Movie/TV Licensed Games

[ctophil]

Hey guys,

I've recently found a new interest in collecting and playing licensed games. You're probably like, "Blasphemy!" lol. Movies and TV shows made into games have mostly been really bad over the years. But regardless of how bad they were, I still want to own a part of history. So far, the only games I own that came from movies are Rambo and Batman for the NES. It's odd that when I was a kid, Rambo was actually a good game. I almost beat it and had fun playing it. As for Batman, it plays a lot like Ninja Gaiden, really hard game but very cool.

As for TV show-based games, I haven't played the Flintstones games, but looking to acquire them some day.

I recently bought Hook and True Lies from a flea market in Florida.  They aren't great games.  But like I said, I want to own a part of gaming history. 

Have you played any licensed games that are good? Do you own any? I believe some of the best licensed games were the Star Wars games on SNES. You know, Super Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. They really surprised me. Awesome games in their own right.

[bob]

LJN for NES did a great job of beating up the licenses they accquired.
ADDAMS FAMILY for any system is a gem.  i love them all. (seriously).
sunsoft got Batman just right.  that is one of the top 10 best NES games ever made.

im sure a few people will chime in with bucky o'hare.  i have never played it, but heard its good.

dont forget games that licensed commercials like california raisins and yo, noid.
i recently picked up the untouchables, but am yet to play it.
many people rag on Platoon for NES, but i kind of like that one.

[_joshuaTurbo]

Konami's 8-bit and 16-bit TMNT games are the Kings of Metal!

[InfraMan]

I can't think of many good licensed games on the Duo... The Addams Family is sort of OK. Tail Spin and Darkwing Duck are both pretty dire.

Just off the top of my head, here's a few of the decent- to-good licensed games I can think of from the 8 & 16-bit days:

NES: Duck Tales 1&2, Darkwing Duck, Batman, Tiny Toon Adventures 1&2, TMNT 2&3, Wacky Races, Felix the Cat, The Jetsons, The Flintstones 1&2, Bucky O'Hare

SNES: Indiana Jones Greatest Adventures, Star Wars 1-3, Goof Troop, Buster Busts Loose, Alien 3, Magical Quest, Hook (the SNES one is decent), Aladdin, Addams Family (& Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt), Krusty's Super Funhouse, Turtles in Time

Genesis: Castle/World of Illusion, Mickey Mania, Quackshot, Alien 3, Aladdin, Cool Spot, Beavis & Butt-Head, Rambo III, Terminator (CD), Hyperstone Heist

[Black Tiger]

There's gotta be at least two hundred for PC Engine.

Some that I like:

Intv: He-Man

SMS: Disney games

NES: Gremlins 2, Willow, Rambo, Ducktales

Arcade: Aliens Vs Predator, Willow, Cadillacs and Dinos

[esteban]

Keith Courage (Wataru).

[InfraMan]

NES: Gremlins 2, Willow, Rambo, Ducktales

Ooh yeah, I forgot about Willow. I loved that game!

[ClodBuster]

SMS: Disney games

Agreed. Most of them are pretty well made.

The ONE licensed game for me is GoldenEye 007. Yes, I still like it. Now you all can start throwing your bad vegetables at me, I won't seek cover.

[SignOfZeta]

Back in the day licensed games were bad, but now virtually no games are as bad as the bad ones from back then.

One of my favorite publishers now is Bandai. They do almost nothing but licensed games, usually licensed from different divisions within their own company. While their earliest releases were terrible (Kinnikuman (FC), oh man. Gundam F91 for SFC, terrible) by the time Dragon Ball Z came out for PCE they had started to learn how to make things work. Now they are making stuff like Gundam Breaker and Super Robot Wars Z3, which are two of my favorite games from recent memory.

On the Turbo, since that was 20 years ago, things aren't that great. I did like Dragon Ball Z a lot, most people have serious trouble trying to make any sense out of it. Future Boy Conan is playable, but not great. Batman is decent. If you can appreciate Victory Run you can probably handle Knight Rider. Wataru is playable, even though it seems to have been ejected from whatever platform generation machine cranked out half the systems platformers. Blue Blink is a much better example, not as famous.

Off the Turbo, but from a similar time frame; Gundam Wing Endless Duel, and it's SFC/SNES quasi- precursors G Gundam and Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Fighting Edition all surprised me with how decent they were, and the later The Battle Master series (I think there are five) on PS1 are, IMO, the best 2D fighting mecha games ever, which came from this same line. Natsumi was responsible for a large part of these fighting games fun and quality.

[ctophil]

I can't think of many good licensed games on the Duo... The Addams Family is sort of OK. Tail Spin and Darkwing Duck are both pretty dire.

Just off the top of my head, here's a few of the decent- to-good licensed games I can think of from the 8 & 16-bit days:

NES: Duck Tales 1&2, Darkwing Duck, Batman, Tiny Toon Adventures 1&2, TMNT 2&3, Wacky Races, Felix the Cat, The Jetsons, The Flintstones 1&2, Bucky O'Hare

SNES: Indiana Jones Greatest Adventures, Star Wars 1-3, Goof Troop, Buster Busts Loose, Alien 3, Magical Quest, Hook (the SNES one is decent), Aladdin, Addams Family (& Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt), Krusty's Super Funhouse, Turtles in Time

Genesis: Castle/World of Illusion, Mickey Mania, Quackshot, Alien 3, Aladdin, Cool Spot, Beavis & Butt-Head, Rambo III, Terminator (CD), Hyperstone Heist

Ah yes, I forgot about the TMNT games, Aladdin, DuckTales, Cool Spot, and The Addams Family series.    Those were all really good licensed games.  Looks like I will be quite busy collecting for a while. 

Oh, I also own Willow for NES.  People said it was a Zelda clone, but it was a good clone. 

[Necromancer]

My favorite licensed game on the Turbob is probably Godzilla.  Other consoles aren't important.

[VenomMacbeth]

I can't believe nobody's mentioned Die Hard on the PCE.  I've been eyeballin' that one recently...

[lukester]

I can't believe nobody's mentioned Die Hard on the PCE.  I've been eyeballin' that one recently...

I've tried it once or twice. Nice graphics for a HuCard but the game itself is quite boring.

[TR0N]

NES/Famicom
Batman
Gremlins two
Sweet Home
Bucky'O'Hare
TMNT II&III
The Goonies
The Goonies II
Batman Return of the Joker

Sega Saturn
X-men vs Street Fighter
MSH vs SF
Marvel SuperHeroes
Dungeons and Dragons Collection

Arcade
Willow
The Simpsons
TMNT
Robocop
Wild West C.O.W Boys of Moo Mesa
Bucky'o'Hare
TMNT Turtles in Time
The Punisher
Alien vs Predator
Aliens
X-Men

[pulstar]

I waiting for someone to mention C.O.W Boys of Moo Mesa...awesome game