GameGirl420 Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Porky's Krull Texas Chainsaw Massacre Raiders of the Lost Ark Halloween What else is there??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntavio Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 E.T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntavio Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 There are also the Neotokeo games: JAWS, Mad Max, Dawn of the Dead, Army of Darkness; Tron based games from Mattel. And of course the 20th Century Fox Line: Alien, M.A.S.H, etc. Hope it helps........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinman Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 M*A*S*H was based on the T.V. show which was based on a movie... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwackery Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/120928-movie-tv-games/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameGirl420 Posted June 23, 2012 Author Share Posted June 23, 2012 There are also the Neotokeo games: JAWS, Mad Max, Dawn of the Dead, Army of Darkness; Tron based games from Mattel. And of course the 20th Century Fox Line: Alien, M.A.S.H, etc. Hope it helps........ Wow I never knew they made a Dawn of the Dead game for the 2600. Oh and of course E.T. , how could I have forgetten that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfond Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Can't forget Towering Inferno and Ghostbusters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 The earth dies screaming Crash Dive Spacemaster X7 (I've seen all three movies) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwackery Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 I wrote my doctoral dissertation about video games based on movies. The Appendix is pretty exhaustive. You can download the full text of my dissertation as a PDF: http://etd.ohiolink.edu/view.cgi?acc_num=bgsu1300365433 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameGirl420 Posted June 23, 2012 Author Share Posted June 23, 2012 movies that should be made into Atari 2600 games: Carrie Secret of Nimh The Wall Nice Dreams The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai anyways, I never knew they made a Towering Inferno game!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 But you all forgot Knight Rider..the return of pube head shrivle face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntavio Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 I can't believe I forgot the Parker Bros' Star Wars titles and James Bond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight Synergy Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 By Sega: Star Trek and Buck Rogers (kinda sorta, the pilot was shown theatrically in Europe). Tigervision: King Kong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ataritard Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Superman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari5200dude82 Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 (edited) He-man, by Mattel was a movie and a cartoon. Oh and Popeye a movie in 1980. Edited June 24, 2012 by atari5200dude82 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwackery Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Superman 1978 saw the release of the first Superman film, based on the character from DC Comics, which was distributed in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures. In an interview in Halcyon Days: Interviews with Classic Computer and Video Game Programmers, Warren Robinett, who was working on adapting the mainframe computer game Adventure into cartridge form for Atari in the middle of 1978, claims that he was directed, by new Atari president Ray Kassar, to modify Adventure in a Superman game to tie-in with the Superman movie (released December 1978) since both the film and Atari were owned by the same parent company, Warner Communications. Robinett said that he didn’t really want to do the adaptation, and so after a few weeks, his co-worker John Dunn volunteered to take the Adventure kernel and build a Superman game around it. The Superman game by Atari was released mid-1979, and nothing in the game, supporting documentation, or the game’s marketing makes reference to the movie (the artwork for the game box and label actually uses the DC Comics version of Superman). While there is little reason to doubt Robinett’s recollections, there is no official documentation to support the claim that the Superman game was intended as an official licensing of the film. Atari’s pinball game of Superman (1979), however, was expressly marketed as a tie-in for the film. He-man, by Mattel was a movie and a cartoon. Oh and Popeye a movie in 1980. The Masters of the Universe was released in 1987, years after the release of the cartridge. Yes, it was a tie-in with the tv show, but the OP asked about movies. The Nintendo game from 1982 is not based on the movie, but on the original King Features Syndicate property (the film is based on the same property, but that is their only relation). By Sega: Star Trek and Buck Rogers (kinda sorta, the pilot was shown theatrically in Europe). The Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom game has nothing to do with any of the film series or television serials. The cabinet art for the coin-op is evocative of the comic strip. Its only real connections to Buck Rogers are the use of the name and the generic outer space setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lentzquest Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 (edited) The China Syndrome and Gremlins if not already mentioned. Also the tron games. Edited June 24, 2012 by Lentzquest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwackery Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 The China Syndrome and Gremlins if not already mentioned. Also the tron games. China Syndrome (Atari 2600; Spectravision; 1982) – no official relation to the 1979 film of the same name, although the game, like film, deals with a core breach and possible meltdown scenario. The term “China Syndrome” refers to an extreme result of a nuclear meltdown in which the molten contents of the reactor core breach their barriers and flow downwards out of containment. The phrase arises from the exaggerated notion that molten reactor material would melt from the United States through the center of the earth and emerge in China. There is some speculation that Spectravision might have been trying to leech from the film’s popularity, especially with the popularity of film-licensed games in 1982, but given the years between both products this would be minimal at best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raskar42 Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 (edited) Is earth dies screaming really based on the movie?Also are we talking about released games only? fantastic voyage Mega Force sorcerers apprentice- based on fantasia Edited June 24, 2012 by raskar42 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwackery Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Is earth dies screaming really based on the movie? In the generic sense that both are about alien invasion and protecting the Earth, yes; however, as 20th Century Fox had the distribution rights back in 1965 (and currently has them for the DVD release), they were able to release the game as a movie-inspired title, and in so doing had to give Lippert Films, the production company, credit. Fox probably got the title relatively cheap given its age and obscurity. The title still sounds pretty cool IMHO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLD1985 Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 The Game: 'Alien' based off the film 'Alien' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwackery Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Here's the list (for Atari 2600 titles) that Lucky Man generated in the thread I posted the link to in post #5: Games Based on Movies Adventures of TRON Alien The Alligator People Dumbo's Flying Circus Dune E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial The Entity Fantastic Voyage Flash Gordon Ghostbusters Ghostbusters II Gremlins Halloween James Bond 007 King Kong Krull The Lord of the Rings: Journey to Rivendell Mega Force Planet of the Apes Porky's Pursuit of the Pink Panther Raiders of the Lost Ark Snow White Sorcerer's Apprentice Star Wars: Jedi Arena Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Death Star Battle Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Ewok Adventure Star Wars: The Arcade Game Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Towering Inferno TRON Deadly Discs Games Based on Theatrically-Released Cartoon Shorts Bugs Bunny Donald Duck's Speedboat Popeye Road Runner Taz Games Based on TV Shows The A-Team Alpha Beam with Ernie Big Bird's Egg Catch Cookie Monster Munch Dukes of Hazzard Grover's Music Maker M*A*S*H Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man Miss Piggy's Wedding Oscar's Trash Race Pigs in Space Rocky & Bullwinkle Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator Games Based on TV Commercials Chase the Chuck Wagon Kool-Aid Man Games Including Movie and TV Characters, But Not Based on Particular Movies or TV Shows Asterix Berenstain Bears Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom Cabbage Patch Kids: Adventures in the Park Care Bears Frankenstein's Monster G.I. Joe: Cobra Strike Garfield Ghost Manor (Dracula) Good Luck, Charlie Brown Obelix Robin Hood Sir Lancelot Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle Smurfs Save the Day Snoopy and the Red Baron Spider-Man Strawberry Shortcake: Musical Match-Ups Superman 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntavio Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Thank you Dr. Hall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameGirl420 Posted June 26, 2012 Author Share Posted June 26, 2012 Thanks for all the great info! Looks like I'm gonna have to hunt some of these down. I just started writing movie reviews for this website called R-Massive and was also thinking about maybe writing a few movie based game reviews in the future also. Also what movie based games were there for the 5200???? (too lazy to start another thread in the 5200 forum soo I'll just ask here).. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 ITT Family Games released games based on Perry Rhodan Pumuckl I (unreleased) was based on the TV character and the game was later released as Aufruhr im Zoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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