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Posted February 05, 2016
There's a lot, and some are even good! Some even very much so. And they are not on GOG. Would be nice if that changed in 2016, wouldn't it? Let's vote, let's hope, and add more games if you happen to know any that I left out.

X-Files: The Game It's X-Files, it's a point'n'click adventure game back from the FMV days. What more do you need?

Star Trek TNG: A Final Unity- ok, there's a lot of StarTrek games, but this is supposedly the best one of all, and the closest to an actuall episode. Let's hope we get a chance to find out for ourselves some time soon.

Star Trek Voyager Elite Force- to balance out the adventure games, let's go with one of the best FPS games of all time, and a great Trek game. For fans of either this one is a treat, for fans of both it's, well... the best of both worlds.

The Prisoner 2- Really? 8 votes? Come on. It's one of the greatest and most groundbreaking shows of all time. Fifty years later it's still some of the best tv you're ever likely to see. And the game, supposedly, is actually a really clever one, smartly playing with the show's themes.

Miami Vice- four votes? Come on guys! It's Miami Vice! Yeah, I know. The game is old, and wasn't even all that good back in the days. But it's Miami Vice. How can you not want to play it?

Batman Vengeance- It's not Arkham Asylum, but it does have Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill, plus it's based on the Batman TAS show, the best version of Batman. The gameplay, especially now that we have the Arkham series, might feel aged, but the story was good, and who can say "no" to more TAS and Hamill's Joker?
Post edited February 05, 2016 by Breja
Posted February 05, 2016
i wouldnt really call star trek or batman cult shows

both have been around for more then 40 years
have reached huge audiances and are ingrained in pop culture and conscious
that isnt exactly cult

a cult show is generally something underground and small or it has a very short run like terminator the sara connor chronicles
Posted February 05, 2016
Max Headroom was released on the 8 bit computers (Sinclair Spectrum and Commodore 64, I think), or is that too obscure?
Posted February 05, 2016
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Breja: There's a lot, and some are even good! Some even very much so. And they are not on GOG. Would be nice if that changed in 2016, wouldn't it? Let's vote, let's hope, and add more games if you happen to know any that I left out.

X-Files: The Game It's X-Files, it's a point'n'click adventure game back from the FMV days. What more do you need?

Star Trek TNG: A Final Unity- ok, there's a lot of StarTrek games, but this is supposedly the best one of all, and the closest to an actuall episode. Let's hope we get a chance to find out for ourselves some time soon.

Star Trek Voyager Elite Force- to balance out the adventure games, let's go with one of the best FPS games of all time, and a great Trek game. For fans of either this one is a treat, for fans of both it's, well... the best of both worlds.

The Prisoner 2- Really? 8 votes? Come on. It's one of the greatest and most groundbreaking shows of all time. Fifty years later it's still some of the best tv you're ever likely to see. And the game, supposedly, is actually a really clever one, smartly playing with the show's themes.

Miami Vice- four votes? Come on guys! It's Miami Vice! Yeah, I know. The game is old, and wasn't even all that good back in the days. But it's Miami Vice. How can you not want to play it?

Batman Vengeance- It's not Arkham Asylum, but it does have Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill, plus it's based on the Batman TAS show, the best version of Batman. The gameplay, especially now that we have the Arkham series, might feel aged, but the story was good, and who can say "no" to more TAS and Hamill's Joker?
Thats going to be a very long list. Anything that appears on TV or film has games made of them, or vice versa in terms of Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat. Star Trek and Wars alone have several 10's of games.

Blade Runner is one glaring missing item.
Terminator games.
Posted February 05, 2016
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CARICATUREKILB: Max Headroom was released on the 8 bit computers (Sinclair Spectrum and Commodore 64, I think), or is that too obscure?
more like real cult ;p
Posted February 05, 2016
Well, there's a hidden object game based on the TV series Castle, though I wouldn't call that a cult show.

GOG doesn't have the Hitchhiker's Guide game, which is certainly cult, and there was a BBC series of it before the movies. But since it's legally available at that link, I can imagine it wouldn't sell terribly well.

And we don't have the Shannara game, either, which..uh...has a series on MTV, which is actually vastly better than I expected from MTV, but it still only barely watchable :P
Posted February 05, 2016
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nightcraw1er.488: Thats going to be a very long list. Anything that appears on TV or film has games made of them, or vice versa in terms of Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat. Star Trek and Wars alone have several 10's of games.

Blade Runner is one glaring missing item.
Terminator games.
oh i know
skynet !

period magazines were rather gushing over it but the game seemed to have gone and dissapeared
Posted February 05, 2016
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nightcraw1er.488: Blade Runner is one glaring missing item.
Terminator games.
Those are movies. I'm talking TV series :)
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OneFiercePuppy: And we don't have the Shannara game, either, which..uh...has a series on MTV, which is actually vastly better than I expected from MTV, but it still only barely watchable :P
That's pretty much my impression of the show. I was quite impressed with the first two episodes, given my very low expectations, but it's getting worse and worse, to the point whre I'm not sure if I'll keep watching. I don't know the novels, so I don't know how much of a disservice it's doing to it.
Post edited February 05, 2016 by Breja
Posted February 05, 2016
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nightcraw1er.488: Blade Runner is one glaring missing item.
Terminator games.
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Breja: Those are movies. I'm talking TV series :)
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OneFiercePuppy: And we don't have the Shannara game, either, which..uh...has a series on MTV, which is actually vastly better than I expected from MTV, but it still only barely watchable :P
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Breja: That's pretty much my impression of the show. I was quite impressed with the first two episodes, given my very low expectations, but it's getting worse and worse, to the point whre I'm not sure if I'll keep watching. I don't know the novels, so I don't know how much of a disservice it's doing to it.
objection
there is a terminator tv series ;p
the sarah conner chronicles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sarah_Connor_Chronicles_%28TV_series%29
Posted February 05, 2016
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CARICATUREKILB: Max Headroom was released on the 8 bit computers (Sinclair Spectrum and Commodore 64, I think), or is that too obscure?
Not too obscure, but I'm not a big fan of Max. No reason for you not to make a wishlist entry though :)
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snowkatt: objection
there is a terminator tv series ;p
the sarah conner chronicles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sarah_Connor_Chronicles_%28TV_series%29
I know, but I don't think there are any games based on that?
Post edited February 05, 2016 by Breja
Posted February 05, 2016
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CARICATUREKILB: Max Headroom was released on the 8 bit computers (Sinclair Spectrum and Commodore 64, I think), or is that too obscure?
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Breja: Not too obscure, but I'm not a big fan of Max. No reason for you not to make a wishlist entry though :)
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snowkatt: objection
there is a terminator tv series ;p
the sarah conner chronicles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sarah_Connor_Chronicles_%28TV_series%29
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Breja: I know, but I don't think there are any games based on that?
not in so far i know
it was rather shortlived then again there might be mobile shovelware based on it
Posted February 05, 2016
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snowkatt: i wouldnt really call star trek or batman cult shows

both have been around for more then 40 years
have reached huge audiances and are ingrained in pop culture and conscious
that isnt exactly cult

a cult show is generally something underground and small or it has a very short run like terminator the sara connor chronicles
I think Star Trek is very much a cult show. The original series pretty much invented the cult show phenomena. Yes, the mainstream audience is well aware of Trek, but it's the core "cult" audience that keeps it alive all thsoe decades. Things can have a broader mainstream audince and a cult audience too, that get to enjoy it on different levels.
Post edited February 05, 2016 by Breja
Posted February 05, 2016
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snowkatt: i wouldnt really call star trek or batman cult shows

both have been around for more then 40 years
have reached huge audiances and are ingrained in pop culture and conscious
that isnt exactly cult

a cult show is generally something underground and small or it has a very short run like terminator the sara connor chronicles
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Breja: I think Star Trek is very much a cult show. The original series pretty much invented the cult show phenomena. Yes, the mainstream audience is well aware of Trek, but it's the core "cult" audience that keeps it alive all thsoe decades.
while that is very much true there were not video games based on it in the 60's alll of its games came after it exploded in popularity including these https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_%28text_game%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_%28script_game%29

both came after the original 80 episode run and after it started to gain traction in popularity but its real boost came with the motionless picture and wrath of khan
Posted February 05, 2016
Ducktales! How could I forget!

Ducktales the quest for gold
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Ducktales remastered

Come on GOG, don't you want our money in your money bin?
Posted February 05, 2016
Blood Ties
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808013/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_27

Now I liked this series. A bit tongue in cheek, didn't take itself too seriously with some nice ideas (such as only one Vamp per city and a human "estate agent" that helps Vamps arrange swapping territory.

and it got turned into a daft hidden object game

http://www.gamehouse.com/download-games/blood-ties
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