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Movie-Based Videogames - Not Actually That Bad?

Posted by simoniker on from the celluloid-pixeloid dept.

Moryath writes "The fine folks at Glide Underground look like they've started a new weekly column - and for their opening run, they tackled the question of whether movie-licensed games are in fact cursed or not. Apparently it was in honor of too many reviewers picking up the new Chronicles of Riddick title, and proclaiming boldly that the game broke some curse - 'movie video games suck, it doesn't suck but it's a movie game, ergo curse broken.' Quite an interesting read, going back all the way to the days of Atari 2600 to examine the history of movie-licensed games."

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  1. My comments on the Riddick game by Takeel · · Score: 3, Funny

    I played the Chronicles of Riddick game. The game was good, but the movie sucked! Perhaps this is a new paradigm! A video game based on a movie can be good...if the movie sucks!

    1. Re:My comments on the Riddick game by bstreiff · · Score: 2, Funny

      Let's see. . .

      Super Mario Brothers-- good game(s), movie sucked.
      Street Fighter-- good game, movie sucked.
      Tomb Raider-- good game, movie(s) sucked.

      Maybe the Riddick movie is based on the game?

  2. Predator on NES by xanderwilson · · Score: 3, Funny

    For a while I thought it was called Schwarzeneggerbecause his name was bigger than the title on the cartridge. It was a sidescroller starring a guy with a machine gun shooting bubbles. Surprisingly fun for a few hours. Alex.

  3. I dunno ... by evslin · · Score: 2, Funny

    That first Ghostbusters game on NES was pretty tight.

  4. Game based on Movie about a Game by darkmayo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Street Fighter:The Movie.. game
    Now that was scraping the bottom of the barrel.

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