How cool would it be to meander through a populated city, with the wind and the surrounding architecture as the aesthetic backdrop? For millions of Spiderman fans, this dream was a distant dream, but with some intuitive digital innovation, their ambitions became reality.
1. Spider-Man – 2018 – Playstation 4 and 5
The beauty of modern Spider Man games is the ability to use Spidey’s web to gracefully flow through cityscapes, grabbing enemies and throwing them off their potential victims. More specifically, a recent game in the series, Spider-Man, allows players to take out villains together with their friends, breaking the laws of physics with each session.
2. Lord of the Rings Online – 2007 – PC
It’s breathtaking on the cinema screen to fight against goblins, orcs, monsters, demons and evil creatures while trying to destroy Lord Sauron’s ring, but what about life in a video game? In so many words, the adaptation of Lord of the Rings-inspired games has taken the role-playing game genre to the next level by allowing players to enter the lives of their favorite characters.
The great thing about these games is that they come in multiple variations that cater to the unique needs of each gamer. For players who want to play with their friends as they swing swords, shoot bows and defeat their enemies, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) called “The Lord of the Rings Online” makes fantasy a reality.
3. 007 Golden Eye – 1997 – Nintendo 64
Nothing compares to watching 007 narrowly escape death while stopping potential bad guys from destroying our planet. The 1995 film GoldenEye was such a success that two years later Nintendo created a video game adaptation with a first-person shooter game called GoldenEye 007.
What made GoldenEye such an iconic game was its immersive and competitive head-to-head multiplayer options. Nothing compares to the 90s nostalgia of inviting your friends over for a weekend of soda, pizza, music, and four of your friends huddled around an archaic television while competing for split-screen action.
4. Tomb Raider -1996 – Playstation
For the uninitiated, Tomb Raider follows a thrilling female hero named Lara Croft, whose willingness to take on any challenge gives her the unique abilities to fight enemies and solve international mysteries. While comparisons are always challenging to establish, many aficionados of the movie and game franchise find many similarities between Croft and her male counterpart, Indiana Jones.
Another game classic since Tomb Raider was released is puzzle bobble made by Taito.
The defining feature that set Tomb Raider apart from similar games released in the 90s was its immersive storyline and cutting edge graphics. Although the images of Tomb Raider are comical compared to game technology in 2022, it was a pioneer for that period.
5. Disney’s Aladdin – 1993 – Sega Genesis
If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s the idea that flying on a magic carpet would be a nice change from boarding an airplane. Aladdin was an instant classic with its protagonist, Aladdin, charmed and graced viewers with his wit, intellect and action on the spot. Moreover, it follows the love between two young souls separated by wealth and power, determined to shed their veils to fall madly in love.
Sega revived the action from the movie and gave gamers a 2D side-scrolling game in which they could battle the sultan’s guards and find their way back to Aladdin’s true love, Princess Jasmine.
6. Blair Witch – 2019 – Xbox One
If there’s one movie that’s redefining the horror genre, it’s The Blair Witch Project, released in 1999. The Blair Witch Project follows a group of amateur filmmakers who made a documentary-style film for a school assignment. What made The Blair Witch Project so gripping was its film style, which we now know as ‘found footage’. Found footage, as the name implies, ignores standard lighting, formatting, and videography principles to make the film appear as if a friend, family member, or co-worker shot the footage in their spare time. While this overly simplistic description sounds bland, it adds a new layer of realism to the overall look and feel of the film.
In 2019, Lionsgate Games teamed up to revive the film with the 2019 creation of Blair Witch. Like its movie counterpart, Blair Witch follows its protagonist, Ellis Lynch, as he searches for a missing boy in the infamous Black Hills. . forest in Burkittsville, Maryland, home of the Blair Witch. Gamers navigate a series of mysteries, challenges and action-packed scenes, fighting for their lives to find a missing boy.
7. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – 2003 – Playstation
Regardless of whether someone is a Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Slytherin or Ravenclaw, there is one thing that all Potter fans can agree on: the Harry Potter games are incredible. Who knew that on November 14, 2001, a little old movie called Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, or as our British brethren call it, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, would revolutionize the movie and gaming world?
From the initial launch of the Harry Potter films, video game developers and software engineers dreamed of bringing the franchise’s cast and creatures to life in the form of a video game. The same year the movie came out came a slew of digital games designed to take players to the inner sanctuary of Hogwarts, fight evil and save their friends from their enemies. If anyone has seen the movies but hasn’t delved into the plethora of Harry Potter games, they’re missing out.
8. Ghostbusters – 1984 – Commodore 64
There’s nothing quite like pulling out an old video game console and booting up a much-loved title from the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s. That said, a movie that inspired a challenging yet playable video game was the original. Ghostbusters in 1984. Back in the 80s, kids couldn’t go a day without playing a new game on their new Commodore 64.
The thought of coming home, kicking off your shoes, grabbing a cold drink and a slice of pizza was, literally, a little slice of heaven. And when Ghostbusters became available to Commodore owners, players logged thousands of hours behind their glowing television screens across America.
9. Tron — 1982 — Arcade
Jeff Bridges and Cindy Morgan in ‘TRON’, Disney’s 1982 science fiction film, inspired by the early video game Pong.
While many of the technologies people will take for granted in 2022 may seem like the work of a maddened science fiction author, many older people envisioned a utopian universe similar to their favorite movie, Tron. Tron is by all accounts the film that spawned an entire genre called “cyberpunk,” where the world’s inhabitants depend on high-tech innovations to commit lucrative crimes among an unsuspecting population.
The arcade hit with the title ‘tron’ was an engaging video game inspired by the movie written and directed by Steven Lisberger, with the help of Charles S. Haas. The duo went on to create one of the most awe-inspiring science fiction films of all time, leaving fans and moviegoers questioning their reality and its fusion with digital domains.
10. Star Wars: Battlefront – 2004 – Xbox, PC and Playstation 2
To keep up with the science fiction theme, no video game list would be complete without mentioning the elephant in the room: Star Wars. Star Wars was, is, and will remain a bastion of motivation for video games and movies for decades to come.
likewise, Star Wars: Battlefront is a game that immediately captivated gamers and left them wanting more. In 2004, LucasArts created Star Wars Battlefront: – a game dedicated to the overall combat style and atmosphere that envelops each film. While Battlefront doesn’t necessarily follow a particular movie, the atmosphere and ominous undertones of Star Wars can be felt in every battle, mission and puzzle players encounter along the way.
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