Video Games Based On the Written Word
A list of video games that are based on or inspired by books, novels, short stories, comic books, manga, etc..
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- DirectorsKeith AremAndrew ProkhorovStarsMark IvanirYuri LowenthalBoris KievskyMan has fallen, struggling to survive within Moscow's metro. In the face of a new mysterious threat young Artyom must leave his home station for the first time, making a dangerous journey to the legendary Polis to enlist their help.
- DirectorsFrançois CoulonCory DavisStarsNolan NorthChristopher ReidOmid AbtahiSet in modern day Dubai, massive sandstorms have buried the city. As Capt. Martin Walker, you're sent in to find any survivors and learn what happened to the original rescue and evacuation team led by Lt. Colonel John Konrad.Inspired by author Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness".
- StarsSusie BrannRoger JacksonJarion MonroeA game with an all new story that takes place after Lewis Carroll's stories. Alice must return to Wonderland and defeat the Queen of Hearts once and for all.Inspired by characters from Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland", as well as, "Through the Looking Glass: And What Alice Found There".
- Spider - Man has now faced his greatest enemy The Green Goblin
- DirectorMark JamesStarsEric BanaKatie BennisonMichael DonovanSet shortly after the movie, while on the run; Bruce Banner is contacted by his old mentor Professor Crawford, who claims to have developed a device called the Gamma Orb which can cure the Hulk.
- DirectorsJose Pablo GonzalezBlade ZavierStarsNeil Patrick HarrisJosh KeatonDan GilvezanAn artifact known as the "Tablet of Order and Chaos" is shattered, causing problems with multiple Marvel realities. Madame Web calls on 4 versions of Spider-Man from 4 realities to assist her in bringing the realities back into balance.
- DirectorLuis BarrigaPeter Parker promises Mary Jane to get a bowl for her goldfish, but gets involved in stopping a crimewave as Spider-Man - Hammerhead, the Big Wheel, Electro, the Rhino and the Scorpion are causing chaos in New York City, in a grand scheme devised by criminal mastermind Mysterio.
- DirectorJason CarrStarsJames Arnold TaylorMarc GraueKat CressidaJust when Spider-Man thought it was safe to relax, he's summoned by the famous Colonel Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. Fury has had his eye on Spider-Man for quite some time, and now he's being recruited to help take on a world wide threat.
- DirectorsGérard LehianyRamiro BélangerStarsJosh KeatonChristopher Daniel BarnesSteve BlumMiguel O'Hara/Spider-Man 2099 travels back in time to present day New York City to stop a scientist from altering the timeline that could cause the death of Peter Parker/Spider-Man at the hands of Anti-Venom.
- StarsJames Arnold TaylorNeil KaplanStephen StantonAfter finding how Spider-Man got his powers, Norman Osborn becomes Green Goblin and creates a whole army.
- Side-scrolling action featuring Spiderman and the X-Men.
- DirectorRandel ReissStarEmil BejstamYou control Spider-Man as you race against time tracking down an nuclear bomb set by the Kingpin.
- StarsTobey MaguireJames FrancoTopher GraceSpider-Man is back to save the city with his usual hero work, only this time he bonds with an alien substance known as symbiote which turns his hero days and personal life into something ugly.
- DirectorsTomo MoriwakiYoshitomo MoriwakiStarsTobey MaguireKirsten DunstAlfred MolinaSpider-Man/Peter Parker struggles between his personal life which involves Mary Jane Watson and his superhero life where he joins up with a vigilante known as Black Cat battling a series of foes including the mad Doc Ock.
- Mayhem-packed sequel to Spider-Man & Venom: Maximum Carnage (1994), with appearances from loads of other Marvel Comic-Book characters.
- Side-scrolling beat 'em up game based on a 14-part Marvel comic book crossover featuring Spider-Man and Venom who team up with a host of other superheroes to face Venom's murderous offspring Carnage and his team of super-villains.
- DirectorChris SoaresStarsTobey MaguireWillem DafoeBruce CampbellIn this game loosely based on the film, Spider-Man is on a mission to fight evil in the forms of the villains Shocker, Vulture, Scorpion, and the Green Goblin.
- DirectorKeith AremStarsSam RiegelKari WahlgrenSteve BlumSpider-Man's strength and powers are tested when he is forced to save the world after Manhattan gets threatened by a deadly cross-species virus and robots created by Oscorp mastermind Alistaire Smythe.
- Side scrolling platform action video game in which Spider-Man's enemies have discovered his secret identity and kidnapped his wife, Mary Jane. Spider-Man then battles Mysterio, Hobgoblin, Scorpion, Rhino, Doctor Octopus and Venom.
- DirectorKeith AremStarsSam RiegelAli HillisJB BlancSpiderman faces new threats to the city of New York.
- StarsEdward NortonLiv TylerTim RothBased on the film, with lots of new characters and enemies. Bruce is let loose as the Hulk in New York with massive destruction and combat to fight his way to his decision; cure or embrace.
- DirectorsScott MorganEric HolmesTom KeeganStarsNeal McDonoughRon PerlmanDaniel RiordanThe Incredible Hulk faces against his greatest adversary - the Abomination - in a free-roaming, open-world action-adventure.
- StarsThomas JaneBob JolesDarryl KuryloFrank Castle's war on crime has him face the mafia, the Russian mob and the Yakuza as well as his famous archenemies from The Punisher comics. Along the way, he gets to briefly team up with some of his S.H.I.E.L.D. allies.
- DirectorNoritaka FunamizuSide-scrolling beat-'em-up featuring Frank Castle and Nick Fury.