10 Terrible Video Games Based On Movies

3. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Atari)

Thankfully, recent video game takes on Indiana Jones have actually been pretty decent, but those hoping to get whip-cracking thrills out of 1982's Raiders of the Lost Ark were in for a sore disappointment, as you can ascertain from this above screenshot more than words will ever allow. The idea of exploring caves and getting into crazy adventures as Harrison Ford's wise-cracking hero is an excellent foundation for a video game, one squandered here amid terrible graphics - we're assuming the thing in the middle that looks like a Liquorish allsort is supposed to be Indy - and gameplay mechanics that take far too long to get your head around (and unless you're an astro-physicist, almost definitely require a lengthy read of the manual). Terrible controls do little to help a game that nevertheless, somehow, is not Atari's worst contribution to the video game world (as you'll see soon enough).