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==Games== Wisdom Tree's games have a [[Christianity|Christian]] theme, and were often sold in Christian bookstores. Most games adapt [[Bible]] stories to appeal to children of the [[video game]] era. Many of its games are [[Mod (computer gaming)|partial conversion]] themed re-releases of Color Dreams games.<ref name=EGM100/> A Wisdom Tree product catalog shows ''[[Joshua & the Battle of Jericho]]'' as a side-scrolling game using the ''[[Bible Adventures]]'' engine. The actual released game has the engine of ''[[Crystal Mines]]'' and ''[[Exodus (video game)|Exodus]]''.<ref name="Murphy"/> The company's first release as Wisdom Tree is ''Bible Adventures'', a three-in-one [[multicart]] with many gameplay elements from the American ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', applied to three different Bible stories: [[Noah]] collecting animals for the [[Noah's Ark|Ark]], saving Baby [[Moses]] from the [[Pharaoh]]'s men, and re-enacting the story of [[David]] and [[Goliath]]. The company sold 350,000 copies, encouraging this path. Other Wisdom Tree games include ''Exodus'' (a conversion of Color Dreams's ''Crystal Mines'' game, with the story of the [[Israel]]ites' 40-year desert trek), ''[[King of Kings: The Early Years|King of Kings]]'' (similar to ''Bible Adventures'', but featuring three events in the early life of Jesus Christ) and ''Bible Buffet'' (a "video board game" with Bible quizzes). ''[[Spiritual Warfare (video game)|Spiritual Warfare]]'' is an action-adventure game similar in style to ''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'', with the requisite religious theme where the player, as a foot soldier in the Lord's army, is tasked with saving the souls of the heathen populace, using fruit of the spirit. The company released ports of some of these games to the [[Sega Genesis]] and [[Game Boy]], and Bible-reading programs (both [[King James Bible|King James]] and [[NIV]] versions) for Game Boy. ''[[Menace Beach#Sunday Funday|Sunday Funday]]'' is a 1995 conversion of the Color Dreams game ''[[Menace Beach]]'',<ref name="Halter"/> and is the last commercial NES release in the [[United States]].<ref name="WTabout"/> Wisdom Tree made the only unlicensed commercially released game for the North American [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]], ''[[Super 3D Noah's Ark]]''. This conversion of the ''[[Wolfenstein 3D]]'' engine features the player as Noah, quelling upset animals on the Ark by flinging sleep-inducing fruit at them.<ref name="Matulef">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-01-14-unlicensed-snes-game-super-3d-noahs-ark-to-be-reprinted|title=Unlicensed SNES game Super 3D Noah's Ark to be reprinted|last=Matulef|first=Jeffrey|date=January 14, 2014|work=[[Eurogamer]]|access-date=February 28, 2015}}</ref> As the only North American Super NES cartridge to not use the standard Nintendo-manufactured shell, its shape resembles the Super NES [[Game Genie]] or ''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]'' on the Genesis, with a pass-through cartridge port at the top; the game requires a Nintendo-licensed cartridge plugged into this pass-through, bypassing the Super NES's lockout protection.<ref name=EGM100/> A PC port was released on [[Steam (service)|Steam]] in 2015, with retouched features such as support for widescreen resolutions and achievements.<ref name="SuperNoahSteam">{{cite web|url=http://store.steampowered.com/app/371180/|title=Super 3-D Noah's Ark on Steam|access-date=June 26, 2015}}</ref> ''King of Kings'' was listed as the honorable mention in Gamespy.com's "Seven Christmas Games That Make You Hate Christmas", due to its unentertaining gameplay and the farcical feel of dodging "acid-spitting camels".<ref name="gamespy">{{cite web|url=http://xbox360.gamespy.com/articles/105/1055620p2.html|title=Seven Christmas Games That Make You Hate Christmas - Page 2|work=[[GameSpy]]|access-date=February 28, 2015}}</ref> Color Dreams pamphlets tout a lineup of Genesis games, all of them ports of [[Amiga]] games, but were all canceled.<ref name=EGM100/> Other unfinished Color Dreams games include a PC game called ''Hellraiser''. Another ''Wolfenstein 3D'' engine game, it was canceled upon the release of ''[[Doom (1993 video game)|Doom]]'' because Color Dreams decided it could not compete. ''Maggots'' for NES has the player character trapped inside a human corpse and must escape while avoiding the maggots which infest it.<ref name=EGM100/> {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Wisdom Tree games |- ! scope="col" | Title !! Year !! Platforms !! Developer !! Publisher |- | ''[[Bible Adventures]]'' || 1991 || NES, Genesis || Wisdom Tree || Wisdom Tree |- | ''[[Exodus (video game)|Exodus]]'' || 1991 || NES, Game Boy, Genesis, MS-DOS || Wisdom Tree || Wisdom Tree |- | ''[[King of Kings: The Early Years]]'' || 1991 || NES || Wisdom Tree || Wisdom Tree |- | ''[[Joshua & the Battle of Jericho]]'' || 1992 || NES, Game Boy, Genesis, MS-DOS || Wisdom Tree || Wisdom Tree |- | ''[[Spiritual Warfare (video game)|Spiritual Warfare]]'' || 1992 || NES, Game Boy, Genesis, MS-DOS || Wisdom Tree || Wisdom Tree |- | ''Bible Buffet'' || 1993 || NES || Wisdom Tree || Wisdom Tree |- | ''King James Bible'' || 1993 || Game Boy || Wisdom Tree || Wisdom Tree |- | ''[[Super 3D Noah's Ark]]'' || 1994 || Super NES, MS-DOS || Wisdom Tree || Wisdom Tree |- | ''[[Menace Beach#Sunday Funday|Sunday Funday]]'' || 1995 || NES || Wisdom Tree || Wisdom Tree |- | ''NIV Bible & the 20 Lost Levels of Joshua'' || 1996 || Game Boy || Wisdom Tree || Wisdom Tree |- | ''Heaven Bound'' || 2003 || PC || Wisdom Tree || Emerald Studios |- | ''Jesus in Space'' || 2007 || PC || Sunday Software || Wisdom Tree |}
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