NES Games Based on Comics, Cartoons, Movies and TV Shows

PowerPlayers · February 2014

So guys, I'm trying to compile a list of NES Games based on TV Shows, Cartoons, Comics, Movies and Misc. Medium. Here's what I got.

Cartoons & Comics

Title	Sub Category
Addams Family, The: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt	Cartoon
Adventures of Rocky And Bullwinkle And Friends, The	Cartoon
Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout, The	Cartoon
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle, The	Cartoon
Captain Planet and the Planeteers	Cartoon
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2, Disney's	Cartoon
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, Disney's	Cartoon
Darkwing Duck, Disney's	Cartoon
Duck Tales 2, Disney's	Cartoon
Duck Tales, Disney's	Cartoon
Fester's Quest	Cartoon
Flintstones, The - Rescue of Dino & Hoppy	Cartoon
Flintstones, The - The Surprise at Dinosaur Peak	Cartoon
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero	Cartoon
G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor	Cartoon
Great Waldo Search, The	Cartoon
Incredible Crash Dummies, The	Cartoon
James Bond Jr.	Cartoon
Jetsons, The - Cogswell's Caper	Cartoon
Jungle Book, The, Disney's	Cartoon
Little Mermaid, The, Disney's	Cartoon
Little Nemo - The Dream Master	Cartoon
Mickey Mousecapade	Cartoon
Mickey's Adventure in Numberland	Cartoon
Mickey's Safari in Letterland	Cartoon
Ren & Stimpy Show, The: Buckeroo$!	Cartoon
Simpsons, The - Bart Vs. the Space Mutants	Cartoon
Simpsons, The - Bart Vs. the World	Cartoon
Simpsons, The - Bartman Meets Radioactive Man	Cartoon
Simpsons, The - Krusty's Fun House	Cartoon
Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular	Cartoon
Spy vs. Spy	Cartoon
Talespin	Cartoon
Tiny Toon Adventures	Cartoon
Tiny Toon Adventures 2 - Trouble in Wackyland	Cartoon
Tiny Toon Adventures Cartoon Workshop	Cartoon
Tom & Jerry - The Ultimate Game of Cat and Mouse!	Cartoon
Toxic Crusaders	Cartoon
Wacky Races	Cartoon
Where's Waldo?	Cartoon
Widget	Cartoon
Batman - Return of the Joker	Comic
Bucky O'Hare	Comic
Captain America and the Avengers	Comic
Defenders of Dynatron City	Comic
Dick Tracy	Comic
Felix the Cat	Comic
Marvel's X-Men	Comic
Monster in My Pocket	Comic
North and South	Comic
Popeye	Comic
Punisher, The	Comic
Silver Surfer	Comic
Spider-Man - Return of the Sinister Six	Comic
Superman	Comic
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Comic
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Tournament Fighters	Comic
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II - The Arcade Game	Comic
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III - The Manhattan Project	Comic
Wolverine	Comic
Zen - Intergalactic Ninja	Comic
Casino Kid	Manga
Casino Kid II	Manga
Dragon Power	Manga
Fist of the North Star	Manga
Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode	Manga
Mafat Conspiracy, The: Golgo 13 II	Manga

Misc. Mediums

Title	Sub Category
M.C. Kids	Advertisement Game
Spot: The Videogame!	Advertisement Game
Yo! Noid	Advertisement Game
Battleship	Board Game
Monopoly	Board Game
Pictionary	Board Game
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Dragon Strike	Pen & Paper
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance	Pen & Paper
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Hillsfar	Pen & Paper
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance	Pen & Paper

Movies

Title	Sub Category
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Classic Monster Movie
Frankenstein: The Monster Returns	Classic Monster Movie
Swamp Thing	Classic Monster Movie
A Nightmare on Elm Street	Movie
Addams Family, The	Movie
Alien 3	Movie
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes	Movie
Back to the Future	Movie
Back to the Future II & III	Movie
Batman - The Video Game	Movie
Batman Returns	Movie
Beetlejuice	Movie
Bill & Ted's Excellent ^Video Game Adventure	Movie
Blues Brothers, The	Movie
Cliffhanger	Movie
Conan: The Mysteries of Time	Movie
Cool World	Movie
Darkman	Movie
Days of Thunder	Movie
Die Hard	Movie
Dirty Harry: The War Against Drugs	Movie
Dracula, Bram Stoker's	Movie
Flight of the Intruder	Movie
Friday the 13th	Movie
Ghostbusters	Movie
Ghostbusters II	Movie
Godzilla - Monster of Monsters!	Movie
Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters	Movie
Goonies II, The	Movie
Gotcha! The Sport!	Movie
Gremlins 2 - The New Batch	Movie
Home Alone	Movie
Home Alone 2 - Lost in New York	Movie
Hook	Movie
Hudson Hawk	Movie
Hunt for Red October, The	Movie
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Movie
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Movie
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Movie
Jaws	Movie
Jurassic Park	Movie
Karate Kid, The	Movie
Last Action Hero	Movie
Last Starfighter, The	Movie
Lethal Weapon	Movie
Mad Max	Movie
Peter Pan & The Pirates: The Revenge of Captain Hook, Fox's	Movie
Platoon	Movie
Predator	Movie
Puss N' Boots: Pero's Great Adventure	Movie
Rambo	Movie
Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves	Movie
RoboCop	Movie
RoboCop 2	Movie
RoboCop 3	Movie
Rocketeer, The	Movie
Star Wars	Movie
Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back	Movie
T2 Terminator 2: Judgment Day	Movie
Terminator, The	Movie
Top Gun	Movie
Top Gun - The Second Mission	Movie
Total Recall	Movie
Untouchables, The	Movie
Wayne's World	Movie
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?	Movie
Willow	Movie

TV Shows

Title	Sub Category
Classic Concentration	Gameshow
Double Dare	Gameshow
Family Feud	Gameshow
Fun House	Gameshow
Hollywood Squares	Gameshow
Jeopardy!	Gameshow
Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary Edition	Gameshow
Jeopardy! Jr. Edition	Gameshow
Remote Control	Gameshow
Super Jeopardy!, Talking	Gameshow
Wheel of Fortune	Gameshow
Wheel of Fortune Featuring Vanna White	Gameshow
Wheel of Fortune: Family Edition	Gameshow
Wheel of Fortune: Junior Edition	Gameshow
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?	Gameshow
Win, Lose or Draw	Gameshow
Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival, Jim Henson's	Kids Show
Sesame Street: 123	Kids Show
Sesame Street: ABC	Kids Show
Sesame Street: ABC/123	Kids Show
Sesame Street: Big Bird's Hide & Speak	Kids Show
Sesame Street: Countdown	Kids Show
Adventures of Gilligan's Island, The	TV Show
Airwolf	TV Show
American Gladiators	TV Show
Gun.Smoke	TV Show
Knight Rider	TV Show
Lone Ranger, The	TV Show
Mission: Impossible	TV Show
Rollergames	TV Show
Star Trek 25th Anniversary	TV Show
Star Trek: The Next Generation	TV Show
Three Stooges, The	TV Show
Thunderbirds	TV Show
WCW: World Championship Wrestling	TV Show
WWF King of the Ring	TV Show
WWF WrestleMania	TV Show
WWF WrestleMania Challenge	TV Show
WWF Wrestlemania Steel Cage Challenge	TV Show
Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, The	TV Show

fox · February 2014

All the D&D games are based on the pen and paper games

Good list just some nitpicks. It gets kind of fuzzy between "game is based on" or "character originated from"

Fester's Quest was based on the Adams Family TV show. The Adams Family game is based loosely on the Movie. Pugley's Scavenger Hunt is based on the cartoon.

Where's Waldo was based on the book series. Great Waldo Search was based on the cartoon and featured the theme song.

Sesame Street is a tv show not a cartoon

Snoopy is from the Peanuts comic. Spy vs Spy is based on the comic, game came out long before any cartoons.

Gun.Smoke has nothing to do with the tv show that is why it has a . to avoid trademark problems.

Lone Ranger is based on a radio drama.

American Gladiators is a gameshow.

Jekyll and Hude and Frankenstein are books. Swamp Thing is a comic. Conan is a book game is not based on any of the movies at all.

PowerPlayers · February 2014

Originally posted by: fox

All the D&D games are based on the pen and paper games

Nice catch, adding them after this post.

What about Ultima and Wizardry? Are they pen and paper games or are they unique to video games?

Edit: I also missed Dragon Power (aka Dragon Ball)

PowerPlayers · February 2014

Also, does anyone know if "Cowboy Kid" is based on the classic Radio Show?

ne$_pimp · February 2014

Defenders of Dinotron City was a comic, and air one pilot episode of that animated series.

Monster in my Pocket was based on the comic and animated series

Swamp thing was a comic, movie, and animated series.

I think there was an Attack of the killer tomatos cartoon as well

All these games where more so based on the cartoons I believe.

PowerPlayers · February 2014

Originally posted by: nes_pimp

Defenders of Dinotron City was a comic, and air one pilot episode of that animated series.

Monster in my Pocket was based on the comic and animated series

Swamp thing was a comic, movie, and animated series.

I think there was an Attack of the killer tomatos cartoon as well

All these games where more so based on the cartoons I believe.

Which was first, the game or the comic? Either way, they were both released in 1992 so I suppose it's close enough that it gets both.

Edit: Also, apparantly Puss'N Boots is a sequel to a japanese Famicom game that is directly based on the Japanese feature film The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots

Tulpa · February 2014

Are you going solely by where the characters or premise first appeared?

Because Batman The Video Game and Batman Returns were both explicitly tied to the Tim Burton movies, even if Batman himself dates back to the 30s.

cartman · February 2014

Ikari Warriors is taken from the Japanese name for Rambo 2 wich is called Rambo: Ikari no Dasshutsu over there.

Danimal Collective · February 2014

North & South is based on a Franco-Belgium comic called Les Tuniques Bleues (The Bluecoats).

MegaMartyr · February 2014

Felix the Cat - Cartoon/Movie

Sidetrakkd · February 2014

I don't think it's based around the comic, cartoon, or movie, but Felix the Cat is another one. I don't think the storyline follows too closely to any of the other media, but I'm not really much of a Felix aficionado.

[ edit ] Dammit, beaten by four minutes. That's what I get for reading Wikipedia. >_<

PowerPlayers · February 2014

Originally posted by: cartman

Ikari Warriors is taken from the Japanese name for Rambo 2 wich is called Rambo: Ikari no Dasshutsu over there.

Is it a licensed movie tie-in over there, or just a play on the name?

cartman · February 2014

Originally posted by: JosephLeo

Originally posted by: cartman

Ikari Warriors is taken from the Japanese name for Rambo 2 wich is called Rambo: Ikari no Dasshutsu over there.

Is it a licensed movie tie-in over there, or just a play on the name?

I don't know about that. Probably not.

PowerPlayers · February 2014

Originally posted by: Tulpa

Are you going solely by where the characters or premise first appeared?

Because Batman The Video Game and Batman Returns were both explicitly tied to the Tim Burton movies, even if Batman himself dates back to the 30s.

Going by what the GAME ITSELF is based off of. Nice catch on the Batman games, thanks

Batman: Return of the Joker - Comic

Batman: The Video Game - Movie

Batman Returns - Movie

DarkTone · February 2014

Not seeing Aladdin or Lion King.

Danimal Collective · February 2014

Originally posted by: DarkTone

Not seeing Aladdin or Lion King.

Weren't those PAL only?

RESET2019 · February 2014

Originally posted by: Danimal Collective

Originally posted by: DarkTone

Not seeing Aladdin or Lion King.

Weren't those PAL only?

Yup. Smurfs as well. And Beauty and the Beast. Are those going to be counted?

PowerPlayers · February 2014

Eh, I'll add them...I'm just trying to nail NTSC first but there's only a few PAL exclusives.

Danimal Collective · February 2014

Originally posted by: JosephLeo

Eh, I'll add them...I'm just trying to nail NTSC first but there's only a few PAL exclusives.

Then Asterix needs to be on there... the greatest comic of all time (serious, it's fantastic).

PowerPlayers · February 2014

Originally posted by: Danimal Collective

Originally posted by: JosephLeo

Eh, I'll add them...I'm just trying to nail NTSC first but there's only a few PAL exclusives.

Then Asterix needs to be on there... the greatest comic of all time (serious, it's fantastic).

If I'm going to include PAL (which I will) then I'll need to ad...

Aladdin, Asterix, Beauty and the Beast, Knights of the Zodiac, Legend of Prince Valiant, Lion King, New Ghostbusters II, The Smurfs, and Trolls in Crazyland

floydfan38 · February 2014

Should add trolls on treasure island as well

Bronty · February 2014

Looks to be missing Popeye. Started as a comic strip.

Bronty · February 2014

Also missing felix the cat. Also a comic strip

rondy_ · February 2014

Nice list!

PowerPlayers · February 2014

Originally posted by: Bronty

Looks to be missing Popeye. Started as a comic strip.

I missed Popeye because I had it categorized under "Black Box" in my categories list. Thanks for the catch.

Updating the list right after this post.

Edit: Also, I can't believe I missed "The Incredible Crash Test Dummies"

OzNEScollector · February 2014

Miss clawful wrote up a list that might have some others?

http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=52372

PowerPlayers · February 2014

Originally posted by: OzNEScollector

Miss clawful wrote up a list that might have some others?

http://nintendoage.com/forum/mess...

Looks like the only addition is Best of the Best: Championship Karate....but the movie (Best of the Best) vs. the game (Best of the Best: Championship Karate) were released years apart and have similar, but still different titles.

I can say with confidence that this one is NOT related.

Guntz · February 2014

I had no idea most of the games on the list were based on other media, specifically cartoon and comic.

fmdof · February 2014

Dr Jekyll and mr Hyde a classic monster movie? I mean, sure it is, but it was a classic novel before that.

NintendoGoon · February 2014

Seems like Maniac Mansion would fit in there somewhere. Wasn't it based off a TV show?

DarkTone · February 2014

Originally posted by: JHawkZZ

Originally posted by: Danimal Collective

Originally posted by: DarkTone

Not seeing Aladdin or Lion King.

Weren't those PAL only?

Yup. Smurfs as well. And Beauty and the Beast. Are those going to be counted?

They better be! *shakes fist*

NES Games Based on Comics, Cartoons, Movies and TV Shows

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