There was a time when new superhero movies were almost always accompanied by video game tie-ins. Some of those were good (Spider-Man 2, X-Men Origins: Wolverine), while most were terrible (Catwoman, ...
Since the dawn of the home video game console, the action-adventure genre has been one of the most successful. There’s some debate as to when it all began, though some cite Adventure on the Atari 2600 ...