From Ghostbusters and Aliens to Lego Star Wars: 10 great video games based on movies

As Oscars night approaches, we pick out some of the rare movie tie-ins that don't make you want to throw popcorn at your screen

Designed by ex-Atari luminary David Crane (Pitfall, Decathlon), Activision's wonderful tie-in captured the humour and spirit of the classic comedy. Players set up their own ghostbusting franchises, buying equipment before setting out to capture spooks. With its use of digitised speech and a jaunty reproduction of the film's soundtrack, it showed that games really could provide an authentic movie experience.