List of books based on video games

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The following is a list of books based on video games. See also: List of books about computer and video games.

Contents

[edit] Doom

Doom

Doom 3

[edit] The Elder Scrolls

[edit] Novels

The Infernal City
Greg Keyes (ISBN 978-0345508010)

[edit] Gabriel Knight

[edit] Novels

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
Jane Jensen (ISBN 0-451-45607-6)
The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery
Jane Jensen (ISBN 0-451-45621-1)

[edit] Gears of War

[edit] Novels

Gears of War: Aspho Fields
Karen Traviss (ISBN 978-0-34549-943-1)
Gears of War: Jacinto's Remnant
Karen Traviss (ISBN 978-1-84149-738-9)

[edit] Halo

[edit] Novels

Six licensed novels based on the Halo series have been published:

Halo: The Fall of Reach
Eric S. Nylund (ISBN 1-84149-420-8)
Halo: The Flood
William C. Dietz (ISBN 1-84149-421-6)
Halo: First Strike
Eric S. Nylund (ISBN 1-84149-422-4)
Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
Eric S. Nylund (ISBN 0-7653-1568-8)
Halo: Contact Harvest
Joseph Staten (ISBN 0-7653-1569-6)
Halo: The Cole Protocol
Tobias S. Buckell (ISBN 978-0765315700)

Halo: The Final Assault

[edit] Hellgate London

[edit] Novels

Hellgate: Exodus (Hellgate: London Trilogy, Book 1)
Mel Odom (ISBN 1416525793)
Hellgate: Goetia (Hellgate: London Trilogy, Book 1)
Mel Odom (ISBN 1416525807)
Hellgate: Covenant (Hellgate: London Trilogy, Book 1)
Mel Odom (ISBN 1416525815)

[edit] Perfect Dark

[edit] Novels

Perfect Dark: Initial Vector
Greg Rucka (ISBN 0-7653-1571-8)
Perfect Dark: Second Front
Greg Rucka (ISBN 0-7653-1572-4)

[edit] Resident Evil

[edit] Novels

Resident Evil: Zero Hour (Resident Evil)
S.D. Perry (ISBN 0671785117)
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Conspiracy (Resident Evil #1)
S.D. Perry (ISBN 0671024396)
Resident Evil: Caliban Cove (Resident Evil #2)
S.D. Perry (ISBN 067102440X)
Resident Evil: City Of The Dead (Resident Evil #3)
S.D. Perry (ISBN 0671024418)
Resident Evil: Underworld (Resident Evil #4)
S.D. Perry (ISBN 0671024426)
Resident Evil: Nemesis (Resident Evil #5)
S.D. Perry (ISBN 067178496X)
Resident Evil: Code: Veronica (Resident Evil #6)
S.D. Perry (ISBN 0671784986)

[edit] RuneScape

[edit] Novels

RuneScape: Betrayal at Falador
T.S. Church (ISBN 978-0955907807)

[edit] Sonic the Hedgehog

[edit] Gamebooks

A series of six Sonic Adventures gamebooks were published in the UK between 1993 and 1996 by Puffin under the Fantail label:

Book 1 - Metal City Mayhem
James Wallis (ISBN 0-14-090391-7)
Book 2 - Zone Rangers
James Wallis (ISBN 0-14-090392-5)
Book 3 - Sonic v Zonik
Nigel Gross and Jon Sutherland (ISBN 0-14-090406-9)
Book 4 - The Zone Zapper
Nigel Gross and Jon Sutherland (ISBN 0-14-090407-7)
Book 5 - Theme Park Panic
Marc Gascoigne and Jonathan Green (ISBN 0-14-037847-2)
Book 6 - Stormin' Sonic
Marc Gascoigne and Jonathan Green (ISBN 0-14-037848-0)

[edit] Novels

Stay Sonic
Mike Pattenden developed a detailed origin for the character later used as the basis of most subsequent UK Sonic stories.

James Wallis, Marc Gascoigne and Carl Sargent (under the pseudonym of Martin Adams) wrote four Sonic the Hedgehog novels based on the origin established in Stay Sonic. They were published in the UK by Virgin Publishing.

Book 1 - Sonic the Hedgehog in Robotnik's Laboratory 
(ISBN 0-426-20401-8)
Book 2 - Sonic the Hedgehog in the Fourth Dimension 
(ISBN 0-426-20402-6)
Book 3 - Sonic the Hedgehog and the Silicon Warriors 
(ISBN 0-426-20403-4)
Book 4 - Sonic the Hedgehog in Castle Robotnik 
(ISBN 0-426-20405-0)

Michael Teitelbaum has also written a series of Sonic novels:

Sonic the Hedgehog 
(ISBN 0-8167-3199-3)
Robotnik's Revenge 
(ISBN 0-8167-3438-0)
Fortress of Fear 
(ISBN 0-8167-3582-4)
Friend or Foe? 
(ISBN 0-8167-3672-3)
Sonic & Knuckles 
(ISBN 0-8167-3781-9)
Sonic X-Treme

Two novels have been written based on the Second/Third season of Sonic X:

Meteor Shower Messenger
Spaceship Blue Typhoon
Where's Sonic?
Using a similar idea to the Where's Wally?/Where's Waldo? books, each page presented the reader with a different puzzle, each one inspired by a different level from Sonic 2 on the Genesis / Sega Mega Drive. Published by Ladybird Books Ltd.
Where's Sonic Now?

Picture books:

Robotnik's Oil
The Invisible Robotnik

[edit] Starcraft

[edit] Novels

Many, many books based on this game. (list is incomplete)

Liberty's Crusade (StarCraft, Book 1)
Jeff Grubb (ISBN 0671041487)
Shadow of the Xel'Naga (StarCraft, Book 2)
Gabriel Mesta (ISBN 978-0955907807)
Speed Of Darkness (StarCraft, Book 3)
Tracy Hickman (ISBN 0671041509)
Uprising (StarCraft, Book 4?)
Jeff Grubb (ISBN 0671041487)
Queen Of Blades (StarCraft)
Tracy Hickman (ISBN 0671041509)
Nova (StarCraft: Ghost)
Keith R. A. DeCandido (ISBN 0743471342)
Firstborn (StarCraft: Dark Templar, Book 1)
Christie Golden (ISBN 0743471253)
Shadow Hunters (StarCraft: Dark Templar, Book 2)
Christie Golden (ISBN 0743471261)
Twilight (StarCraft: Dark Templar, Book 3)
Christie Golden (ISBN 0743471296)
I, Mengsk (StarCraft)
Graham McNeill (ISBN 1416550836)

[edit] Manga

Fontline: Volume 1 (StarCraft)
Naohiro Washio, Paul Benjamin, Richard A. Knaak, Ramanda Kamarga, Joshua Elder (ISBN 1427807212)
Fontline: Volume 2 (StarCraft)
Grace Randolph, Joshua Elder, Kieron Gillen, Simon Furman (ISBN 1427808317)
Fontline: Volume 3 (StarCraft)
Dave Shramek, Grace Randolph, Joshua Elder, Paul Benjamin, Ren Zatopek (ISBN 1427808325)
Fontline: Volume 4 (StarCraft)
Chris Metzen, David Gerrold, Joshua Elder (ISBN 1427816980)