Games Based On Comic Books!

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[align=center:i6hubzz4][size=140]What are your favourites?

Left Over Culture looks at Toxic Crusaders on the Sega Mega Drive![/size]

Toxic Crusaders (Sega Genesis) - Leftover Culture Review[/align:i6hubzz4]

[TrekMD]

I have to say that I never heard of Toxic Crusaders until now.  I guess this was meant to compete with Captain Planet at the time.  The Genesis games looks pretty bright and colorful and, based on what he says, it seems to be an OK game.  Has anyone else played this?

[TL]

I have to say that I never heard of Toxic Crusaders until now.  I guess this was meant to compete with Captain Planet at the time.  The Genesis games looks pretty bright and colorful and, based on what he says, it seems to be an OK game.  Has anyone else played this?

Never played it myself but would actually like to give it a try after seeing this video.

Seen as you mentioned Captain Planet . . . . .

[align=center:3peo7e27]Captain Planet (ZX Spectrum)[/align:3peo7e27]

[TrekMD]

Very cool.  That looks nice.  Turns out there is one for the Genesis/Mega Drive based on the good Captain as well!

[align=center:1gxpuui0]Captain Planet (Sega Mega Drive) Playthrough[/align:1gxpuui0]

[TL]

I never knew about that game! 

[TrekMD]

I decided to see if there was one after your post and, guess what?  There was one!   

[WiggyDiggyPoo]

Dennis?

Based on the film based on the American Dennis (so no Gnasher lol :41:


[align=center:hdr66mx1]Dennis for the Commodore Amiga CD32[/align:hdr66mx1]

Mod Plea - Could someone tell me how to embed youtube on this site, I never seem to manage it....

[TL]

Fixed it for you, there is instructions on how to do this in several places on the forum - you just paste the link and make sure it says "http" and not "https" or it won'r embed, all you needed to do here was remove the "s"

[Bobinator]

Dennis?

Based on the film based on the American Dennis (so no Gnasher lol :41:


[align=center:1ur8f6ud]Dennis for the Commodore Amiga CD32[/align:1ur8f6ud]

Mod Plea - Could someone tell me how to embed youtube on this site, I never seem to manage it....

Man, it amazes me how desperate Ocean seemed for licenses back then. See, they're basically taking a newspaper comic strip about some small child who continually annoys an old man... and that's pretty much the only joke.



This is the strip that came out today, for reference. Somebody decided that they needed to make a movie out of the level of quality you're seeing here. And then Ocean decided that said movie, based on said unfunny comic strip, needed a video game.

nd then they made a movie out of that... and then they made a game out of that.

On the subject of newspaper comic strips and games made out of them... here's something that's actually not bad!

Garfield: Caught in the Act(Genesis) - Playthrough [Part 1]

So this is Garfield: Caught in the Act, for the Genesis/Megadrive. I'll admit they took some heavy. HEAVY liberties with the original strip, if you know what that's like... but to be fair, it makes for a much better video game. Great animation, too. I actually used to have the PC version, but I always got stuck on the horror stage, which, weirdly enough, is the first level of the Gen/MD version. Probably because the first boss has a really obtuse method of actually damaging him.

[WiggyDiggyPoo]

I like that Garfield one, that said I like Garfield a lot too :4:

[TL]

I have the Atari ST version of that Judge Dredd game, I like the hidden mini games on it - cool feature.

There is also a Mega Drive Judge Dredd game by Acclaim (that I also have), it's pretty average though:

[align=center:97ox7ey9]Judge Dredd Sega Mega Drive Genesis Walkthrough 001[/align:97ox7ey9]

[WiggyDiggyPoo]

Aye there's a few JD games, he's well suited for video games although its a pity most are side scrolling shooters. Always thought some sort of mystery future thriller ala Beneath a Steel Sky (which came with a comic in a reversal of this thread) would have been ideal to set in the world of Dredd?

[Shadowrunner]

On the subject of newspaper comic strips and games made out of them... here's something that's actually not bad!

Garfield: Caught in the Act(Genesis) - Playthrough [Part 1]

So this is Garfield: Caught in the Act, for the Genesis/Megadrive. I'll admit they took some heavy. HEAVY liberties with the original strip, if you know what that's like... but to be fair, it makes for a much better video game. Great animation, too. I actually used to have the PC version, but I always got stuck on the horror stage, which, weirdly enough, is the first level of the Gen/MD version. Probably because the first boss has a really obtuse method of actually damaging him.

I've always been a fan of Garfield, and cats in general so I picked up this game a while back. Got as far as the first boss you mention, and promptly got my ass handed to me! I really need to give it another chance one of these days. It does look really good though.

[TL]

[align=center:ff36drb8]There are a few Garfield games for the home computers too, I have the first one of these on the Atari ST:

ATARI ST GARFIELD

GARFIELD'S WINTER TALE (AMIGA)

ATARI ST Operation Garfield 1992Brankin, D J PDa[/align:ff36drb8]

[TrekMD]

Garfield also made it to the 2600.  Unfortunately, the game was never finished.

[align=center:3875ywpl]Garfield for the Atari 2600[/align:3875ywpl]