOS19924.2/5 Westwood Studios

    Dune II, released in 1992, is a pioneering real-time strategy game developed by Westwood Studios. Set in the world of Frank Herbert's Dune, players command noble houses in a battle for control over the planet Arrakis. With base-building, resource management, and tactical combat, the game introduced key elements of the genre and influenced future RT...

  • discworld2-08
    DOS19964.1/5 Perfect Entertainment
  • romancethreekingdoms3-3
  • thehobbit-1
    DOS19834/5 Beam Software
  • romancethree2-1
  • lordrings1-2
    DOS19904/5 Interplay Productions

    J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I is an abandoned fantasy top-down DOS RPG game set in the The Lord of the Rings universe. The Lord of the Rings I was developed and released by Interplay Productions in 1990. The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I is based on the popular The Lord Of The Rings book by J.R.R. Tolkien and it's focused on the f...

  • la-abadia-del-crimen-03
    DOS19874.1/5 Opera Soft

    La Abadía del Crimen (The Abbey of Crime) is an action-adventure developed in Spain by Paco Menéndez in the mid-1980s. It was initially created for the Amstrad CPC and later ported to other popular home computer systems of the time, such as the ZX Spectrum and MSX. The game was released in 1987.

  • 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.

  • fellowring-1
    DOS19864.1/5 Beam Software
  • lotr2b-02
    DOS19923.9/5 Interplay Productions

    J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers is an abandoned fantasy top-down DOS RPG game set in the The Lord of the Rings universe. The Lord of the Rings II was developed and released by Interplay Productions in 1992. The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers is based on the popular The Lord Of The Rings book by J.R.R. Tol...

  • alice-wonderland-if-01
    DOS19893.4/5
  • discworld-splash
    DOS19954.2/5 Perfect Entertainment
  • 20000leagues-3
    DOS19883.8/5 Coktel Vision
  • romance3king-2
  • emmanuelle-2
    DOS1989NSFW4/5 Coktel Vision
  • 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".

  • dune-4
    DOS19924.1/5 Cryo Interactive Entertainment
  • touche-02
    DOS19954.1/5 Clipper Software
  • arthur-excalibur-02
    DOS19894.1/5 Infocom
  • ihnom-4
    DOS1995protected4.1/5 The Dreamers Guild
  • conancimmerian-3
    DOS19914.2/5 Synergistic Software
  • mixedgoose-1
    DOS19874.1/5 Sierra On-Line
  • betrayalkrondor-7
    DOS1993protected4.1/5 Dynamix
  • shadowsmordor-3
    DOS19883.7/5 Beam Software
  • hitchhikerguide-1
    DOSMac1984freeware4.2/5 Infocom

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a humorous free text adventure game based on the novel of the same name written by Douglas Adams (if you never read it, shame on you!). The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was designed by Douglas Adams himself and interactive fiction god Steve Eric Meretzky, it was released by Infocom in 1984 for DOS and for...

  • 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.

  • shannara-09
    DOS1995protected4.1/5 Legend Entertainment
  • js-shogun-02
    DOS19894.2/5 Infocom
  • callahan-crosstime-03
    DOS19974/5 Legend Entertainment