10 Licensed Games That Were Actually Quite Good

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Published 2023-08-24

The idea of video games as tie-in products goes back all the way to the seventies but, more often than not, there was one big downside to the practice of licensed video games: they were almost always awful. However, we know that just because MOST licensed games are bad certainly doesn't mean they ALL are. Some of them are pretty decent actually, and a few are all-time classics. Here are 10 Licensed Games That Were Actually Quite Good!

VO: Peter Austin (@ThatPeterAustin)
Script: Kiki McIntyre
Video Editor: Saul Phillips

#KingKong #SpiderMan #TheSimpsons

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All Comments (21)

@Djordje_Jovanovic 11 months ago

& here are 10 honorable mentions: Disney's Aladdin Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga The Godfather: The Game The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King The Punisher (Arcade) The Warriors Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue! Scarface: The World is Yours X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Uncaged Edition
@ShowdeQuetzal 11 months ago

Missed oportunity from the writter to not make Peter say "Woo-oo" everytime he said Ducktales
@SpecShadow 11 months ago

Chronicles of Riddick ain't too shabby either
@MrAbelende 11 months ago

I'm extremely surprised "Mad Max" wasn't on here
@TheLarryburns84 11 months ago

we need a sequel to this where The Warriors gets some attention. it's a bit older, from 2005, but still pretty damn good for the most part
@TheThird1977 11 months ago

Mad Max not even getting an honourable mention is disappointing.
@newageBoundhippie 11 months ago

another significant bit of trivia regarding DuckTales Remastered: the game would turn out to be the very last time Scrooge's original voice actor would play the character. He sadly passed away around the time it released.
@axemansjazz6670 11 months ago

All excellent entries. The Godfather: The Game and Scarface were also great games based on movies.
@Gruntvc 11 months ago

AVP2, The Punisher 2005, and The Chronicles of Riddick Escape From Butcher's Bay were great too.
@JPD2587 11 months ago

PS1 Spider-Man was the videogame turning point for the series.
@Ariurotl 11 months ago

0:18 I did not expect a cameo from Brian Zane's hands.
@Fr33dan 11 months ago

I rented King Kong to win a contest for Old Spice to get a free copy of Contra if you got a thousand gamer score in a month. Very glad I stumbled upon that hidden gem.
@matteste 11 months ago

A standout to me is Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei back on the NES based on a novel by the same name. It eventually exploded into a massive franchise of games completely eclipsing its origins.
@teammartin95 11 months ago

My favorite licensed game is the first Battle for Middle-Earth. I don't even like real-time strategies, but I do when they take place in Middle-Earth and simplify the mechanics.
@Feenixfire90GamingTFG 11 months ago

Transformers War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron should be a duel entry in a part 1 list.
@curtisholland16 11 months ago

I've never heard of the King Kong game definitively going to check it out. I couldn't believe Street Fighter the movie the game wasn't number one haha
@yuvraj01 11 months ago

We live in a world where we can get a Dark Forces remaster, but can't get a Simpson's hit and run re-release...
@OshanWorld 11 months ago

I remember playing the king Kong game and reaching the TRex level (you know which on I am talking about) from there I fell in love with the game. It was just very good. It has a dark aesthetic but contrary to many games that tried it, here it works just fine. I only saw the movie after finishing the game and it wasn't as good as that gem.
@toongrowner1 11 months ago

when I got me a ps2 again on a fleamarket a few years ago, king kong was one of the first games I got me again for it. It's kinda surprising how good a king kong game is where you barely play as kong. A risky move yet one that paid off quiet well. Freakin love the atmosphere.
@erakfishfishfish 11 months ago

Star Wars isn’t lacking for great games. My favorite was always TIE Fighter.