Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds (1998 video game) featuring the scenes on Mars were later recreated for the "War of the Worlds" live show. Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds (1998 video game) Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds is a real-time strategy video game developed by Rage Software Limited and released for Windows-based PCs in 1998. It is based on "Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds" — which is itself based on H. G. Wells' novel "The War of the Worlds". In 1999, another game of the same name was released for the Sony PlayStation. The 1999 game reuses the 1998
The War of the Worlds (radio 1968) reporters as actors. Other changes reflected the changing state of the industry: instead of the old-time radio programming fare of the 1930s, WKBW's "War of the Worlds" broadcast was interwoven into the station's top 40 programming. Initially, a script was written for the news reporters to act out; however, upon hearing the rehearsals, it was evident that the news reporters (except Irv Weinstein, a professional radio actor at the beginning of his career) were not adept at scripted radio acting. So instead, Kaye wrote an outline based on the events that were to occur, and the news reporters were then