Licensed game
Video game adaptation
Summary
A licensed game is a video game developed as a tie-in for a franchise in a different media format, such as a book, film or television show. Like other types of tie-ins, they are generally intended as a form of cross-promotion in order to generate additional revenue and visibility. The poor quality of licensed games, which were rushed to meet unrealistic deadlines, nearly caused the collapse of the video game industry during the video game crash of 1983, and they have historically been regarded as inferior to original IPs. Nevertheless, there are numerous examples of well-regarded licensed games, and the rise of video games as a cultural force in their own right have resulted in tie-in titles of significantly higher production values and quality.
Originally created by Zxcvbnm
4/1/2023, 5:51:18 PM
Modified
5/19/2026, 1:52:40 PM
Recent revisions
I added a missing template.
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1342121323|1342121323]] by [[Special:Contributions/Dog Ocean Country Man|Dog Ocean Country Man]] ([[User talk:Dog Ocean Country Man|talk]])
Repairing links to disambiguation pages – [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links|You can help!]]
/* History */
Move 1 url. [[User:GreenC/WaybackMedic_2.5|Wayback Medic 2.5]] per [[WP:URLREQ#gameinformer.com]]
Rescued 1 archive link. [[User:GreenC/WaybackMedic_2.5|Wayback Medic 2.5]] per [[WP:URLREQ#gameinformer.com]]
added [[Category:Adaptation (arts)]] using [[WP:HC|HotCat]]
removed [[Category:Video game genres]]; added [[Category:Video game terminology]] using [[WP:HC|HotCat]]
Altered template type. Add: newspaper, magazine, authors 1-1. Removed parameters. Some additions/deletions were parameter name changes. | [[:en:WP:UCB|Use this bot]]. [[:en:WP:DBUG|Report bugs]]. | Suggested by Spinixster | [[Category:Video game genres]] | #UCB_Category 65/115
/* History */ Add image
clean up, [[WP:AWB/T|typo(s) fixed]]: ically- → ically , widely- → widely
/* Notable examples */ Add
/* Notable examples */ Add
Examples added
/* History */ Fix grammar
Add See also section and category
