I'm interested in games that are straightforward adaptations of conventional books (probably novels, but I'd be interested to know if there are any non-fiction book adaptations). The ones that I know of are The Famous Five and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (the provenance of the latter as a novel is, I know, rather muddy). I'm not thinking spoofs of, or homages to, but direct adaptations. Are there any?
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The Hobbit, by Philip Mitchell and Veronika Megler 4 votes "One of many Tolkien adaptations." [+] ... "Decent game" [+] ... "One of the classics!" [+] ... (No comment) [+] ... ![]() | |
Sherlock Indomitable, by mathbrush 4 votes "Adapted from 2 Sherlock Holmes stories, with 90% of the text being Conan Doyle's." [+] ... "Great game and true to the stories" [+] ... (No comment) [+] ... (No comment) [+] ... ![]() | |
The Tower of the Elephant, by Tor Andersson 3 votes "A classic Conan the Barbarian story from 1933, adapted to IF." [+] ... (No comment) [+] ... (No comment) [+] ... ![]() | |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky 3 votes "H2G2 adapted to IF by Steve Meretzky and the original Hitchhiker himself: Douglas Adams." [+] ... (No comment) [+] ... (No comment) [+] ... ![]() | |
Wonderland, by David Bishop, Bob Coles, Paul Findley, Ken Gordon, Richard Huddy, Steve Lacey, Doug Rabson, Anita Sinclair, Hugh Steers and Mark Taylor 2 votes "I suppose there..." [+] ... (No comment) [+] ... ![]() | |
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾, by Pete Austin and James Horsler 2 votes "Fun CYOA(the book wasn't CYOA) " [+] ... (No comment) [+] ... ![]() | |
Gateway, by Mike Verdu, Michael Lindner, and Glen Dahlgren 2 votes "and its sequel..." [+] ... (No comment) [+] ... ![]() | |
Shogun, by James Clavell, Dave Lebling 2 votes "Never played it, but I heard it's a straightforward adaptation" [+] ... (No comment) [+] ... ![]() | |
Manlandia, by Rob Chateau 1 vote "The book 'Herland' but genderswapped" [+] ... ![]() | |
The Thirty-Nine Steps, by Jack Lockerby 1 vote (No comment) [+] ... ![]() | |
MANALIVE, A Mystery of Madness - II, by Bill Powell 1 vote "Part 2 of an adaptation of Manalive, a 1912 novel by G. K. Chesterton" [+] ... ![]() | |
Compassionate Simulation, by Rachel Swirsky, P H Lee, Aster Fialla 1 vote "hypertext adaptation of a short story" [+] ... ![]() | |
The Wizard of Oz, by Jack Lockerby 1 vote (No comment) [+] ... ![]() | |
A Martian Odyssey, by Horatiu Romosan 1 vote "From the classic sci-fi story by Stanley G. Weinbaum" [+] ... ![]() | |
80 DAYS, by inkle, Meg Jayanth 1 vote "Very loose adaptation of Jules Verne's novel" [+] ... ![]() | |
Kidnapped, by Jack Lockerby 1 vote (No comment) [+] ... ![]() | |
The Journey of the King, by Peter Nepstad 1 vote "Adapted from the novella by Lord Dunsany" [+] ... ![]() | |
The Heart of Gold, by Frank Kunze 1 vote "Deviates some from the books but several scenes from the books occur. " [+] ... ![]() | |
MANALIVE, A Mystery of Madness - I, by Bill Powell 1 vote "Part 1 of an adaptation of Manalive, a 1912 novel by G. K. Chesterton" [+] ... ![]() | |
The Miser, by Jack Lockerby 1 vote "(A Christmas..." [+] ... ![]() | |
The Tempest, by Graham Nelson and William Shakespeare 1 vote "Shakespeare's play, made into parser" [+] ... ![]() | |
Nine Princes in Amber, by Byron Preiss and Roger Zelazny 1 vote "Haven't played..." [+] ... ![]() | |
Rendezvous With Rama, by Ronald Martinez and Arthur C. Clarke 1 vote "Arthur C. Clarke was involved with the production." [+] ... ![]() | |
Four Minutes to Midnight, by Michael White and Martin Rennie 1 vote "An adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand" [+] ... ![]() | |
Amanda, by Francisco J. López 1 vote "Spanish language..." [+] ... ![]() | |
The Ebb and Flow of the Tide, by Peter Nepstad 1 vote "Adapted from the novella by Lord Dunsany" [+] ... ![]() | |