If in the first part we speak on conversions of games of table to video games, in this second part we will cover the way the other way round: games of table inspired by video games.
It is clear that the video games have pull with the childish prank, and a game based on a video game has enough points to attract attention, and even more in the middle of the 80 and beginning of the 90, when the video games were something definitely for children.
And we will not speak about examples like Monopoly de Nintendo of the head, not on this Jenga de Donkey so nice Kong but we will speak about commercial games (not created by fans), with our own rules that imitate the mechanics of the game. We go there:
DONKEY KONG
Arcade de Nintendo had his corresponding adaptation to board. As it happens at present, the piece that more was attracting attention was the figure of the monkey spear - barrel that were converting the table game into something nearby to a toy. I remember that a few friends had it and do not remember to have played only one divided, but we were spending it to ourselves like children (and that we were) throwing barrels with the picture card of the monkey. Of course, it had not even idea of that was a video game.
Donkey Kong slimmed for the board version. Mario and Luigi were uglier enough
PAC-MAN
Now seriously, Pac-man yes that had a game of board (and other for his lady).
The game “Pacman“ (that this way was called the game in Spanish) also was in the collection of games of table of my friends, but this time yes that we knew, thanks to a bar of the people, that the Pacman was a video game. Also I remember that we were amusing ourselves more swallowing little bolls with these pillboxes that were the Pac-Man cards that playing the game in itself … When scarcely we could read, we were not going to bother to know the rules.
Not with an artistic photo the cutrez of the game is hidden
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA
The Hyrule world had his representation in board and with him it was already possible to rescue Zelda, to eliminate monsters and to cut the lawn in exchange for rupees by means of throwing dice and moving cards.
Hyrule had never seemed so boring
DOUBLE DRAGON
The King of the beat'em ups also had his equivalent, and also it was better that the version for MSX. It was a question of a Monopoly species, with a letters system to develop the combats.
With screenshots and quite! Lujazo!
AURA
The “game of board” of Aura is only a license inside the games of miniatures “Hero Clix“ or “Mage Knights“. This time, instead of being ambientado in a fantastic world or of superheroes Marvel, takes the Aura world as a setting, with multitude of troops, vehicles and stages to collect and to develop the battles.
Not at all like shelves like that to impress a girl
ANNO 1.503
The version of board of the game of exploration and strategy Anno 1.503 was developed by the same creator of the successful game “The colonists of Catán”, with what it is possible that this game is at least slightly entertaining.
He could tipple like a Frogger version
TOMB RAIDER: ANGEL OF DARKNESS
As in the video game, the target of this game is to find the tests that demonstrate the innocence of Lara Croft, accused of murder. While a player controls Lara, the rest they control the enemies and the difficult things put him. Let's be sincere …: who can resist to a miniature of Lara Croft?
I also want to play with Lara
BIG BRAIN ACADEMY
the generation Casual comes to the table games!! With Big Brain Academy we will put our meninges to tests of logic and ingenuity in the end to weigh our brain with the scales that is included.
Almost so good as the Wii version
AGE OF EMPIRES II
Age of Empires II was thrown like game of collectable letters, although the game mechanics seems to be more similar to “The Legend of 5 rings”, more focused in the administration of resources that not to the combat, like Magic: The Gathering
SUPER MARIO BROS
Were you thinking that the personage any more on used of the history of the video games would not have his own table game? Since here it is: the game of board of Super Mario Bros.
Will “Sorry Mario be, but your Princess is in another castle”?
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG
If Mario has, the scrubber pet of SEGA was not going to be less. Shortly after the throwing of Sonic the Hedgehog his version was thrown for board.
Sega reinvented the Game of the Goose
DOOM
Perhaps the only game of this selection that is almost at the same quality level as the game of computer in which it is inspired. The Doom game is ideal for those who enjoyed the game and that, at the same time, they like enjoying painting miniatures. I leave you with a few photos for your delight:
And quedán still many other! Warcraft, Pong, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter 2, Pokemon … The list is much longer and you can consult it in this linkage. I alone have taken a small sample of what exists.
The moral of these two articles is: "Manolete, if you cannot fight pa what you get”. Both the video games of the first part and the games of table of this article, except few exceptions, seem to be so entertained as a cactus sees growing. It is better to leave the board games in the table and the video games on the screen and that each one does what better he can do: to entertain
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