Licensed Games Appreciation Thread - Why yes, a Scooby-Doo game is better than a Resident Evil game

[Weltraumfürst]

Lord of the Rings Online is a surprisingly competent MMO too.

True. I excluded it because it doesn't have the movie license, though.

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole 2]

Roadrunner on the SNES gave me Stockholm syndrome. I kind of like that shit ass game(it's still better than sonic).

 

[BrunoMattei]

But seriously, does Mike Tyson's Punch Out count as licensed? Because I say it does.

 

[Calandrino]

But seriously, does Mike Tyson's Punch Out count as licensed? Because I say it does.

Maybe, does OutRun? Because of the Ferrari Testarossa in it, which gets the "Mr. Dream" sprite edit treatment in re-releases.

This is when I take a moment to talk about my favorite NES game Shatterhand.

Natsume's making a sequel to Shadow of the Ninja now (after running through their big 3 SNES games), so Shatterhand is liable to be next, and it probably won't suck.

Shit, we were robbed.

Of all the words of tongue or pen

 

[BrunoMattei]

Natsume's making a sequel to Shadow of the Ninja now (after running through their big 3 SNES games), so Shatterhand is liable to be next, and it probably won't suck.

Maybe? I'm aware of that game but Shatterhand was owned by Jaleco and was published by them instead of Natsume.

I'd be interested in a sequel.

 

[TVB]

But seriously, does Mike Tyson's Punch Out count as licensed? Because I say it does.

Surprisingly yes, because this was during a time until 1991 when Nintendo had a licensed deal with Mike Tyson. I'd say big name celebs being games during that era also count as licensed games due to their respective likeness.

 

[Weltraumfürst]

But seriously, does Mike Tyson's Punch Out count as licensed? Because I say it does.

Now we're getting philosophical. Do Tom Clancy games count? What about Colin McRae, or Madden? If you want to get technical about it, FIFA games are licensed.

 

[TVB]

Now we're getting philosophical. Do Tom Clancy games count? What about Colin McRae, or Madden? If you want to get technical about it, FIFA games are licensed.

Actually that is a good point there. The term, "licensed" in any form of media is weird to define. There is name recognition in which the big name studios that use someone's name would also happen to make audiences aware of said name as long as the studios keep the agreement with the respective people in hand.

For sports games made from 2K or EA, they still have contracted agreements with big name sporting companies to keep their game series alive, which is why a flux of Madden titles still get released every year. This doesn't mean this will last long until the same original studios are lucky to repurchase agreement rights, like what ActiBlizz did with Tony Hawk.

 

[Scarlett Johansson]

The Disney kart racer that goes through the different parks that's a good one

 

[xXx: State of the Union]

What are our thoughts on Pink Goes To Hollywood?

 

[el bandito loco]

tons of my favorites have already been listed, Batman & RotJ NES, Super Star Wars, Robocop vs Terminator, Stitch Ps2, Spider-Man PS1, Tiny Toons, Toy Story 2. All games I had as a kid and loved. Ill throw some maybe more obscure ones out there.

Most Disney ps1 through early ps2 era games rule and Donald Duck Goin' Quackers and 102 Dalmatians are no exception. also (and graphically improved) on dreamcast. Crash & Spyro clones respectively. Donald Duck has a next gen port on Ps2 and GameCube, but it's a different game and sucks ass. another good Donald Duck game is PK out of the shadows on ps2. Competent action platformer for your kids based on a European Donald duck comic. There's also Mali mallard on genesis. there's also on ps2 a woody woodpecker platformer that I really like. It's kinda challenging.

the game boy color and advance hamtaro games are something my lil sister had and I played in the car once and went back to recently because I remember them being surprisingly fun. My favorite one is an Olympics game where its just sports mini games with hamsters and a loose story mode but the others are little simple adventure games that have charm and are cool for what they are.

LotR the third age, ffx clone, kicks ass. dynasty warriors gundam, also kicks ass. Ps2 Lupin the 3rd is a hidden gem of a game its like a playable lupin movie. do stealth shit, fuck some people up, steal shit, it's great. Men in Black Crashdown for ps1 is a pretty good easy fps too I've never heard anyone talk about that didn't play it with me at my house.

 

[Islamic Jihad Rocket]

This is the perfect thread I was looking for to dump my thoughts about a specific licensed games from my childhood I’ve recently revisited or had in mind. A few Tom and Jerry games which are very good for being licensed games.

Tom and Jerry War of the Whiskers still holds up today, it’s a fighting game based on the famous Cat and Mouse but you can play as a wider roster of characters. It’s a sequel to Fists of Furry, which is another decent fighting game that came out on N64/pc some years prior. Through I much prefer the later; the games are definitely fun party games that can be quite chaotic at times. I spent my years with the PS2 version, but the GC/Xbox version is superior since you can actually play with four players; which makes for some really fun and quite insane matches with how much shit goes on. Also, the music is good, like really good. Good jazz music and some other things, even to this day I have some of the tracks stuck in my head. It definitely fits the overall feel of the original cartoon, the music and game as a whole.

The other one is House Trap, which released on PS1; it’s pretty much the closest thing to a playable cartoon. It’s a pretty short but fun game, you have a bunch of shit you can grab and wack each other with. You can set traps, and throw shit at each other. It’s a bit mindless, but the charm I think far outweighs that con imo.

There’s several other pretty good licensed games I’ve played as a kid and remember them being pretty good; some of which have already been listed in this thread. It’s ironic that despite there being a lot of bad ones; some are actually really good.

 

[This Is Violence Now]

This for the ps2 is one of my favorite games, I've finished it many times as a kid, but I also loved the movie too so maybe i'm biased.

 

[the rat]

SImpsons Hit & Run. Weirdly good (it's very fun) driving model and I can attack Marge.

I liked some of The Simpsons games. The Simpsons Game was better than Hit And Run no matter what people say.

How could you? I tried playing that again on my PS2 recently and my god are the movement controls and camera so bad. DS version is better from what I remember but not by much.

 

[Celebrate Nite]

What are our thoughts on Pink Goes To Hollywood?

Played it once, I remember not liking how Pink controlled, might play it again to give it a second chance.

 

[TVB]

The Simpsons Game was better than Hit And Run no matter what people say.

Not even. The Simpsons Game was good, but it doesn't have the same exact spark of fun as Hit and Run. I'll say that Road Rage (even for a Crazy Taxi clone) was also good fun

 

[xXx: State of the Union]

Played it once, I remember not liking how Pink controlled, might play it again to give it a second chance.

I played the SNES version as a little kid. I'm talking like 4 or 5 years old maybe. I don't remember hating it, but most of my memories of the game feel like a fever dream I think mostly because I was so young but also I'm positive it's the first game I found a cheat all by myself. (there was a level select by just pressing start and select I think, but I didn't understand "cheats" at that age so I think it just blew my mind at the time)

A more recent licensed game I really liked was Captain America: Super Soldier. It was an Arkham Asylum so it was a lot of fun for me when it came out and I still liked Super Hero shit.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

LotR the third age, ffx clone,

I can't believe I forgot that one. It's easily the best LotR game.

 

[MembersSchoolPizza]

Lord of the Rings Online is a surprisingly competent MMO too.

I'm really glad to see more people agree with this. It really was, and it's a shame it didn't get the love it deserved.

 

[John Titor]

Sweet Home: Do you like Resident Evil or the survival horror genre? You owe it to this game adaptation of an otherwise mediocre horror movie.

Megami Tensei also spun from an okay-ish horror novel, a lot of the mechanics especially from the older games make sense if you read it. Though I'll admit the first game didn't age well because of how bare bones it is compared to future installments.

Pepsiman: I just like it as a meme game and it's fun for what it is.