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1991 · Wisdom Tree · Christian · Platformer

Bible Adventures

Timed Nintendo exclusive

Bible Adventures is an unlicensed religious game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1990. It was developed and published by Wisdom Tree in 1990. It was later ported to the Sega Mega Drive in 1995.

Released
1991
Platforms
NESSega GenesisWindows
Genres
ChristianPlatformerSide-scrolling
Developers
Wisdom Tree
Publishers
Wisdom Tree
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
ActionEducational
Country
United States
Age ratings
ESRB E

About

Bible Adventures is a Christian video game by Wisdom Tree first released in 1991 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and ported to the Mega Drive/Genesis in 1995. The game was unusual in that it was never sold in video game outlets. It contains three different games: Noah's Ark, Baby Moses, and David and Goliath, all of which are based rather loosely on stories from the Bible. The gameplay of these games is sidescroller style similar to that of Super Mario Bros.

2 for the NES. The game also features Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, by J. S. Bach, as the background music for the title screen.

Keywords

  • female protagonist
  • side-scrolling
  • religion
  • multiple protagonists
  • pixel art
  • sheep
  • unlicensed game
  • young protagonist
  • christian themes
  • christianity
  • fetch quests
  • book tie-in

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The game is a collection of three games based on stories contained in the Old Testament:

In Noah's Ark, the player must round up animals and food — sometimes by knocking animals out with an object that resembles a barrel or catching fruit thrown by a monkey — and carry them onto the Ark. Noah's health is recharged when the player reads Bible verses that are scattered around the four levels. Snakes seen on the trees are decoys; the real snakes the player has to capture are inside of a cave.

Reception

, gameplay is broken up by Bible verses), derivative of Super Mario Bros. 2, and poorly designed. It also has been criticized for its recycling of its other levels; each level contains similar objectives and the same style of gameplay. Nevertheless, it reportedly sold 350,000 copies in Christian bookstores.

GamesRadar ranked it as the 68th worst game ever made. The staff criticized the developers for their choice of Bible stories to adapt and for the sloppy design.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
NES31 December 1990Worldwide
Sega Genesis31 December 1995Worldwide
WindowsUnreleased

Editions and related releases

Based on
Old Testament
Included in
Wisdom Tree Sega Genesis CollectionWisdom Tree GBA CollectionWisdom Tree CollectionSpiritual Warfare & Wisdom Tree Collection

Games like this

Collections3 collections

Platform libraries

Genres

Description adapted from its source, CC BY-SA 4.0.