Games based on books (excluding comic books)

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There's also a handful of games based on A Journey to the Center of the Earth for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.
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You might like Enter The Story. They make games based on books. Les Miserable is a free demo.

http://enterthestory.com/

Their catalogue includes:
Les Miserables
The Divine Comedy
Hesiod's Theogony
A Tale of Two Cities
The Count of Monte Cristo
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J T wrote:Les Miserables
Heh, there's always Arm Joe:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19ING9kPgEU
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There are a series of Agatha Christie games:
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/4256/

Also, Sherlock Holmes games:
http://store.steampowered.com/search/?s ... ck++holmes

And a game based on Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/journey_ ... _the_earth
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Ack wrote:
J T wrote:Les Miserables
Heh, there's always Arm Joe:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19ING9kPgEU
:lol: Never seen that! :lol:


That reminds me, there is also a game VERY loosely based on The Diary of Anne Frank:

http://www.talesofgames.com/annefrank/
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I'm pretty sure there's a Fahrenheit 451 text adventure. And a game based on Neuromancer.
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jfrost wrote:I'm pretty sure there's a Fahrenheit 451 text adventure. And a game based on Neuromancer.
Ah good calls. There was a game based on Asimov's Robots of Dawn.
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Hobie-wan wrote:There was a game based on Asimov's Robots of Dawn.
Really? For what? That sounds interesting to say the least.
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