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If you have a modded PS2 and willing to import, Gunstar Heroes and Alien Soldier have been ported over to the PS2 in Japan, in a single package for about $25.

Not all video games based on movies suck unfortunately though it is the majority.

(briefly) Looking over the article it seems as though it was written more from a console standpoint. If you look at the arcade you'll notice that most movie based games are actually enjoyable. It's true that they are mostly shooters/fighters though.

Star Wars Trilogy was a great time sink and provided a lot of enjoyment for me on my lunch breaks.

Star Wars Racer had a lot more excitement than the actual movie :)

The Jurassic Park shooter was fun also.

I wouldn't call the above games great, they had their problems but they definately didn't suck.

On a tangent, it's a shame the arcade scene isn't how it used to be. I miss the days that sega ruled the arcades.

Capcom already did this with a game called Eldorado Gate. Unfortunately, due to the death of the Dreamcast, all the episodes did not get to be released.

I think it will be many years before a computer translation will ever be as good as a human translator!

C'mon, everyone post their fun links in honor of Friday afternoon. I want to make this a habit.

A good game, that not many people have played is Chu Chu Rocket, for the Sega DreamCast. It's part strategy, part puzzle, multiplayer (four players), and part reflexes. There is a online version here. It's in Japanese, but you can play it. It's quite a good game, and not many people have even heard of it.

Nintendo (Japanese)
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/news/001227.html

Even so, there's a lot of originality on display at the arcade, and it's essentially all imported. The last two times I went to the arcade, I played Crazy Taxi (love that game), Mr. Driller (a Namco puzzler), Jambo! Safari (another Sega gem), Guitar Freaks ("Play the guitar rhythmically!"), some Megatouch games (come on, they're cool), Virtua Tennis (yes, arcade tennis, and it's great!) and the incomparable Dance Dance Revolution. All quite original and almost all Japanese, because their arcade market is still doing well and they just tend to be more goofy, original, risk-taking developers. Unfortunately, only the big entertainment centers will ever have these wonderful games because they tend to be heinously expensive (another reason why so many arcades have died).

Now, certainly, there was a fair share of fighting/gun/driving games like Tekken Tag Tournament, Dead or Alive 2, Silent Scope, Crisis Zone, Rush 2049, Ferrari F355, and Off-Road Thunder being played too. But let's not forget that there was a glut of maze games, space shooters and driving games in the classic era too -- there will always be popular genres.