Movie inspiration for NES games
I noticed that many
NES Games are inspired by movies or something different. For example "
Super Mario Bros." has elements of "Alice in Wonderland" (the mushroom that lets you grow), "
Metroid" is somehow based on "Alien", "
Castlevania" is of course a hommage to all the classic vampire and monster movies and "
Contra" uses much inspiration from "Predator", not only on the cover:
Who knows more examples? (Of course, no games that are officially based on movies, like "
Star Wars" or "
A Nightmare on Elm Street".)
i've heard the Legend of
Zelda is somewhat based off the movie Legend. i've never seen the movie so i can't say for sure.
Contra and ALien, also, because, just get to the final level. Same with R-Type. but i dunnol, if that was on NES.
Don't forget,
Rambo, and
Contra.
A whole load of
Metal Gear:
That was
I'm not aware of any examples, but i'm sure most games are influenced by outside factors, most notably films.
To bad most direct movie-to-game inspirations just suck...
See; Predator, Conan
Contra and ALien, also, because, just get to the final level. Same with R-Type. but i dunnol, if that was on NES.
Don't forget,
Rambo, and
Contra.
yeah , look on the
Contra cover art, the yellow head thingy in the center looks almost excactly like the aliens head in "alien"