Toz
24th February 2008, 10:13 PM
I recently came across an article on the Worlds of Power book series that were based on ten NES games and released in the early 90's. The books were published by Scholastic. The novels were based on Sunsoft's Blaster Master, Konami's Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden, Konami's Metal Gear, Acclaim's Wizards and Warriors, Kemco-Seika's Shadowgate, Capcom's Bionic Commando, and Mindscape's Infiltrator. Two games were novelized under the Junior Worlds of Power banner: Mega Man II and Bases Loaded II: Second Season. Some elements of the story in the Blaster Master book were used in the second Blaster Master. It's humorus to note that the box art served as the covers of the books and that all the weapons were airbrushed out.
I was in the target age group at the time, but this is the first I'm hearing about it. I was, and still am a huge fan of the NES, and I would have loved to read books based on some of my favorite games. Just wondering if anyone read them back in the day, still has any now or would like to share any thoughts on the books?
The EGM article can be found here http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=0&cId=3152540
I was in the target age group at the time, but this is the first I'm hearing about it. I was, and still am a huge fan of the NES, and I would have loved to read books based on some of my favorite games. Just wondering if anyone read them back in the day, still has any now or would like to share any thoughts on the books?
The EGM article can be found here http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=0&cId=3152540