8 Games Based On Movies That Are Actually Good

Video games based on movies have a well-earned reputation for being terrible. In fact, the Atari E.T. game was so bad that 700,000 unsold copies were buried in the desert. And this nearly destroyed the fledgling video game industry!

However, there are a few diamonds in the digital rough. Here’s a roundup of games based on movies that are actually pretty damn good!

Blade Runner (PC)

The Blade Runner movie is beautiful and mysterious. It has an equally beautiful and mysterious video game. Unfortunately, many people have never heard of it!

This 1997 PC game represents the height of the “point and click” era of adventures. While the gameplay (including solving puzzles and figuring out who is a replicant) is fun, most of the joy comes from the design.

In short, this is a beautiful game. The pre-rendered backgrounds came to life using special “voxel” technology. The end result is that this 1997 game barely looks its age. It even has a modern fan community trying to bring it back to the masses.

Super Star Wars (SNES)

Star Wars had been adapted into multiple video games before the SNES version came out. But if I’m being honest, most of them were disappointing. Everything from the classic arcade game to the NES game seemed to lack the magic of a galaxy far, far away.

But Super Star Wars changed all that, streamlining the first movie into a fast-paced sidescroller. Players alternate between using blasters and a lightsaber to cut down Jawas, Stormtroopers, and deadly droids.

You even get gameplay variety with levels that place you in a landspeeder and, later, an X-Wing. If you’ve ever longed to “bullseye womprats” like Luke Skywalker, here’s your chance!