No one can deny that this past year has been... unexpected. Particularly in the movie industry. It's now awards season and even that's seen some unexpected goings on. Who would've thought a Borat sequel could've garnered two Oscar noms, let alone a couple of Golden Globes already in the bag?
Anyway, with this in mind I'd thought I'd tally up my Top 10 Unexpected Movie Licenced Games. There are a few criteria that would make a movie-based game unexpected. It could've been released way behind the initial cinema run, voiding any potential cross promotion. It could've used the licence in a weird way. Or may the licence itself doesn't usually scream 'game'.
There are 4 games new to the Collection Chamber; Aliens Online (1998 Fox Interactive), Hamlet: A Murder Mystery (1997 Castle Rock Entertainment & EMME Interactive), Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures (1996 LucasArts) and Plan 9 From Outer Space (1992 Gremlin Graphics). One of the 10 has also been updated, but I won't spoil that or their ranking here. You have to watch the video below or click on the jump to find out. Preferably both.
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NUMBER 10
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BLOODWINGS: PUMPKINHEAD'S REVENGE (Updated)
1995 Motion Picture Corporation of America Interactive
DOS
Action-Adventure-Horror
NUMBER 9
NUMBER 8
NUMBER 7
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PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (NEW)
1992 Gremlin Graphics
DOS / Amiga
Adventure-Point & Click-Comedy-Sci Fi
NUMBER 6
NUMBER 5
NUMBER 4
NUMBER 3
NUMBER 2
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HAMLET: A MURDER MYSTERY (NEW)
1997 Castle Rock Entertainment & EMME Interactive
Windows '95
Adventure-Myst Clone-Puzzle-History
NUMBER 1
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1996 7th Level
Windows 3.1
Adventure-Puzzle-Comedy
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Isn't Blade Runner 1997 unexpected?
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DeleteNot sure, if SNES fits in here, but THIS is the most unexpected movie game I ever came across:
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warlock_(video_game)
An obscure video game based on an obscure (but very entertaining) low-budget R-rated horror movie with lots of gore. And published on the "family friendly" SNES....
That's a good choice! I remember reading about it in NMS as a kid. One of the few dark and serious game I remember for the system. Maybe I should do another video and include stuff like Fantastic Voyage on the Amiga, Surf Ninjas on the Game Gear or Super Back to the Future Part II on the Super Famicom
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