Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds (1999 video game) Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds (1999 video game) Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds is a vehicular combat third-person shooter video game. It was based primarily on the 1978 concept album "Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds", but also draws from the original "War of the Worlds" novel by H. G. Wells. The game was developed by Pixelogic and released in Europe exclusively for the Sony PlayStation in 1999. The game was never released in North America. The game's visuals are based heavily on the album's artwork, which was created by Mike Trim,
Flying machine (The War of the Worlds) the tripods described in the novel, might be an obscure reference to the novel's Martian flying machine; the look of these machines actually derive from the complication of making convincing walking tripod effects and were given "invisible legs" to give the machines support and lift from the ground. In the pilot episode of the "War of the Worlds" TV series, a sequel to the 1953 film, these same machines are seen but the "legs" are not present and are given more of a look of taking flight, but still possess the speed and movement of their film counterparts. The flying