Video Games Based on TV Shows

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Some of these adaptations over the years have been stellar, while others have insulted video game players and fans of the IP.

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Here is our list of the best video games based on TV shows.

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2002’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer is surprisingly one of six video games released based on the popular 2000s TV show. It’s a 3D beat ’em up released exclusively for Xbox. As vampire slayer Buffy, the player can utilize hand-to-hand combat or weapons to fight monsters and human enemies.

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If anyone was going to do a Dragon Ball Z fighting game right, it’s Arc System Works. The Guilty Gear developer released Dragon Ball FighterZ in 2018 and received resounding praise for its visuals, polish, and overall gameplay.

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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was an IP that felt perfect for a video game adaptation. The show’s audience was already acting out its fight scenes in their living rooms, so why not turn it into a 2D beat ’em up video game to be played on the same TV they watch it on?

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Here Comes the Pain is one of the highest-rated wrestling games, and for a good reason. It features a roster of over 50 wrestlers to pit against each other in head-to-head matches to act out iconic moves from the WWE.

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The Fractured but Whole is turn-based and reminiscent of many classic RPGs. The protagonist is New Kid, and they help the show’s main cast of characters foil the plans of groups who plan to sabotage the town of South Park.

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There’s been a long line of SpongeBob SquarePants video game adaptations, and Battle for Bikini Bottom is regarded as the best in some circles. It’s a 3D platformer that takes pages out of collect-a-thons like Banjo Kazooie and Super Mario 64 while incorporating the goofiness often associated with the SpongeBob cartoon.

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Video Games We’d Love To Spend the Rest of Our Lives In

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Video Games Based on TV Shows

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Some of these adaptations over the years have been stellar, while others have insulted video game players and fans of the IP.

Here is our list of the best video games based on TV shows.

2002’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer is surprisingly one of six video games released based on the popular 2000s TV show. It’s a 3D beat ’em up released exclusively for Xbox. As vampire slayer Buffy, the player can utilize hand-to-hand combat or weapons to fight monsters and human enemies.

XBOX’S BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER

If anyone was going to do a Dragon Ball Z fighting game right, it’s Arc System Works. The Guilty Gear developer released Dragon Ball FighterZ in 2018 and received resounding praise for its visuals, polish, and overall gameplay.

DRAGON BALL FIGHTERZ

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was an IP that felt perfect for a video game adaptation. The show’s audience was already acting out its fight scenes in their living rooms, so why not turn it into a 2D beat ’em up video game to be played on the same TV they watch it on?

MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS

Here Comes the Pain is one of the highest-rated wrestling games, and for a good reason. It features a roster of over 50 wrestlers to pit against each other in head-to-head matches to act out iconic moves from the WWE.

WWE SMACKDOWN!

The Fractured but Whole is turn-based and reminiscent of many classic RPGs. The protagonist is New Kid, and they help the show’s main cast of characters foil the plans of groups who plan to sabotage the town of South Park.

SOUTH PARK: THE FRACTURED

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS: BATTLE FOR BIKINI BOTTOM

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