Film and television adaptations of video games

Last updated

Numerous electronic and video games have been adapted into films and television series, with the work in the new medium incorporating elements of the game's narrative, characters, gameplay, and concepts. [1] [2]

Contents

The first and earliest adaptation of a video game was an American animated series Pac-Man (1982–1983), loosely based on a 1980 Japanese video game of the same name by Toru Iwatani, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. [3] Early adaptations, mostly television series, began in Japan and the United States are more prevalent, which allows certain games to be adapted more cheaply and faithfully such as Saturday Supercade (1983–1984) and Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach! (1986). Television adaptations of video games became more popular in the late-1980s and 1990s, driven by its popularity and generally garnered mixed and positive responses by critics and fans of video games, particularly the live-action game show Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1991–1995) and its sequels were critically praised and won several Daytime Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award.

The Hollywood film industry began making live-action adaptations in the mid-1990s, including Super Mario Bros. (1993), Double Dragon and Street Fighter (both 1994). Most of these films were typically made to capitalize on the popularities of these games, and tried to incorporate the interactivity of a video game to the fixed medium with mixed results, with several of these films being critically panned. While some works in the 2000s and 2010s that received positive criticism and were profitable, many adaptations in this period received poor reviews and were box-office failures, leaving game developers hesitant about giving studios permission to adapt their feature films.

Adaptations of video games in the late-2010s have been revitalized after the releases of video game films Detective Pikachu (2019) and Sonic the Hedgehog (2020), both critically praised and considered major successes at the box office, shifted the landscape for adaptations of video games. These films and several that followed focused on the story and narrative elements of the games rather than the gameplay, and were considered more effective and faithful to the source material. In the 2020s, several more video game films were highly successful at the box office, including The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) and A Minecraft Movie (2025), breaking previous records for adaptations. Newer television adaptations in the 2020s, following similar approaches of focusing on the game's narrative rather than gameplay, drew similar critical praise. These included Arcane (2021), The Last of Us (2023), and Fallout (2024), all of which garnered several Primetime Emmy Awards.

History

1986–1993: Origins

United States

Title logo of the 1982 American animated series Pac-Man, based on a 1980 Japanese video game of the same name, claims to be the earliest adaptation of a video game. Pac-Man TV series logo.svg
Title logo of the 1982 American animated series Pac-Man , based on a 1980 Japanese video game of the same name, claims to be the earliest adaptation of a video game.

First adaptations during the golden age of arcade video games in the United States have been made prior in the early-1980s, mostly are animated television series. It was claimed to be the first and earliest adaptation was the 1982 animated series Pac-Man , based on a video game of the same name. [3] The 1983 anthology series Saturday Supercade was the second to adapt from video games, produced for Saturday mornings by Ruby-Spears Productions , consisting of four 11-minute segments based on various arcade video games including Frogger , Donkey Kong , and Donkey Kong Jr. . [4] In 1984, it was followed by two different adaptations from video games released at the same year: a fantasy animated miniseries Dragon's Lair by Ruby-Spears Productions, based on the 1983 LaserDisc video game of the same name, [5] and a sci-fi action animated miniseries Pole Position by DIC Enterprises and MK Company, loosely based on the 1982 arcade racing video game series of the same name by Namco. [6]

Nintendo is responsible of adapting various popular NES games into several animated series started in the 1980s, until then in the 1993, where a live-action film Super Mario Bros. was released to critical and commercial failure, which negatively affected the company. NES-Console-Set.png
Nintendo is responsible of adapting various popular NES games into several animated series started in the 1980s, until then in the 1993, where a live-action film Super Mario Bros. was released to critical and commercial failure, which negatively affected the company.

After the video game crash of 1983 and its introduction of Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in the United States in 1985, animated television adaptations of Nintendo video games became more popular in the late-1980s. The Legend of Zelda 's first fully adaptation at that time was the animated serial of the same name, loosely follows the two NES Zelda games (the original The Legend of Zelda and The Adventure of Link ), from the animated series The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! , mixing settings and characters from those games with original creations. [7]

The title card of the 1991 animated television series Super Mario World, served as the last title adapted from Mario video game series following its failure of a live-action film. SuperMarioWorldEndingIntroSequenceTitle.jpg
The title card of the 1991 animated television series Super Mario World , served as the last title adapted from Mario video game series following its failure of a live-action film.

In the same year, the 1989 animated series Captain N: The Game Master , based on video games released from Nintendo, specifically featuring characters and elements from various popular Nintendo games. [8] It was then proceed to the 1990 animated series The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 , loosely based on Super Mario Bros. 3 ., until the following year, the 1991 animated series Super Mario World , based on the Mario video game series, will be the last animated series to be adapted from Nintendo video games. [9] In addition from adaptations of Nintendo video games, other animated adaptations released in 1993 were the animated series Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog [10] as well as its related series of the same name, [11] both based on Sonic the Hedgehog by Sega, and the action-adventure animated series Double Dragon , based on the video game series of the same name by Technōs Japan and Tradewest. [12]

Live-action adaptations have not introduced until The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989), which being the first live-action/animated hybrid series, some varied of live-action snippets appeared in most episodes. The first fully live-action television adaptation of a video game was a 1990 sitcom Maniac Mansion by Eugene Levy, loosely based on the 1987 video game of the same name by Lucasfilm Games. [13] It was followed by a children's television game show Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? , based on the series of computer games by Broderbund, [14] broadcast by PBS. The game show's first season received critical success and received two Daytime Emmy Awards in 1992, winning once for Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design, the first such a rare achievement for an adaptation of video game to received nominations for and to win an Emmy Award. [15] Over the five seasons it was on the air, the game show won another six Daytime Emmys out of 24 nominations [15] and a Peabody Award, described as "a uniquely creative and influential use of television on a topic of primary importance". [16] It was later succeed with another game show Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? in 1996.

The first theatrical live-action feature film in the United States, the eponymous Super Mario Bros. , was released on May 28, 1993, to both critical and commercial failure, failed to earn back even its $48 million budget in worldwide gross. [17] Critics including Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times criticized the film's lack of faithfulness to the source material. [18] Its failure of a live action film negatively affected Nintendo, Shigeru Miyamoto forced not to license any Nintendo game series, particularly Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda into the medium in the future, departing its adaptation property with both a live-action film Super Mario Bros. and an animated series Super Mario World as the last two projects ever released. [19]

Japan

A Japanese VHS cover of double feature: Star Soldier's Secret and Game King, both were based on a video game Star Soldier. Running Boy and Game King double feature VHS cover.jpg
A Japanese VHS cover of double feature: Star Soldier's Secret and Game King, both were based on a video game Star Soldier.

Japan starts working on films adapted from video games in 1986: two anime films Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach! and Running Boy: Star Soldier's Secret  [ ja ], and a live-action sport short film Game King: Master Takahashi VS Master Mori Clash! Great Battle  [ ja ], were the first three from Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System games released in July 20, 1986. [20] Hudson Soft commissioned Star Soldier's Secret and Game King as a double feature to promote Star Soldier , but it was a box office failure and pulled from theaters earlier than anticipated due to clash with Super Mario Bros.; it was later released on VHS containing two films. [21] Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach! was followed by short films and OVA between 1989 and 1995.

The first live-action feature film adapted from a video game in Japan was the 1988 direct-to-video film Mirai Ninja, based on the Namco arcade game of the same name, although the film was premiered in Tokyo on October before the video game was released the following month. [22]

A two-episode OVA titled Tengai Makyō Ziria Oboro-hen [a] , based on a series of role-playing video games Tengai Makyō by Oji Hiroi and Red Company, was made and released in 1990. [23] A 50-minute adult animated dark fantasy OVA titled Wizardry was produced by TMS Entertainment in February 20, 1991, based on Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord by Andrew C. Greenberg and Robert Woodhead; the OVA depicts graphic violence and death, a rare feat for any adaptations of video games in the 1990s that introduces complex, mature themes. [24] [25] [26] Between 1991 and 1993, anime films and television series based on Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai were released. [27]

1994–2001: Mainstream breakthrough

Paul W. S. Anderson in 2012 Paul W. S. Anderson by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Paul W. S. Anderson in 2012

Super Mario Bros. was followed in 1994 by other adaptations, such as Double Dragon and Street Fighter , which received similarly negative reviews. This changed with the 1995 film Mortal Kombat, directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, which was the first film adaptation of a video game to gain a critical and commercial success, earn more than $100 million dollars at the box office, with Anderson established by critics as a preeminent director of video game films; [28] the film remains one of the highest-rated video game films among critics. [29] Its mainstream success of Mortal Kombat continue to follow their essences for live-action film adaptations include Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), also received moderate commercial success. [30] [31]

Animated films and shows also began gaining mainstream success. The anime series Pokémon (1997–present) becoming the most successful adaptation of video game of all time, [32] and Arc the Lad was also introduced in 1999. The anime films Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994), Pokémon: The First Movie (1998) and Pokémon: The Movie 2000 (1999) became internationally successful. In American animated television, a live-action/animated series Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? garnered critical success and won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program. [33]

In 2001, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001), distributed by Columbia Pictures and directed by Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, became a major milestone in the history of animation and adaptations of video games, particularly its pioneering and influential achievement of motion-capture to achieve rendered photorealism in computer animation. [34] [35] [36]

2001–2017: Expansion and fluctuations

Uwe Boll in 2016 UweBollRampage3SHORTREVIEW2.jpg
Uwe Boll in 2016

Video game film adaptations in Hollywood gained notoriety during this period due to large number of films drew polarized or panned response. [37] [38] Some of the more successful film adaptations during this time include the Resident Evil series (2002–2016), Silent Hill (2006), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) and Warcraft (2016). On the other end of the spectrum, many adaptations fall irregularly to generate revenue equivalent to their production budget. For example: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within encompassed a budget of $137 million, clocked in at a total of $85.1 million becoming one of the lowest revenue-generating adaptations of video games, [39] which results in a box office failure [40] led to the defunct of Square Pictures and departure of Hironobu Sakaguchi, the only film for a studio ever existed before the demise in the following year. [41] Other notable failures include Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009), BloodRayne (2005), Far Cry (2008), and In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007), each earning a net loss of over $20 million with In the Name of the King reaching a total loss of $47 million. [42] [43] [44]

Filmmakers like Uwe Boll, a German writer, director, and producer whose works include House of the Dead , Alone in the Dark , and Postal , all of which were almost universally panned by critics and are considered among the worst films ever made. [45] Major game developers, including Hideo Kojima and Blizzard Entertainment, refused to allow Boll from adapting their games into film. [46] [47]

Paul W. S. Anderson has gained a reputation for his polarized video game adaptations in the 21st century, particularly Resident Evil series and Monster Hunter , despite his moderate commercial success from the former, spanning several films with commercial success. [48]

Critics and developers' response

Shigeru Miyamoto addressed criticisms of video game adaptation. Shigeru Miyamoto 20150610 (cropped 2).jpg
Shigeru Miyamoto addressed criticisms of video game adaptation.

Similar to comic book-based films in the past, adaptations tended to carry a reputation of lackluster quality and receive negative reaction from both film critics and fans of the source material. [49] This is generally due to difficulties in adopting a story meant to be played interactively into a linear movie-going experience. [50]

The reason for the failure of video game adaptations is that structural conversion from video game to film format can be challenging for filmmakers. Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Nintendo franchises including Mario and Zelda , said in a 2007 interview:

I think that part of the problem with translating games to movies is that the structure of what makes a good game is very different from the structure of what makes a good movie. Movies are a much more passive medium, where the movie itself is telling a story and you, as the viewer, are relaxing and taking that in passively. Whereas video games are a much more active medium where you are playing along with the story. ... I think that video games, as a whole, have a very simple flow in terms of what's going on in the game. We make that flow entertaining by implementing many different elements to the video game to keep the player entertained. Movies have much more complex stories, or flow, to them, but the elements that affect that flow are limited in number. So I think that because these surrounding elements in these two different mediums vary so greatly, when you fail to take that into account then you run into problems. [51]

In an interview with Fortune in August 2015, Miyamoto said, "Because games and movies seem like similar mediums, people's natural expectation is we want to take our games and turn them into movies. … I've always felt video games, being an interactive medium, and movies, being a passive medium, mean the two are quite different." [52]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times stated that video games are "inherently inferior to film and literature" and that "video games by their nature require player choices, which is the opposite of the strategy of serious film and literature, which requires authorial control." [53]

2017–present: Modern age and critical success

Jim Carrey 2020 cropped.jpg
Jim Carrey, who portrayed Dr. Robotnik in Sonic the Hedgehog series went on major critical and commercial successes, revitalized his career in the 2020s.
TenaciousDO2160623 (38 of 62) Jack Black.jpg
Jack Black portrayed iconic roles as Bowser in The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Steve in Minecraft Movie , both went to major box-office success in the 2020s.

Observers noted a substantial uptick in the critical and commercial success of video game adaptations in the late 2010s and 2020s. [54] [55] [56] [57] Until 2019, no video game film–live-action or animated–had received a Rotten Tomatoes "fresh" rating, with a score over 60%. Since then, Detention , Detective Pikachu , The Angry Birds Movie 2 , and Sonic the Hedgehog have been able to attain a "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. [58] [49] Both Detective Pikachu and Sonic the Hedgehog posted better-than-expected domestic takes, [49] with Sonic having the highest domestic opening in 2020, [59] while Detention enjoyed strong box office success in Asia. [60] [61] Sonic's success led to two sequels, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024), [62] and a fourth film is in development. As a result of their success, several video game developers began to operate their own film production companies (e.g. PlayStation Productions) to support IP-based video game films.

The success of newer video game adaptations led to television series using both live-action and animation. [63] [64] [65] [66] Successful live-action series include The Last of Us (2023–present) and Fallout (2024–present); both were nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series. [67] [68] Successful animated series during this time include Castlevania (2017–2021), Carmen Sandiego (2019–2021), Arcane (2021–2024) and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (2022). [69]

Creators of film and television adaptations quickly found that to help appeal them to video game audiences, they had to assure that the work is faithful to the source material, both in narratives and appearance. [70] Television adaptations have also led to growth of players in the original video games, such as the case with Cyberpunk 2077 and the Fallout series. [71] [72]

Reception

Revenue

Though video game films are generally critically panned, they tend to do well from the international take at box offices. The Super Mario Bros. Movie , based on the Mario franchise, holds the highest take of any video game adaptation with US$1.36 billion, and was considered the most profitable film of 2023 by Deadline Hollywood , while the six Resident Evil films hold the highest take for a live-action series of US$1.2 billion on an average production budget between US$30 to 50 million and Pokémon is the overall highest-grossing video game film franchise with US$1.5 billion. [49] [73] With Sonic the Hedgehog 3 , the trilogy of Sonic films surpassed a total box office of $1 billion by the start of 2025. [74] A Minecraft Movie opened in April 2025 to over $313 million on its first weekend, the highest for a video game movie to date and breaking several other box office records. [75]

Only eight films have grossed more than $400 million in the box office worldwide (as of August 2025): [76] Warcraft (2016), Rampage (2018), Detective Pikachu (2019), Uncharted (2022), Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022), The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023), Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024), and A Minecraft Movie (2025), with The Super Mario Bros. Movie becoming the first (and so far, only) video game film to ever pass the $1 billion mark, making it one of the top 50 highest-grossing films of all time.

Awards

Television adaptations of video games dominated three divisions of Emmy Awards started in the 1990s. Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? being the first adaptation of a video game to receive nominations for and to win multiple awards, spanning three more follow-ups with similar accolades. Some films also awarded or nominated from major organizations such as Golden Globe Awards and The Game Award for Best Adaptation.

Primetime Emmys

Daytime Emmys

Children's and Family Emmys

Other awards

Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? won a Peabody Award in 1992, described as "a uniquely creative and influential use of television on a topic of primary importance". [16]

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners won the Crunchyroll Anime Award for Anime of the Year in the 7th edition. [92]

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is the first video game film to received major award nominations, especially the animation and original song categories, despite the film's polarized response. This including three Golden Globes (Best Animated Feature, Best Original Song, and the newly established Cinematic Achievement) and PGA Award for Best Animated Feature. [93]

Conversely, adaptations of video games received a poor reputation and garnered Razzie and other worst-contender awards. Pokémon: The First Movie received six Stinkers Bad Movie Awards nominations including a dishonorable mention of Worst Film, winning twice for Worst Achievement in Animation and Most Unwelcome Direct-to-Video Release, the latter shared with other eight Pokémon videos were released in 1999. [94] Uwe Boll also awarded a rare "Worst Career Achievement" and Worst Director awards at the 29th Golden Raspberry Awards for In the Name of the King and Postal . [95]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hollywood's superhero bubble popped. Now hit video games are taking the controls". Los Angeles Times. 8 September 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Cruz, Christopher (13 April 2025). "The 25 Best Video Game Adaptations of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 "100 Defining Moments in Video Games". Game Informer . No. 100. August 2001. p. 51.
  4. ↑ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 712–713. ISBN   978-1476665993.
  5. ↑ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 165. ISBN   978-1538103739.
  6. ↑ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 469–470. ISBN   978-1538103739.
  7. ↑ Plunkett, Luke (22 February 2011). "Remembering Possibly The Worst Thing Zelda Ever Did". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  8. ↑ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 178–179. ISBN   978-1476665993.
  9. ↑ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 804–806. ISBN   978-1476665993.
  10. ↑ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 757–760. ISBN   978-1476665993.
  11. ↑ Luke Owen (16 September 2014). "Looking back at… Sonic the Hedgehog (1993 – 1994)". Flickering Myth. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  12. ↑ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 161. ISBN   978-1538103739.
  13. ↑ Dan Madsen (Summer 1990). "Maniac Mansion Special". The Lucasfilm Fan Club. Vol. 12. The Lucasfilm Fan Club.
  14. ↑ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 902–903. ISBN   978-1476665993.
  15. 1 2 tluong (24 May 2014). "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?". CHM. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  16. 1 2 "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  17. ↑ Perwez, Yusuf. "The Long, Troubled History of Video Game Films". The Scribe. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  18. ↑ Siskel, Jean; Ebert, Roger (18 August 2008). Siskel & Ebert Review "Super Mario Bros.". YouTube. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  19. ↑ Vejvoda, Jim (4 August 2013). "Footage From the Unproduced Legend of Zelda CG-Animated Movie". IGN. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  20. ↑ Innes, Ruby (19 April 2022). "Diehard Fans Have Completely Remastered A Forgotten Mario Movie In 4K". Kotaku Australia . Archived from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  21. ↑ "70 Years of Anime Theatrical Productions". Tokuma Shoten : 119.
  22. ↑ Chute, Harrison (13 January 2023). "Best Video Game Adaptations That Prove They're Not All Terrible". Collider. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  23. ↑ "Tengai Makyō: Ziria Oboro-hen (OAV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  24. ↑ "Forgotten Anime #46: "Wizardry" (1991) |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  25. ↑ TMS Entertainment (21 February 1991), Wizardry 1 OVA | ウィザードリィ, Shochiku-Fuji Ltd,TMS Entertainment, Tokyo Movie Shinsa, retrieved 11 September 2025
  26. ↑ Lord-Moncrief, Devon (9 June 2025). "This 34-Year-Old Fantasy Anime Is the Best Action Movie You've Never Seen". CBR. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  27. ↑ Torishima, Kazuhiko (2025) [2023]. "Ultimate Interview Vol. 3: Koji Inada × Kazuhiko Torishima". Dr. Mashirito's Ultimate Manga Techniques. Viz Media. pp. 170–175. ISBN   978-1-9747-5266-9.
  28. ↑ Hogan, John (18 August 2020). "Still Sinfully Good | Mortal Kombat Turns 25". HeadStuff. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  29. ↑ "Every Movie Based on a Videogame, Ranked Worst to Best". www.metacritic.com. 8 August 2024. Archived from the original on 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  30. ↑ Weaver, Ross (24 September 2021). "A Brief History of Video Game Movies". Film Cred. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  31. ↑ Partin, Will (7 April 2017). "The Golden Age of Shitty Videogame Adaptations". Medium. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  32. ↑ Bailey, Kat (17 November 2016). "Why the Pokemon Anime is the Most Successful Adaptation of a Videogame Ever". VG247 . Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  33. 1 2 "Event: Daytime Emmy Awards (1995)". Internet Movie Database . Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  34. ↑ "'Final Fantasy' Comes Alive With Digital Animation". Los Angeles Times. 6 April 2001. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  35. ↑ Wilson, Dave (16 August 2001). "Generating a Realistic Fantasy World". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  36. ↑ Greydanus, Steven D. "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) | Decent Films - SDG Reviews". Decent Films. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  37. ↑ Donato, Matt (23 January 2023). "The Video Game Adaptation Curse Is A Myth". IGN. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  38. ↑ Martinez, Marina. "Breaking the "Video game curse"". Three Penny Press. Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  39. ↑ "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  40. ↑ Duffy, James (2 August 2006). "Movies that were Box-office Bombs". Boston.com . Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  41. ↑ Briscoe, David (4 February 2002). "'Final Fantasy' flop causes studio to fold". Chicago Sun-Times .
  42. ↑ "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  43. ↑ "BloodRayne". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  44. ↑ "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2008) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  45. ↑ "'The market is dead': Schlock director Uwe Boll's Rampage of terrible films is finished". Metro News. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  46. ↑ "Kojima on Uwe Boll: "It's impossible"". Engadget . 3 February 2006. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  47. ↑ "Uwe Boll Won't Ever Be Entering the World of Warcraft". MTV.com. 18 April 2008. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  48. ↑ Hughes, William (7 February 2019). "Paul W.S. Anderson's latest video game adaptation is starting to sound pretty kick-ass". The A.V. Club . Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  49. 1 2 3 4 Whitten, Sarah (14 February 2020). "'Sonic the Hedgehog' is up against the stigma of video game flops at the box office". CNBC . Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  50. ↑ Whitten, Sarah (10 May 2019). "'Detective Pikachu' doesn't escape the pitfalls of previous video game adaptations but is poised for a record-breaking opening weekend". CNBC . Archived from the original on 26 September 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  51. ↑ "Miyamoto: The Interview". Edge Magazine. 27 November 2007. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  52. ↑ Morris, Chris (21 August 2015). "Shigeru Miyamoto Talks Nintendo's Return to the Movie World". Fortune . Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  53. ↑ "Why did the chicken cross the genders?". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 19 June 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  54. ↑ "WE NOW LIVE IN A GOLDEN AGE OF VIDEO GAME ADAPTATIONS". DIRECTV Insider. 26 July 2022. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  55. ↑ Winkie, Luke. "Is This the Golden Age of Videogame IP?". WSJ. Archived from the original on 4 November 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  56. ↑ Tom Power (10 April 2024). "Fallout season 1 is Prime Video's explosively entertaining addition to the golden age lineup of video game adaptations". TechRadar. Archived from the original on 11 April 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  57. ↑ Sayatovich, Neal (23 April 2021). "The Golden Age Of Video Game Movies and Shows - Gameindustry.com". Game Industry News. Archived from the original on 3 December 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  58. ↑ Cook, Meghan (19 August 2019). "Popular movies inspired by video games, ranked from worst to best". Business Insider . Archived from the original on 26 September 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  59. ↑ Kroll, Justin (28 May 2020). "'Sonic the Hedgehog' Sequel in the Works". Variety.com. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  60. ↑ Wong, Silvia (20 February 2020). "EFM 2020: the buzz titles from Taiwan". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  61. ↑ "【最佳助攻？】《返校》《十年》越鬧越旺 胡慧中文革舊戲曾被禁" [The best attack? 'Detention' and 'Ten Years': the greater the disturbance, the better they do] (in Cantonese). Apple Daily. 3 July 2020. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  62. ↑ McClintlock, Pamela (10 April 2022). "Box Office: 'Sonic the Hedgehog 2' Booms With $71M Bow, 'Ambulance' DOA". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  63. ↑ Barasch, Alex (26 December 2022). "Can "The Last of Us" Break the Curse of Bad Video-Game Adaptations?". New Yorker . Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  64. ↑ Deitz, Mik (13 January 2023). "A Conversation about the Conversation about Videogame Adaptations". Paste . Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  65. ↑ Wong, Jacky (26 January 2023). "'The Last of Us' Is Just the Start for Sony". The Wall Street Journal . Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  66. ↑ Otterson, Joe (18 April 2024). "'Fallout' Officially Renewed for Season 2 at Amazon". Variety . Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  67. ↑ Wong, Jacky (26 January 2023). "'The Last of Us' Is Just the Start for Sony". The Wall Street Journal . Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  68. ↑ Biggin, Matthew (13 April 2024). "Fallout Game Director Gives Cautious Response To Future Adaptations After Prime Video Show". ScreenRant. Archived from the original on 23 April 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  69. ↑ Challenor, Jake (28 July 2023). "Why Are There So Many Video Game Adaptations Now?". Rolling Stone Australia. Archived from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  70. ↑ Krouse, Sarah; Needleman, Sarah E. (30 March 2024). "Hollywood Finds Fresh Characters And New Worlds in Videogames". Wall Street Journal . Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  71. ↑ Batchelor, James (22 January 2022). "Cyberpunk 2077 ramps up to 1m active players following Netflix anime, Edgerunners update". GamesIndustry.biz . Archived from the original on 30 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  72. ↑ Purdy, Kevin (18 April 2024). "Fallout games continue seeing big player jumps after the TV series' success". Ars Technica . Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  73. ↑ "'The Super Mario Bros Movie' Levels All the Way up to Win Deadline's 2023 Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament". 6 May 2024. Archived from the original on 14 September 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  74. ↑ Tartaligone, Nancy (5 January 2025). "'Sonic The Hedgehog' Franchise Zooms Past $1B Global Box Office". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  75. ↑ https://deadline.com/2025/04/minecraft-movie-box-office-records-1236362404/
  76. ↑ "All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Game Movies". The Numbers. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  77. ↑ "Outstanding Children's Program – 2019". Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  78. ↑ "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation (juried) – 2019". Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  79. ↑ "Arcane". Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  80. ↑ "'Arcane,' 'Annie Live!' Among Juried Winners for 2022 Emmys". The Hollywood Reporter . 11 August 2022. Archived from the original on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  81. ↑ Vary, Adam B. (12 July 2023). "'The Last of Us' Emmy Noms Make It the First Live-Action Video Game Adaptation to Earn Major Awards Consideration". Variety . Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on 12 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  82. ↑ Tangcay, Jazz; Littleton, Cynthia (6 January 2024). "'The Last of Us' Grabs Eight Wins on Night 1 of 2023 Creative Arts Emmy Awards". Variety . Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  83. ↑ Henderson, Eric (17 July 2024). "Here are the full 2024 Emmy nominations, with "Shogun," "The Bear" leading the pack". CBS . Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  84. ↑ "76th Emmy Nominations Totals Per Program" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  85. ↑ Rice, Lynette (8 September 2024). "Creative Arts Emmys Winners List: Wins For 'Shōgun', 'Baby Reindeer', Jamie Lee Curtis & 'Quiz Lady' On Night 2; FX Tops Distributor List". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on 14 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  86. ↑ Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? (TV Series 1994–1999) - Awards - IMDb . Retrieved 9 September 2025– via www.imdb.com.
  87. ↑ Cynthia Littleton (11 March 1998). "ABC tops Emmy noms". Variety. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  88. ↑ "Winners from the 47th Daytime Children's, Lifestyle & Animation Ceremony". National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 26 July 2020. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  89. ↑ "Nominees announced for the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards" (PDF). New York: National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 21 May 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  90. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (8 December 2022). "NATAS Announces Individual Achievement in Animation Winners for 1st Children's & Family Emmys". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  91. ↑ Schneider, Michael (16 December 2023). "Children's & Family Creative Arts Emmys 2023 Full Winners List: Netflix, Disney, 'Sesame Street,' Jack Black and More". Variety. Archived from the original on 18 December 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  92. ↑ Patches, Matt (4 March 2023). "Anime Awards 2023 name Cyberpunk: Edgerunners as Anime of the Year". Polygon . Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  93. ↑ "FilmAffinity". FilmAffinity. Archived from the original on 26 September 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  94. ↑ "The Worst of 1999 Stinkers Winners". TheStinkers.com . Stinkers Bad Movie Awards. Archived from the original on 10 May 2000. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  95. ↑ "Meyer's 'Guru' up for year's worst". Alan Duke. 21 January 2009.
  1. ↑ 天外魔境 自来也おぼろ変
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.