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Princess Bride game conceivable

Cherished family adventure film set to see a downloadable interactive adaptation next spring.

Between E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial on the Atari 2600, Taxi Driver, and Street Fighter: The Movie, film-to-game adaptations don't always have fairy tale endings. However, The Hollywood Reporter has news of one adaptation for which a fairy tale ending should be entirely expected.

Whoever designed that reversible logo is a mad genius.

Whoever designed that reversible logo is a mad genius.

According to the film industry trade mag, Worldwide Biggies is making a game based on Rob Reiner's much-beloved 1987 adventure film, The Princess Bride. Details on gameplay are nonexistent, but Worldwide Biggies CEO Albie Hecht told the trade group the game would appeal to the casual audience and would be download-only upon its release. The production company is not entirely unfamiliar with the world of games, as it runs a fantasy celebrity newsmakers league and produced Spike TV's Video Game Awards.

True Love and High Adventure--The Official Princess Bride Game is set for release next spring, with a teaser trailer for it appearing on the 20th anniversary DVD for The Princess Bride, set for release November 13.

99 Comments

  • Trakan

    Posted Jun 6, 2008 9:42 am GMT

    I heard that, too....I was so...very....disillusioned....I got over it, but I still have a wound on my heart.

  • ohadzivan

    Posted Jan 3, 2008 4:30 am GMT

    WeWerePirates you are aware that there is no one named Morgenstern it's all Goldman's work, he told it to his children and made it sound like an abridged text...
    i love the book but really don't see how it can be a game? an adventure game? it will probably destroy some of the fun...

  • WeWerePirates

    Posted Oct 18, 2007 10:02 am GMT

    I hope they go back to Morgenstern's text. Some of the stuff Goldman abridged out could work very well in a game!

  • DiscGuru101

    Posted Oct 5, 2007 4:42 am GMT

    -This will be extremely easy to botch.

  • lamprey263

    Posted Oct 4, 2007 11:00 pm GMT

    jeez, Fred Savage, Andre the Giant; brings back memories

  • mnmnanu

    Posted Oct 4, 2007 9:37 pm GMT

    hmm, thats all that comes to mind

  • p00phead

    Posted Oct 4, 2007 8:05 pm GMT

    what the who would buy this maybe 6 year old girls but who ever is making this while your at it make a barbie mmorpg and ill slap myself silly

  • lamprey263

    Posted Oct 4, 2007 5:33 pm GMT

    wait, The Princess Bride does make a good game; well, a good drinking game

    see rules here... http://www.ringthis.com/tv_drinking_games/prinbrid.php

  • dkpunk

    Posted Oct 4, 2007 1:57 pm GMT

    Hmmm they better not screw this up. Definitely one of the best movies to come out in the last 20-30 years.

  • delcidanddarth

    Posted Oct 4, 2007 1:04 pm GMT

    This better be an mmorpg. Except only 7 ppl can play at once. Not so massive now, are ya? Let's see, buttercup, fezzik, inigo, westley, humperdink, vizzini, and the six-fingered man. Or maybe a low-budget super smash bros?

  • Megavideogamer

    Posted Oct 4, 2007 11:35 am GMT

    Finally This game was announced right after the the movie back in 1987. It was supposed to be released on Nov 1, 1987. I've been camped out at best buy waiting for this game to come out. Yippee! the time has almost come for this game to be released. LOL!

  • karnovrpg

    Posted Oct 4, 2007 11:30 am GMT

    Can Khali replace Andre the Giant?

  • willripyouanew1

    Posted Oct 4, 2007 10:00 am GMT

    Dude I can taste the barf in my mouth.

  • unlitsoul

    Posted Oct 4, 2007 6:16 am GMT

    How about Willow? I always thought that would make a good game.....I think they did make a crappy one ages ago....but with today's technology...

  • GrimBee

    Posted Oct 4, 2007 3:53 am GMT

    INCONCEIVABLE!!! (I love the spin on this news title "conceivable".. )

    I always thought that developers should take out old movie liscences and make games out of them - alot of games back in the old days never did the movies justice, at all. With todays technology - games could recreate buzz for an old movie - increase dvd sales of that movie, and also probably make a mention of the actors in them which aren't getting much attention right now.

    Princess Bride is a great film, not the best film - can't imagine how a game would be. Perhaps a "rolling down the hill race" or "avoid the poison drink" minigames

    I would love for developers to re-visit older movie liscences and create awesome games out of them.

  • Col-Neil

    Posted Oct 4, 2007 2:23 am GMT

    If they do make a game out of this i bet even whacko Jacko will **** about it lol

  • AceCometh

    Posted Oct 4, 2007 12:58 am GMT

    With the sword fights and going toe to toe with Andre the Giant, I'm sure a silly yet fun adaptation of one of my all time favorite movies is quite conceivable indeed! I would also be a nice touch to have the orginal cast members (that are still alive) do the voice work for the characters they once played.

  • stingman212000

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 10:42 pm GMT

    Princess Bride? hmm... that sucks heres a better idea make a game off The Transporter movies that would be sweet

  • popsadent

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 9:56 pm GMT

    I loved the movie but a game seems like a stretch. With that said i hope this game ends up being good though, The movie deserves a good game.

  • Wanderer5

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 9:51 pm GMT

    The movie was good(and I sure the book is good too), but I don't think it will do well as a video game. But who knows.

  • Vroomfondel84

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 6:52 pm GMT

    The movie and the book were great. I just don't see this happening as a video game though. If anything, I feel it will ruin it for people who have yet to see the movie. MAYBE (and that's a big maybe) it would work as an adventure game of old, but I doubt that this will turn out well. Hopefully we'll get a nice surprise.

  • WholeDarnShow

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 6:03 pm GMT

    A: 2nd the caption
    B: The Princess Bride pwns.

  • cevic

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 5:44 pm GMT

    The return of Robin Wright Penn aka Princess Buttercup.

  • randy120

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 4:57 pm GMT

    I think I will just watch the movie again.

  • JonnyNemesis

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 4:54 pm GMT

    A Princess Bride game, do you really mean it?

    Anybody want a peanut?

  • martok

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 4:32 pm GMT

    I agree with lamprey263: "great movie, horrible idea for a game". (It's also a very enjoyable book as well.) Can't imagine what the hell they were thinking on this one....

  • ChaosSpaceTroop

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 4:28 pm GMT

    Why? That's what I want to know, why make a game based on that movie?!

  • videogamr49

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 3:18 pm GMT

    Why even bother...WHY!?!

  • lamprey263

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 3:15 pm GMT

    I think a game titled "The Adventures of Inigo Montoya: The Search for the Six Fingured Man" would have more of a chance than this.

  • DryvBy2

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 3:01 pm GMT

    What a STUPID idea.

  • CrushedGroove

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 2:53 pm GMT

    Wow...so studios are so uncreative nowadays that they have to dive back 20 years into the past to find a movie to bastardize? What is happening to this industry? I know many people, with degrees and a head full of great concepts, who cannot find a job in the industry. Instead, we are forced to play lame re-hashings of FPS's and sports games. Not to mention the ridiculous amount of movie games. I guess until the consumers wake up and realize that just because a movie is good DOES NOT mean that the game will be, it will never stop anytime soon.

  • angelGP32

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 2:51 pm GMT

    new for the Wii and DS.

  • styphin

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 2:51 pm GMT

    Love love LOVE the "conceivable" pun in the headline.

  • yohan7

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 2:51 pm GMT

    this just sounds like a bad idea

  • tibiazak

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 2:47 pm GMT

    ok, this will either be horrible, and i'll be ready to kill the people responsible for the game, or it'll be awesome.

    if it's the former, the developers will get thousands of letters, faxes, and e-mails saying "my name is Inego Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die."

  • AvIdGaMeR444

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 2:45 pm GMT

    Inconceivable!

  • SeriousSean

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 2:23 pm GMT

    Too bad, that movie is a classic.

  • 1357900

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 2:08 pm GMT

    Well, I got my laugh in for the day.

  • kicking222

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 2:06 pm GMT

    DEAR GOD, NO!!!!!!

    Why, sweet Jesus, must they take what is easily the best film of the past 30 years and turn into what will sure be a crappy casual game? Why must you allow them to unnecessarily butcher a license? And anyway, what could they possibly do with the license that will be a downloadable game appealing to casual gamers aside from a "Prince of Persia" clone with strung-together characters and plot elements lain on top?

    The very best- and probably sole good- thing to come out of this will undoubtedly be the headline for this article. Props to Brendan Sinclair or whoever happened to come up with it.

    In short... please, please, please do not make ths game, Worldwide Biggies. I will gladly pay you to not soil such a beautiful film.

  • KingGraham

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 2:00 pm GMT

    Best movie of all time to me.

  • dru26

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 1:29 pm GMT

    A medievil game about rescue and revenge...how original an idea...
    Seriously though I wish they would redo one of the best game/film adaptions ever made- Willow.

  • dragonwarlock77

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 1:27 pm GMT

    I really enjoy the movie, but I'm not sure how it would work out as a game. Hopefully they can figure it out...

  • Platyphyllum

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 1:25 pm GMT

    Wow, the person who designed that logo sure is really creative!

  • SemiMaster

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 1:21 pm GMT

    So, what is this 1986 again?

  • Dirk13

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 1:17 pm GMT

    unfortunately from the sound of the company the game may end up sucking, but at least it finally makes for a cool GS riff headline.

  • Lilac_Benjie

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 1:16 pm GMT

    Lemmings: "How would this make a good FPS?"

    j/k don't hurt me

  • whitey3221

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 1:11 pm GMT

    As you wish.

  • fearrich

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 1:09 pm GMT

    I cant ever see this working as a game.

  • yeah_write

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 12:50 pm GMT

    While I'd "wuv, trwu wuv" a great game based on this movie, chances are it's going to be anything but great. That logo is awesome. Ambigrams are fun.

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