What are some licensed games you find interesting?

[nobitakun]

 

[otogirisou]

coraline

 

[Zooey]

My favorite licensed game was always: Yo! Noid

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As a kid I thought this was a much better game then any of the other licensed games I had played like Total Recall. Of course the quality of the game (as I learned later) is because its a reskin of this game.

Actually didnt know about that. Was one of the games we played alot as a kid. I imagine today these kinds of reskins probably wouldnt fly.

 

[Pokenami's iconPokenami]

It would be this...

 

[Crashbandi]

I find it surprising that there's a couple of wonderswan games for Junji Ito's Uzumaki series, although it seems like no one has ever released a fan translation of them... Also like both korean titles released for the DS, inspired by Nexon's franchises Ragnarök and Maple Story. And there's also those PS1 promo games for Ghost In The Shell and Cowboy Bebop.

Oh, and I forgot to mention that I'm completely obsessed by games made as a promo of wide-known trash food brands, like the ones for the SNES staring Chester Cheeta (shitty platform mechanics lol), the M&Ms games (my fav is the GBC one), Yo! Noid (NES), Coca-Cola kid (Game Gear) and so many others lmao...

Also love anything cartoon network-related, limited to early 2000s shows.

The Burger King promotional games for the Xbox 360 were a lot of fun also.

My favorite game tie-ins were the Nightmare Before Christmas ones for the PS2 and GBA

 

[ThunderBoy]

Mad Max from 2015

 

[Cardboardtubeknight Cardboardtubeknight]

Gotta go with Goldeneye 64 easy

 

[Bonkers225]

Everything Konami got their hands on in the early 90's for the Arcades. They were the Kings of Cartoon show beat em ups.

 

[bjork]

Ducktales
Mary Kate and Ashley Sweet 16: Licensed to Drive on GC

 

[Segadude113]

Batman '89

which spawned the Sunsoft NES and Genesis Batman games. I love the OST of those games.
And the game from the sequel movie, Konami's Batman Returns for the SNES. Also amazing soundtrack heavily based on the movie's film score. I love replaying those games just to listen to the music.

Half the reason why they're my favorite batman movies are those games.

there's an MSU-1 version of Batman Returns for SNES that uses the actual Danny Elfman movie soundtrack.

 

[Enchanted Obsidian]

Spongebob Battle for Bikini Bottom

The "Mario 64 of the 6th gen"

 

[Your_Homie_Gale]

I remember Brother Bear on the GBA being a decent 2D platformer. It may have been shovel wear but there was some effort put into it. There were branching paths after beating a level like Mario WORLD.

 

[frogphoria]

Scarface, The Godfather, The Warriors, The GitS games, That is but a few of the actually good licensed games that are floating in the ether. They shouldn't be good at all, but they're actually great

Yeah, the first three have always been interesting to me just from being based on movies from the 70s and 80s but all releasing around 2005/06. The 2005 From Russia With Love game also fits in with those, though I guess its no different than how we're getting Terminator 2 tie-in games released in 2025.

Everything Konami got their hands on in the early 90's for the Arcades. They were the Kings of Cartoon show beat em ups.

Hell yeah! The turtles, simpsons and x-men beat em ups were all good, though I've seen no one ever bring up their Asterix beat em up. Cow Boys of Moo Mesa is also an alright Sunset Riders 2 in spirit.

coraline

I've been curious on what this ones actually like on a gameplay front just due to all 3 versions of it being absurdly pricey for a kids movie tie-in game here (about £100 on PS2 and DS, £50 on Wii)

 

[Cu1tur3D_Gam3R]

All time favorite licensed game for me is The Warriors. Expansive storyline, including the origin missions you unlock as you progress, awesome combat, memorable characters & iconic moments throughout the story, rooftop rumble mode is so much fun & that's without even mentioning the Armies of the Night arcade game unlock at the end, which is a straight up homage to Double Dragon, which is fitting as many people called this game 3D Double Dragon. If there's a game I would love to see a remaster, its this one.

 

[Bakuma1997]

An obscure SNES/Super Famicom game called Mystic Ark, it has lots of the stuff i am a sucker for:

Puzzles, be Zelda Styled or Point-and-click ones
Vague setting
Customizable characters
AND Experience thatcan be gained without having to rotate your party

But the Menus are a chore, the navigation is SLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW, the bosses are less tests and more sponges, your party's roles kinda suck and the event flags are horrible to figure

 

[Lokgamer]

X-Men origins wolverine is the best licensed game I've ever played.
Also...

 

[Bloodshed]

Every Shadowrun Game except the one from Microsoft

Great Games, Great Universe

 

[Jokuza]

ED Hunter An Iron Maiden FPS with their mascot eddie the head

 

[iamthemilkman]

While there are plenty of good-great licensed games, most of them being named in this thread, the most "interesting" one to me was/is The Thing. The fear/trust system was really neat and I can't think of any other action/survival horror that's done anything similar to it. It also recently got a really good remaster from Nightdive Studios, so if you haven't checked it out yet, you really should!

I'd also add Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War. While not my favorite games, and they're certainly a bit on the repetitious side, the Nemesis system was really interesting and novel.

 

[diet_orange]

Scooby Doo Mystery for the Genesis (it's also on the SNES, but it's a completely different game).

It's a two part point and click adventure that was released fairly late in the system's life that's rather fun and very charming. I actually remember renting it from Blockbuster back in the day, but didn't get far

Also Muppet Monster Adventure for the PS1.

It's a horror themed collect-a-thon platformer featuring the muppets done by Psygnosis and Midway. Loved it as a kid, still do now. It's sort of a bit uncommon in the states (same with Bugs Bunny: Lost In Time)

 

[Dragoontail85]

I don't know if this counts but one of my favorite License game was the Simpsons and X-men Beat'em up Arcade games from Konami

 

[Bakuma1997]

doraemon giga zombie no gyakushū, a Doraemon RPG that is a mere Dragon Quest clone, but a fun one, my only grip is the slowness of the character, otherwise is a great game, while not to the extent of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, you are the protag (As in the one holding the controller) with the avatar being a kid that Doraemon calls for help

 

[Cantarella]

the phantom menace game on ps1 is amazing. It is one of the most sloppily put together efforts ever, with pretty much everyone who plays it falling out of a level or breaking the game at some point. Also gives the player a weird amount of freedom.

This speedrun is pretty funny.