worst possible game to make movie of?

Lord Revan · Post by **Lord Revan** » 2004-09-29 11:35am

I read a few days ago that somebody is make a Doom movie. So I've what would be worst possible game to make movie of it? (The game itself don't have to be bad.)

EDIT:only games that can be made into movies, so no tetris or other that kind of games.

EDIT2:could you tell why the would suck as a movie. I don't know every game ever made in this world.

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2004-09-29 11:41am

Dungeons&Dragons.

And the worst part: It has already been made

Mad · Post by **Mad** » 2004-09-29 11:42am

Tetris.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2004-09-29 11:42am

Pong.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2004-09-29 11:42am

Azurik: Rise of Perathia.

Or,

a Boy and his Blob.

Or,

Star Tropics.

Or,

Metal Gear. (Come on, no one would ever be able to do it justice.)

Or,

Zero Wing.

Or,

Skate Or Die

Or,

Life Force

Or,

Star Fox

Or,

Animal Corssing

Or,

Fable.

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2004-09-29 11:56am

Star Fox would be a pretty cool kid/sci-fi movie, I think.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-09-29 11:59am

Far Cry, oh wait...

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2004-09-29 12:08pm

Minesweeper.

Exmoor Cat · Post by **Exmoor Cat** » 2004-09-29 12:09pm

Chucky Egg

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2004-09-29 12:18pm

Air Taxi.

Sim Variable Title.

Micro Machines.

A load of Amiga games that i can't recall the names of.

Lord Revan · Post by **Lord Revan** » 2004-09-29 12:27pm

Think that "Master of Orion" series would make quite bad movie.

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2004-09-29 12:28pm

Beowulf wrote:Pong.

Been done as a flash animation. Was actually pretty fucking cool.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-09-29 12:33pm

Captain_Cyran wrote:
Beowulf wrote:Pong.
Been done as a flash animation. Was actually pretty fucking cool.

I loved that movie. Got a link? Can never bloody find it now.

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2004-09-29 12:36pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:
Captain_Cyran wrote:
Beowulf wrote:Pong.
Been done as a flash animation. Was actually pretty fucking cool.
I loved that movie. Got a link? Can never bloody find it now.

Check out newgrounds.com it should be in there somewhere.

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2004-09-29 12:43pm

The aforementioned Zero Wing.

Datana · Post by **Datana** » 2004-09-29 01:35pm

For some reason, the first game to hit my mind was Balloon Fight for the NES. There, you control a balloon and try to pop other player's balloons to make them plummet to the ground, with numerous computer-controlled hazards in the way for both. Creating a plot to fit that scenario would certainly be difficult (deathmatch tournament? Steampunk war setting?), and would most likely suck. As for other games...

Ikari Warriors 2 had a notoriously bad plot, even for an NES game. It's said you can't polish a turd, and I think a movie based on this would support this.

Xenogears for the PSX had a deep, extremely convoluted plot spanning over 50-60 hours of gameplay. Even then, the plot was rushed on the second disc, and any movie would only worsen this effect via compression into a 2 hour movie.

On the other hand, I think that Zero Wing might actually work as a movie. The general plot ("our bases are captured by an evil cyborg race due to traitors in the human ranks, and it's up to one heroic pilot to save the day") sounds like good summer popcorn movie fodder, and all you'd have to add are a romantic interest, bigger explosions, and a dramatic confrontation with the traitors' ringleader in hand-to-hand combat after shooting down CATS in the last dogfight. It'd be kind of like "Wing Commander" meets "The Last Starfighter," hopefully without the former's suckiness in movie form.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-09-29 01:39pm

Frogger

Duck Hunt

Pilotwings

Donkey Kong

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2004-09-29 01:40pm

Lord Revan wrote:Think that "Master of Orion" series would make quite bad movie.

I disagree. The game is essentially a pie slice of the galaxy worth of exploration, expansion, and warfare. If that isn't enough to make into a movie, you've frankly got problems.

The good thing about it is there aren't any characters nor any real established plot - in Moo and Moo2 you are the master of the plot (the less said about Moo3 the better). This leads to the favourable position of essentially being free to write any plot you want for the Moo movie (heh).

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-09-29 01:43pm

Solitare. Perhaps after that, release the action-packed Solitare Vs. Minesweeper.

Lord Revan · Post by **Lord Revan** » 2004-09-29 01:46pm

Stofsk wrote:
Lord Revan wrote:Think that "Master of Orion" series would make quite bad movie.
I disagree. The game is essentially a pie slice of the galaxy worth of exploration, expansion, and warfare. If that isn't enough to make into a movie, you've frankly got problems.

The good thing about it is there aren't any characters nor any real established plot - in Moo and Moo2 you are the master of the plot (the less said about Moo3 the better). This leads to the favourable position of essentially being free to write any plot you want for the Moo movie (heh).

the prolem is that they'll probaly use MOO3 with brain dead plot and stupid looking races (mrrshan look like crossbreed between sabertooth cat and kangoroo).

EDIT:I like Master of Orion. the way you can make your own story. I have idea for fanfic in that universe with some modfications (human have split into two groups before the colonization phase (the other group stole the first FTL colony ship).

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2004-09-29 02:18pm

Pac Man

To truly realize the awfulness of what it could be, try to add a plot. WHY must Pac Man eat all those spheres? WHY must those four colored dudes try to get him? And then add... the ROMANTIC SUB PLOT with Ms. Pac Man!

The horror! The horror!

lazerus · Post by **lazerus** » 2004-09-29 02:23pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:
Captain_Cyran wrote:
Beowulf wrote:Pong.
Been done as a flash animation. Was actually pretty fucking cool.
I loved that movie. Got a link? Can never bloody find it now.

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/37551

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2004-09-29 02:26pm

Mayabird wrote:Pac Man

To truly realize the awfulness of what it could be, try to add a plot. WHY must Pac Man eat all those spheres? WHY must those four colored dudes try to get him? And then add... the ROMANTIC SUB PLOT with Ms. Pac Man!

The horror! The horror!

Actually, there was a Pac Man TV series in the 80's that dealt with all of those issues.

Lord Revan · Post by **Lord Revan** » 2004-09-29 02:41pm

The Kernel wrote:
Mayabird wrote:Pac Man

To truly realize the awfulness of what it could be, try to add a plot. WHY must Pac Man eat all those spheres? WHY must those four colored dudes try to get him? And then add... the ROMANTIC SUB PLOT with Ms. Pac Man!

The horror! The horror!
Actually, there was a Pac Man TV series in the 80's that dealt with all of those issues.

thank god I was born 1982 (so either missed that or didn't know what I was looking at.)

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-09-29 02:44pm

Lord Revan wrote:
The Kernel wrote:
Mayabird wrote:Pac Man

To truly realize the awfulness of what it could be, try to add a plot. WHY must Pac Man eat all those spheres? WHY must those four colored dudes try to get him? And then add... the ROMANTIC SUB PLOT with Ms. Pac Man!

The horror! The horror!
Actually, there was a Pac Man TV series in the 80's that dealt with all of those issues.
thank god I was born 1982 (so either missed that or didn't know what I was looking at.)

was born in 1980 myself. and i vaguely remember seeing something about a pac man cartoon. *shivers* thank fuck most of the memories about that are blotted from my mind.