ix es ▁of ▁" The ▁E ve ▁of ▁the ▁War " ▁were ▁also ▁released ▁on ▁CD ▁and ▁vin yl . ▁ ▁Bey ond ▁the ▁album ▁ ▁Video ▁games ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁C RL ▁Group ▁P LC ▁released ▁Jeff ▁Wayne ' s ▁Video ▁Game ▁Version ▁of ▁The ▁War ▁of ▁the ▁World s ▁for ▁the ▁S inc la ir ▁Z X ▁Spect rum ▁home ▁computer . ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁released ▁in ▁Germany ▁as ▁Jeff ▁Wayne ' s ▁Video ▁Version ▁von ▁Der ▁Krieg ▁der ▁Wel ten . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁a ▁real - time ▁strategy ▁game , ▁Jeff ▁Wayne ' s ▁The ▁War ▁of ▁the ▁World s , ▁was ▁created ▁by ▁R age ▁Software ▁and ▁released ▁for ▁the ▁personal ▁computer . ▁Jeff ▁Wayne ▁himself ▁produced ▁the ▁musical ▁arrang ements ▁for ▁the ▁game , ▁consisting ▁of ▁ 4 5 ▁minutes ▁of ▁material ▁re - sc ored ▁and ▁rem ixed ▁in ▁a ▁newer ▁electron ica ▁style ▁with ▁te ch no ▁be ats . ▁The ▁game ' s ▁art work ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁Michael ▁Tr im , ▁Geoff ▁Taylor ▁and ▁Peter ▁Good f ellow ▁illustr ations ▁found ▁throughout ▁the ▁original ▁album ▁book let , ▁and ▁some ▁of ▁Richard ▁Bur ton ' s ▁dialog ue ▁as ▁the ▁journalist ▁is ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁opening ▁and ▁closing ▁scenes . ▁N ig el ▁Haw th or ne ▁and ▁Lewis ▁Mac Le od ▁vo iced ▁the ▁human ▁and ▁Mart ian ▁gener als ▁respectively . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁a ▁third -