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,
The War of the Worlds (1953 film) by biological means. Steven Spielberg's 2005 "War of the Worlds", although an adaptation of the original Wells novel, does feature several references to the original film: Gene Barry and Ann Robinson have cameo appearances near the end, and the invading aliens have three-fingered hands but are depicted as reptile-like, three-legged walking tripods. There is also a long, snake-like alien camera probe deployed by the invaders in much the same manner as in the 1953 film. "Mystery Science Theater 3000" named one of its lead characters, the mad scientist Dr. Clayton Forrester, as a homage to the 1953 film. In 2004,