List of Asterix games

This is a list of Asterix games of all varieties (book, board and video).

Gamebooks

• Asterix Adventure Games — a series of game books in the style of the Choose Your Own Adventure books but with some randomization by way of dice and included props. Written by Stephen Thraves.
  1. Asterix to the Rescue (1986) — rescue the captured druid from Rome.
  2. Operation Britain (1987) — get mistletoe from Britain for the potion.
  3. Asterix Against All Odds (1992) — circumnavigate occupied Gaul (based on Asterix and the Banquet]]).
• Alea jacta est! — a roleplaying system including attributes and combat. The reader plays the part of Justforkix from Asterix and the Normans in a series of scenarios moderated by the game books. Translated by Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge.
  1. Le rendez-vous du chef (1988) — English: The Meeting of the Chieftains (1989)
  2. La vedette armoricaine (1988) — English: The Idol of the Gauls (1990)
  3. L'affaire des faux menhirs (1988) — English: The Roman Conspiracy (1991)
  4. Le grand jeu (1988) — English: The Great Game (not translated)
• Find Asterix (1998) — a Where's Wally? clone with Asterix as the object of the search in crowded scenes from the world of 50 BC.

Board games

• Astérix en Égypte (Asterix in Egypt) from Jeux Noel (1971)
• Le tour de Gaule d'Astérix from Jeux Dargaud (1978)
• Les Voyages D'Asterix from Jeux Dargaud (1978)
• Astérix et la potion magique from Jeux Nathan (1985)
• Asterix the Board Game from Spear Spiele (1990)
• Astérix et les Romains or Asterix en de Romeinen or Asterix und die Römer from Ravenburger (1990)
• Asterix das Kartenspiel from FX Schmid-Spears (1992)
• Asterix & Obelix - Die Lorbeeren des Caesar from N&W Spiele (1997)
• Asterix & Obelix from Kosmos (2006)

In 2006, licensed versions of numerous board games were produced, including Monopoly, Cluedo, Draughts, Ludo, Game of the Goose, Trivial Pursuit, Backgammon, Pay Day, Snakes and ladders, Quarto, and others.^[1]

Video games

European and Australian PAL releases

• Asterix (Atari 2600) - Atari - 1983
• Obelix (video game) (Atari 2600) - Atari - 1983 (alternative version of Asterix)
• Asterix and the Magic Cauldron (Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC) - Melbourne House - 1986
• Asterix and the Magic Carpet (Commodore 64, Amiga 500, Atari ST, PC) - Coktel Vision - 1987
• Asterix Chez Rahàzade (Amstrad CPC) - Coktel Vision - 1988 (CPC version of Magic Carpet)
• Asterix: Operation Getafix (Amiga 500, Atari ST, PC) - Coktel Vision - 1989
• Asterix (Master System) - Sega - 1991
• Asterix in Morgenland (Commodore 64) - Bomico/Melbourne House - 1992
• Asterix (Arcade) (Arcade) - Konami - 1992
• Asterix (Game Boy, SNES, NES) - Bit Managers/Infogrames - 1993
• Asterix and the Secret Mission (Master System, Game Gear) - Sega - 1993
• Asterix and the Great Rescue (Mega Drive/Genesis, Master System, Game Gear) - Sega - 1993
• Asterix and the Power of the Gods (Mega Drive/Genesis) - Core Design/Sega - 1995
• Asterix: Caesar's Challenge (CD-i, PC) - Infogrames - 1995
• Asterix & Obelix (Game Boy, Super Nintendo, PC) - Bit Managers/Infogrames - 1995
• Asterix (PlayStation) - Infogrames - 1999
• Asterix & Obelix (Game Boy Color) - Bit Managers/Infogrames - 1999 (recolored port of Asterix & Obelix Game Boy version)
• Asterix: Search For Dogmatix (Game Boy Color) - Infogrames - 2000
• Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar (PlayStation, PC) - Cryo Interactive - 2000
• Asterix: The Gallic War (PC) - Infogrames - 2000
• Asterix: Mega Madness (PlayStation, PC) - Infogrames - 2001
• Asterix & Obelix: Bash Them All (Game Boy Advance) - Bit Managers/Infogrames - 2002 (with port of Asterix and Obelix Super Nintendo version)
• Asterix & Obelix XXL (PlayStation 2, PC, GameCube, Game Boy Advance) - Atari - 2004
• Asterix & Obelix XXL 2: Mission: Las Vegum (PlayStation 2, PC) - Atari - 2005
• Asterix & Obelix XXL 2: Mission: Wifix (Nintendo DS, PSP) - Atari - 2006 (port of Asterix & Obelix XXL 2: Mission: Las Vegum for PSP, and a totaly remake for Nintendo DS)
• Asterix at the Olympic Games (PlayStation 2, PC, Nintendo DS, Wii, Xbox 360) - Atari - 2007 (2008 for the Xbox 360 version)
• Asterix Brain Trainer (Nintendo DS) (Atari)
• Asterix: These Romans are Crazy! (Nintendo DS) (Ubisoft) (October 29, 2009)

Most of the games were only released in PAL format for Europe (and also Australia), because of the comic's acceptance in that region, opposed to the lower popularity in other regions.

Some of the releases in other regions are

• Asterix (Atari 2600) - Atari - 1983 - North America - Released in North America as Taz, featuring the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes characters instead of Asterix characters.
• Asterix and the Magic Cauldron (Commodore 64) - Melbourne House - 1986 - North America
• Asterix in Morgenland (Commodore 64) - Bomico/Melbourne House - 1992 - North America
• Asterix and the Great Rescue (Mega Drive/Genesis - Sega - 1994 - North America
• Asterix and the Great Rescue (Master System) - Tec Toy - 1994 - Brazil
• Asterix and the Great Rescue (Game Gear)] - Sega - 1995 - North America
• Asterix and the Secret Mission (Master System) - Tec Toy - 1996 - Brazil - Released in Brazil as As Aventuras da TV Colosso, featuring Rede Globo's popular puppet characters instead of Asterix characters.
• Asterix & Obelix XXL (PlayStation 2) - Atari - 2004 - North America - Released in North America as Asterix & Obelix: Kick Buttix

References

External links

• Asterix.com lists of board games, card games, and video games
• Asterix Adventure Games (Demian's Gamebook Web Page)
• Alea jacta est! (Demian's Gamebook Web Page)
• Gusworld: Finding Asterix
• Board Game Geek