What old movie/t.v show/book should be made into an AGS game?

[Ponch]

Someone other than me remembers [Manimal]!
A game for that would be interesting...instead of standard interaction icons, you'd have a ton of animals to change to. And every change would require the pulsating hand cutscene! I still do that sometimes, and people think I'm crazy for that!

Thank God! I'm not alone! For years, I've almost convinced myself that show was some sort of fever dream and that explained why only I remembered it.

Please tell me you remember Voyagers. Two people time traveling thanks to some sort of magic pocket watch.

And to contribute another idea to this thread, how about a sensual and highly erotic AGS game set in the Murder, She Wrote universe? Sort of like Gabriel Knight meets Riana Rouge with some epsom salts and support hosiery thrown in.

It would be HOT!

- Ponch

[arj0n]

The original story of "(The mystery of) The 13 crystal skulls.

and

The book "The lost City of Z." The story about a real life British archaeologist and explorer called Percy Harrison Fawcett. And yes, that's where the inspiration for Hollywood's Indiana Jones came from...

As also for the "13 crystal skulls story", that one brought us:
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

If those two (combined or not) were made into an ags game it would probably look a lot like an indiana jones game though... But I do like those kind of games.

[arj0n]

Oh, I forgot this one: besides Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes I'd like to see an
Agatha Christie's Poirot game. A nice whodunit game would that be.

[arj0n]

quote from Ponch:

Thank God! I'm not alone! For years, I've almost convinced myself that show was some sort of fever dream and that explained why only I remembered it.

I've the same thing with "Tales of the Gold Monkey".
Not one of the persons I know do remember that one.
Until this year I even couldn't remember the name of that serie.
I could only remember a guy with a water plane and a dog with a glass eye.
A few months ago I found out the name of that great show.

[bog]

i was pretty excited about that Robots of Dawn game someone posted screenshots of a while ago. I got no idea if the project is still alive, suppose not since there's no talk of it

[Anian]

The book "The lost City of Z." The story about a real life British archaeologist and explorer called Percy Harrison Fawcett. And yes, that's where the inspiration for Hollywood's Indiana Jones came from...

There's I think a new book out on that topic, some guy went the same way through the jungle (it was recently advertised on Coblert Report) and the guy mentioned that there was a movie starting, probably with Brad Pitt...maybe we're talking about the same book, this one has a similar name.
EDIT: I think it's this one - link to amazon.com

Oh, I forgot this one: besides Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes I'd like to see an Agatha Christie's Poirot game. A nice whodunit game would that be.

Well aren't there professional commercial games already about Poirot and Sherlock? Poirot is great for adventures because of all the architecture art deco and bauhaus and secession, but I don't see him as an adventurer.

OffTopic:
Ok, so who wants to make an erotic/supernatural ags adventure? If you need some help (story, music, 3d art) I'm on board. Would be a fun project.  8) (this smiley is cause I don't want to sound like some pervert).

[Eggie]

This talk of magic pocket Watches is making me think of Bernard's Watch.

That would be pretty sweet, right? I think you could achieve it with the CharacterControl plugin.

[arj0n]

The book "The lost City of Z." The story about a real life British archaeologist and explorer called Percy Harrison Fawcett. And yes, that's where the inspiration for Hollywood's Indiana Jones came from...

There's I think a new book out on that topic, some guy went the same way through the jungle (it was recently advertised on Coblert Report) and the guy mentioned that there was a movie starting, probably with Brad Pitt...maybe we're talking about the same book, this one has a similar name.
EDIT: I think it's this one - link to amazon.com

That is the book I was talking about.
And yes there is a movie been made with Pitt as Col. Percy H. Fawcett and the company's who are working on this are including Pitt's movie company "Plan B Entertainment".

As for poirot not being an adventurer is true, he only uses logic and talking to find stuff out. Holmes would be easier to use for an ags game.

And I know there are commercial Holmes games. As for Poirot I have no idea. But besides the fact that there exists commercial games allready, there can still be made ags games about them. Look at Indiana for example, there are commercial games but also fangames and in production ags games.

[Anian]

I didn't mean to say you weren't allowed to do such a game or that it would be crap, just that it's hard to compete with professional studios. Although a fan will pay attention to detail and such things that might make a game better.

But if you take Holmes or Poirot into a game, then you're basically doing the thinking and all you are left with chracter that is an ordinary detective (with a wider backstory) but Indiana Jones is more of an adventurer and you're not only thinking for him but he jumps, runs, uses a whip a gun etc. which you can't do in "real life." So why not make up your own detective...well it's purely up to the player, might be fun to step into the shoes of a famous detective and yes definetly Holmes would have a cooler atmosphere for a game.

Btw. there's an interesting short story by Gaiman where Holmes is a detective but it's in a world which was taken over by monsters from Chtulu stories and the entire english royal family are "aliens" and humans are basically a lower class. He takes over a case where one prince was killed...anyway, interesting take on a story, those kind of twists and experiments are somehow better for fan made games...again I'm going off topic, sorry.

[Ghost]

...but Indiana Jones is more of an adventurer and you're not only thinking for him but he jumps, runs, uses a whip a gun etc. which you can't do in "real life."

You haven't seen my trying to catch my train, then. Jump and run all the way. I'd totally vote for this real life of yours where using a gun is impossible. 

[EdLoen]

The "The Four Tasks of Danger Mouse" episode of Danger Mouse.  That episode lends itself well (with just some minor alterations to create proper puzzles and such) for a game scenerio.  If I ever get good enough at art and programming, I actually have this on my "Things I'd like to do with AGS" list.

[Trent R]

I think Graphic Novels could be more easily adapted to adventure games than some novels. The Goon anyone? Or how about DOTT-style character switching with the Hellboy team?

~Trent
PS-Incidentally, both of those are Dark Horse Comic publications.

~Trent

[Babar]

Please tell me you remember Voyagers. Two people time traveling thanks to some sort of magic pocket watch.

WHAT?! Yes, yes, yes! I've been looking for that show for ages and ages. I didn't even remember the name! I remember my father introducing me to to Indiana Jones (the 3rd part) by telling me it was like this show, but instead of a pocket watch, Indy had lost a cross (a very weird comparison, but it seemed valid to my mind).

[mkennedy]

The "Evil Dead/Army of Darkness" Movies could make a good game for AGS.
A game based on Futurama would be cool to.

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

I'd love to make a SLEDGE HAMMER! type cop game at some point.  The setting and episodes of the Sledge Hammer series were basically live action cartoons, and detective films and shows typically translate very well to adventures because of the puzzle solving and action aspects.

[Intense Degree]

I think "The hungry caterpillar" would be great.

It would be the adventure gamer's answer to Nobi Nobi boy!

[Takyon]

Mouse Guard

[Obi]

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Mr Sir President Barack Obama.

[bicilotti]

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Mr Sir President Barack Obama.

You forgot about "A Story of Race and Inheritance by Lionel Ritchie"... I am so sad

[Alarconte]

Riverworld book's saga from Philip Jose Pharmer (It has actually a failed pilot tb show and a bad strategy videogame) but It could be a very very good adventure game, With elements of Sapiens (Survivial simulator), very very dialog based, and with a great adventure to accomplish, and with great possibilities of arcades and strategic combat/administration engine.
Once I thougth 'bout make it, but is very far away...