by a Random Reviewer
The other genres get all the credit, even though adventures have always been the superior genre. So many action games have inspired movies, such as Doom, Tomb Raider, Need for Speed, and the Super Mario Brothers series. Heck, they even got people to pay to see a movie that was really just an advertisement for Mario 3!
But there’s very few adventure games that have succeeded in that way. In fact, there’s only one. (Rumor has it that Les Manley was copied to make a Steve Carell film, but I don’t buy that.)
Enter today’s game, Johnny Castaway, a 1992 classic from the team at Sierra On-Line. Dynamix lead Jeff Tunnel did much of the work, causing the game to be noticed by filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, taking a break from directing the smash hit Death Becomes Her. Tom Hanks didn't take much convincing to star in it. According to the press at the time, he took one look at the game and instantly signed on to the movie project.
