Ta Daa! It's a new blog post! Anyway, this time around is centered on Christian video games throughout the years (this is actual game systems, NOT computer games!). It starts (to the best of my knowledge) with a little company called Color Dreams. They made unlicensed games for the NES, SNES, and Sega Genesis. One day (I'm a bit sketchy on this part), they decided to start making nothing but Christian games, and they changed their name to Wisdom Tree. Then they made their first Christian game: Bible Adventures. It was a fairly mediocre attempt at a decent platformer, but it was playable. I guess it at least sold enough to persuade them to make more, anyway. I know my dad has a copy! Anyway, there followed such games as Kings of Kings (which I have never played), Exodus: Journey to the Promised Land, Joshua and the Battle of Jericho, Bible Buffet, and Spiritual Warfare. There have been many varying opinions as to the quality of these games over the years, but I believe that every one I've played has been at least as good as many other games available on those systems. The only thing I ever thought was missing was a Christian RPG. Unfortunately, the company stopped making console games around 1995 or so, and went to computer games only. End of story.
Enter ten years later. Crave entertainment and Mass Media take a risk and make The Bible Game, for PS2, Xbox, and GBA. It is the first licenced Christian video game of all time. The console edition is a TV gameshow type game, where you answer trivia questions and play minigames for points. I have the PS2 game, and I think it's pretty good! As I understand it, the GBA game is a bit more of an adventure game, although it still has some trivia in it.
I don't know how well The Bible Game has sold so far. I do hope, however, that it has sold well enough to prompt the companies to make more Christian games. With good sales and just a little luck, that Christian RPG may still surface!
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