I can't be the only one who has a list of kick ass games that we remember from what I consider some of the best in PC gaming history. Every one of these I remember playing hours on end and loving every moment of it and yet none of these has had a recient addition and doesn't seem like there ever will be.

Blood
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/8967/bloodim.jpg

Every FPS fan should remember this if they were gaming back in the day. This still remains my most favorite shooter yet and even today is hard as a mother f***er to finish on harder difficulties. Caleb's black humor and array of various weapons were perfectly suited to the style of the game. You had Duke who was a smart ass, and Caleb who was a brutal psychopath. Being able to kick zombie heads around, playing mini games at the carnival level, the secret shopping mall level were all just so much fun. Oh and quotes from the Evil Dead series were just the icing on the cake.

Hexen
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8417/dshexbig.png

One of the few fps games i've never finished due to the frustratingly insane puzzle difficulty. This game is f***ing hard and lets you know it. Fighting through a horde of fire/ice breathing monsters to activate a switch only to get a message of "A door has opened" will drive you nuts. I think this is the first of few FPS games that have a class based main character where you can choose who you want to be. Shame each guy only had 4 weapons and was pretty much exactly the same strength as the others.

Hexen 2
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/2403/hexen2.gif

This could well be in the same space as Heretic but if either of these games gets another title in the series I will be over the moon. I like this one more too. Taking Heretic's puzzles and softening them down just a little made it much more enjoyable for me. Each level having vastly different design and time periods and enemies was so awesome at the time. Not to mention it looked cool as, back when the Quake 2 engine was the s***. Again I never finished this game as the final area was way beyond my skill at the time. I gotta try and get this working on my new system.

Constructor
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/25/constructor.jpg

Not many may know this but god damn this was a fun game. Building neighborhoods and keeping everything running smoothly, while turning a profit was hard work. Having to put up with tenants complaining about bathrooms not being pretty enough and dealing with the roaming biker gangs trashing houses (not to mention jason mask wearing, chainsawing maniacs who destroyed fences) sent by rival players was so much fun. Having to pick the right houses, layouts, house upgrades and then the people who finally live in the house was so damn fun! Almost like The Sims without all the boring s*** added to it.

Dungeon Keeper
http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/9711/dungeonkeeper.jpg

Anyone who has played this will agree with me here I think. This is 1 of the greatest games ever IMO and a damn shame it's doomed to never see a third in the series. Playing as the bad guys for once was so refreshing and a pretty big twist on things. Having to carve out dungeons for your minions so they are all happy and content was a ball. Dumping enemies (or even your own people) in your torture chamber was always my favorite. Hearing them scream while your mistresses whipped them was always a good thing. Even better though was killing an enemy invasion and then using the bodies to turn into vampires and skeletons. There NEEDS to be another one of these games... if to be the only game on the list to get 1 final installment.

Any ideas on what you guys would like to see another of?

Monkey Island

Heretic was like the first PC game I got into, def +1 for that

That screenshot and description of Heretic you have there is actually from the original Hexen.

ff7 and all the others

Does it have to be PC games? cause i sure as hell wanna see a Killer Instinct 3 in full 3D glory.

C.C.C.C.C.C.C.COMBO BREAKER!

They need to remake a decent Rainbow Six game.

The original + Rogue Spear were f***ing sick, just needs updated graphics and all the new AI technology and we're good to go.

Rogue Spear had the perfect formula, it's just lacking the AI.

Magic Carpet and Delta V. Loved those games.

I was just about to post magic carpet damn you.

A proper Syndicate remake would be very sweet.

Blood was a fantastic game to play at a LAN.

syndicate
spy vs spy

I remember spending ages making maps for Hexen/Heritic2 to play on the computers at School.

One Epic map had a Pig Maze in it (to get 1 part for an unlock to the super weapon. If you made any more then 1-2 wrong turns you would un-Pig in the maze and die :) Was a little bit cheaty I spose, but everyoen that played learned the path pretty quick.

DK (and to a slightly lesser extent DK2) is one of my all time favorite games. Would be absolutly awesome if they could make another one. Is Bullfrog still around?

Syndicate/Syndicate Wars would be awesome too. Even a working copy of the old games would be awesome!

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QUAKE 1, just keep the fundamentals like gameplay and speed of game..

heretic was awesome, so was that other game kinda like heretic but not heretic, but it was kinda like heretic

Ah your right fpot. My bad. Fixed it now though. Since I have both Hexen's in the list though mabye I should of added another old game instead. Bah oh well too lazy to fix it now. Far as I know bullfrog aint around anymore but they sold the rights to someone before they did. Same with blood, Atari have the rights to it. And it's the only game using the Build engine that doesn't have a port of it like Duke3d and Shadow Warrior do because monolith lost the source code to it somehow. At least thats what I read somewhere.

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what's quake 1

Little Big Adventure and LBA2 : Twinsen's Odyssey BOTH EPIC GAMES. i dunno how to put pics on here but....



http://img.verycd.com/posts/0510/post-333311-1128620999.jpg

Didnt bullfrog also make a strategy game called Populous? aim of the game was to build up your tribe and eventually turn your shaman into god or something.

Bullfrog made quite a few of the games people ITT are reminising about.
They made 3 Populous games.

Some quick googleing tells me that EA bought them out, well there goes any hope of that.

i agree whol heartedly with constructor and dungeon keeper... those games were f***ing awesome, i spent hours with constructor, the humour was f***ing awesome and the animations and graphics were lulz.

dungeon keeper 2 was pretty f***ing sick, i played it again about a year ago and had a hoot, was good for some lan battles aswell.

id like to see theme hospitol remade but they would probably f*** it up and turn it into something stupid.

Heretic was so frustrating I f***ing sucked at that game :(

Action Quake 2 doesnt need to be remade

Everyone just needs to be forced to play it

A proper Syndicate remake would be very sweet.

Abso-f***ing-lutely... this! Apparently it's on some European developers list of things to write, but I think it's gone back onto the backburner. I'd track down the website, but I'm behind the work firewall atm.

Also, a prettier version of Transport Tycoon Deluxe. I still play this regularly with using OpenTTD. It's the only game that has stayed on my HDD ever since I er... had a HDD. Easily the most re-playable yet simple game I've ever played. I think with a boost in the graphics department, some smarter AI, and this would be another huge hit.

Also the DK games definitely. Another example of simple mechanics and tons of re-playability.

heretic was awesome, so was that other game kinda like heretic but not heretic, but it was kinda like heretic

yeah, i always confused hexen and heretic, because they were both kinda just doomII with spells and potions etc

DUKE NUKEM!

:(

so was that other game kinda like heretic but not heretic, but it was kinda like heretic

Rise of the Triad

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5f/ROTT_Packshot.jpeg

never liked duke 1 & 2 side scrollers, i think by that time i'd played side scrollers to death on nearly every platform. Duke3D was one of the finest early FPSes, and i would argue the best DOS game ever.

Gargh this thread bought back memories.

Hexen II was a bit beyond me when I was young but I had so much fun with cheats and god mode back in the day, still one of the more imaginative games I've ever played.

I remember loving the Heretic II demo, may have to check it out when I get home
http://www.azt-ev.de/MorphOS_Screens/MorphOS1_4_Screens/heretic2_b.jpg

MatchFixa - Populous the Beginning was the final in the series and the only one I ever played, another oldie that needs to be remade. The same people went on to make the Black and White series which were fun but lacked the comical destruction of summoning an angel of death or volcano in an enemy town...
http://strategygalore.nodblog.com/files/2008/11/populous-3-city.png

Also agree on the Twinsen games, also very epic. I still have the music to the 2nd game which takes me back to the ridiculous amount of time I spent running around on the gas planet.

The other games I'd love to see are Thief 1 & 2 (not so old, and I guess thief 4 has been announced...)
http://ui28.gamespot.com/635/thiefgarrettdt_2.jpg
and The Settlers 2, an amazing economy game (Which was basically remade a few years ago anyway, but I missed the original artistic style).
http://nag.tidemedia.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/settlers2-01.jpg

Edit: Had to throw in Quest for Glory, an epic 5-parter that shared the King's Quest engines, but had combat and leveling up.

http://linuxdevcenter.com/linux/2003/02/03/graphics/hq1-0.alpha.png

http://kotaku.com/5192915/syndicate-remake-looking-more-likely

Developer 'Starbreeze' is apparently working on it...
Nothing on their 'In development' page though. All their news posts are in Swedish... so I cant read them...
Project Redlime? http://forum.starbreeze.com/viewforum.php?id=22

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_s4yaF0W2Dis/SWPo_FcgzCI/AAAAAAAAI-Y/8Q4pTXYcXaM/s400/street-rod-screenshot-1.jpgSTREET ROD!

yeah cause everyone looooves movie remakes.

Could have sworn that Hexen 2 was a heavily modified Quake (first) engine. No coloured lighting effects that I recall..

As for Dungeon Keeper: "Evil Genius"?

Police Quest

Populous the Beginning was the final in the series and the only one I ever played, another oldie that needs to be remade. The same people went on to make the Black and White series which were fun but lacked the comical destruction of summoning an angel of death or volcano in an enemy town...

EA actually released a new Populous game on the DS, similar in style to the first two games.

I'm a f***ing massive geek, but I'd like to see the original "Gold Box" SSI games like Pool of Radiance remade without radically changing the combat gameplay, just facelift the interface and world etc.

I really liked the turn-based combat and its been missing in the D&D-based titles since - stop-pause doesn't cut it. Stuff like positioning really mattering, being able to properly block a doorway with fighters.

You need to have a certain sort of geek-brain to like that sort of thing though I guess, and it might be just a rose-glasses thing anyway..

MECHWARRIOR!!!!!!~~

Monkey Island

You mean like this?

Descent.

'nuff said.


http://www.glidos.net/large/descent.jpg

Yes to Hexxen, Yes to Dungeon Keeper.

Better games to remake though:
Leisure Suit Larry 2.
Wing Commander 1-2.
Commander Keen 5.
Kings Quest 6.

Games which have had sequals that are really remakes but can still be done better:
Sim City 4.
Warcraft 2.
Dragons Lair :)

rygar
rastan saga
karnov
slap fight
new zealand story

ah the glory days. youse nerds went and ruined the games after that.
lol

Shadow Warrior
Hexen I & II
Someone will say it but - FINISH DUKE NUKEM c***S

Hexen

Privateer
http://www.thecomputershow.com/computershow/graphics/private2.jpg

Battle Toads
http://www.iovideogioco.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/windowslivewriterretrogameofthedaybattletoadsinbattlemani-10801battletoads-nes21.png

Golden Axe
http://users.cs.cf.ac.uk/J.Cookson/golden-axe-1.jpg

Scorched Earth
http://journal.sarahcada.com/uploaded_images/scorch_3_large-735532.png


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STREET ROD!

+1

and Street Rod 2.

OH AND STUNTS . One of the games i playd the most on my old 3.1 windows machine

http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~micallef/iphone/stunts.jpg


http://www.donotfold.be/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/stunts.jpg

http://www.ibiblio.org/GameBytes/issue20/misc/stunts4.gif

OMFG STUNTS I FORGOT ABOUT THAT!

trackmania is kinda like but but stunts was godly.

oh and to a lesser extent TIE FIGHTER. which was a pretty good flight sim

http://media.bestofmicro.com/The-TIE-Fighter-instrument-panel-shuffles-the-same-gauges-from-the-X-Wing-around,Q-G-94264-13.jpg

Thats it you clowns
now you've made me want to bash up a dosbox and play all these epic games

Thats it you c***s now you've made me want to bash up a dosbox and play all these epic games

ninja edit!

A HD remake of TIE Fighter would be absolutely amazing. An entirely new TIE Fighter would be even more amazing, bordering on total kickarsery.

Thirding Populus. That was a great game.

Double Dragon

well spotted konstie

Would be absolutly awesome if they could make another one. Is Bullfrog still around?

Bullfrog is basically Lionhead these days, Peter Molyneux was the guy behind Theme Park, Dungeon Keeper, Populous, Syndicate, Magic Carpet etc. Now he's just f***ing around with Natal and Fable.

Final Fantasy 7 really needs to get remade, they would make a killing out of it. Also battletoads as long as they turn the difficulty down a bit.

UFO: Enemy Unknown.

http://www.jmok.es/images/games/xcom_ufo_02.jpg

Bullfrog is basically Lionhead these days, Peter Molyneux was the guy behind Theme Park, Dungeon Keeper, Populous, Syndicate, Magic Carpet etc.

Not true, Sean Cooper was involved with a lot of those.
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=13676

Clive Barker's Undying


http://www.sg.hu/kep/2001_06/clive_barkers_undying_bemutato_01.jpg

f*** yeah, Twinsen's Odyssey was the f***ing bomb. I'd love a remake of that.

Holy s*** Twinsen's Odyssey was so epic. Man so many games need to be made again or at least made to run on current systems

i would love to see a longer twinsen's odyssey with updated graphics. everything else about the game (open 3d world, 3rd person) doesn't really need to be changed that much to still be considered a good game.

epic storyline!

I can't believe I forgot Betrayal At Krondor:

http://bulk.destructoid.com/ul/user/9/9243-61628-kronworldmapjpg-550x.jpg

One of the most epic games I've ever played, and left such an impression that I've just slogged through several dozen books in the series.

wait what.. they made a game from feist's s***?

For me I would say

Rise of the Triad
Descent
Stunts
Martian Memorandum (Tex Murhpy)
Beneath a Steel Sky (I only had the floppy version, never got the full speech CDROM one)

Yeah two actually, though I heard the second wasn't as good. Also an original series using the same engine which I need to check out if I can handle the early 90s first person graphics... Eventually there were 3 books based on the games which were retroactively added to the series, but I skipped them on the way through.

Kung Fu

Star Lancer
Road Rash
Flashback
GP4
Drag Racing ( NHRA)

Privateer

That screenshot is Privateer 2: The Darkening, you douche.

But yes, the original Privateer needs remaking.

oh man i was sitting here trying to remember the name of Privateer while reading this thread. mad props to whoever suggested that.

i want a super awesome remake of any of the tycoon games: hospital tycoon, pizza tycoon, etc

I would put Carmageddon as of the first games that i want remade...

Also the orginal Need for speed SE it was actually fun and not crap like the rest of them...

Double Dragon
Golden Axe
Alex the Kid

Alex the Kid

FFS is Alex Kidd. NOT ALEX THE KID. HES NOT A WESTERN MOVIE ACTION HERO.

Earth Worm Jim

+1 BLOOD
+1 GOLDEN AXE
+1 DOUBLE DRAGON
+1 ROTT
+1 QUEST FOR GLORY (however i thought they did this semi-recently)

= 5

Duke Nukem

I'd like to see the original "Gold Box" SSI games like Pool of Radiance remade without radically changing the combat gameplay, just facelift the interface and world etc.

I really liked the turn-based combat and its been missing in the D&D-based titles since - stop-pause doesn't cut it. Stuff like positioning really mattering, being able to properly block a doorway with fighters.

+1 to all of the above, however today's ADD kids just don't like turn based games so it would most likely bomb. About the best you can do is try to source all the awesome turn based games that were made around 20 years ago.

IIRC there was also a Pool of Radiance namesake game made into 3D as an attempt to bring the series up to date gameplay wise but it was ended up as utter s***e.

spy vs spy

Twas a top game that.

Stroker (I don't know how to post images on here someone tell me sorry)

http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://girlsofwar.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/stroker1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://girlsofwar.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/preparem-se-seres-masculinos/&usg=__wlbKERefh9zj8PlULZHs12ryTj8=&h=199&w=319&sz=13&hl=en&start=2&tbnid=Hu6WrAV6aETkfM:&tbnh=74&tbnw=118&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dstroker%2Bcommodore%2B64%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

Police Quest
Silpheed
Zork
Maniac Mansion
Laura Bow mysteries
Gabriel Knight
The last ninja

Wizball
Elite
Questron II
Raid Over Bungling Bay
Ye Ah Kung Fu
Mission Impossible
Eye of the Beholder
Ultima V

f***ing ausome thread.......
mame time tonight !!!!!!!
but i really wanna play scorched earth and stunts.......

f*** i loved scorched earth and stunts!

Wizball

Wizball Remake

as far as made_for_pc games go i'll have to throw my vote in for the dungeon keeper series also

also dk2 for best song in a game ever with disco inferno when someone hit the jackpot in the casino.

was black and white (sort of) meant to be a continuation of the dk stuff? they were ok games, but molyneaux really s***s me and made me think theyll never be as good as he'd lead you to believe


i would have also liked to have seen another freelancer game. nice and simple/arcadey space combat and trade rpg with a story. space sims are for fagerts

Deus Ex 2 needs to be remade.

first #1, i tried playing de1. it hasn't aged well.

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This is gonna sound wierd and it's not particular old school, but I don't reckon they've made a better jedi game than jedi knight 2, the multiplayer experience was fantastic, I would really like to play a game like that again, but I haven't been particularly enthusiastic about any star wars game since.

not even kotor/2?

Agreed on the final two Jedi Knight/Dark Forces games, I was actually playing those last night. The animation and combat is still amazing.

For those interested in the old quest for glory games, it seems a dedicated group has gone to the effort of fully recreating QFG2 (the only one that was never remade in the point-and-click icon engine used in the later king's quest games) and it actually looks incredibly well done, cutscenes and all. There's a trailer available: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFRJAlMg6P0 and you can find it here http://www.agdinteractive.com/games/qfg2/homepage/homepage.html

Chalk up 1 more for the list...

Carmageddon
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/489/91155large.jpg

No need for a description. Everyone should know this game. If you don't, your not a real gamer.

Stunts, lmao. Wow. That seems like a life-time ago.

I'm absolutely feeling the love for Golden Axe and Double Dragon beat-em ups in here! I was going to attempt a beat-em up as my next game when I get around to it.

They were the best 2-player coop.

Rise of the Triad was the game I was thinking of

you know what else was awesome, f***s me if I can remember the name of it but i'll try to describe it
you had an overview of these 4 guys who all had some pretty serious fire power, you could jump in these hover cars and cruise to your next slaughter mission etc

thats about all I remember, it was 3.11/dos6/maybe early 95 days

Yeah, Syndicate teq, been mentioned a few times. Was awesome.

http://i50.tinypic.com/2eanwnb.gif

Dune and Dune 2 were great in those days too.

Dune 2 didn't have network support *sigh*

http://i47.tinypic.com/2qmni0z.jpg

oh whoops, I just ctrl+f'd and found all the results, I thought it was called something like "Assassins" or whatever, I had it in my head that it started with 'A' for some reason

awesome game anyway, takes me way back

brb linux isos

Thanks for the Wizball remake

Plenty I can think of, but what came to my mind straight away was crusader no remorse/no regret.

a new mech warrior would go a bit of ok, preferably with a lot of ridiculous cgi

I was hoping for a remake of Bubble Bobble for PC, HD with proper TCP/IP. That would be a really really cool time-killer. Unfortunately they remade that for the DS recently so you can't just dev out a rip of it and expect to get away with selling it.

Seems that Taito are pals with Nintento. So when the Wii HD model is released...

(the gfx will have the extra cutsey Bublin bros though...)


Re Dune 2: Apparently Command and Conquer 4's gameplay style will be more reminiscent of Dune 2 (and Generals), than C&C1-3.

And the first Quest for Glory title was remade by Sierra, around the time of QFG3. Features remade 256 colour backgrounds and a full point and click interface.

Game nostalgia is awesome. :)

I'd say "remake Death Track 2000" except that it was remade, and released last year. Unfortunately, it mostly sucked. :(

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Not really a game that should be remade (man i'm SO playing this tomorrow) but epic none the less

The Incredible Machine
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c4/The_Incredible_Machine_3.png

They really need to make more Roller Coaster Tycoon games. I don't think that series has even come close to it's potential.

I always wanted a sequel to "Fatal Racing / Whiplash"

Was the first car game that blew my mind back in 1995, the stunts & racing was awesome. & the game had so many features it was ridiculous, plus its still the only racing game i've played where team tactics were involved.

Dune 2 didn't have network support *sigh*

Dune 2000 was practically a remake of Dune II, and it added network support. There's also Emperor: Battle for Dune.

Privateer/Privateer 2 the darkening.

Best games ever, even for the time they looked good, they *Felt* and played good.

REMAKE_WARRANTED+++;

The Incredible Machine

This was SO awesome. I finished it back in the day but it took me a while. Your screenshot looks nothing like how I remember the game though. This is the one I clocked:

http://i46.tinypic.com/16h46ip.jpg

Battle Toads

Zoh my God, yes!

Every time they try to remake The Incredible Machine it just doesn't turn out as good. There were about 5 sequels and plenty of spin offs like 'Crazy Machines' etc.

The original was and is the best in the genre.

Burried away on an old dvd I cracked out last night looking for some oldies, I found this compilation that has Ultimate doom, Doom 2, Doom 2 TNT, Doom 2 Plutonia, Doom 64, Hexen, Hexen exp pack, Hexen 2, Hexen 2 exp pack, Heretic, Heretic 2 and Strife. All GL versions, all with no errors which runs from a custom game launcher and which works perfectly on windows 7 64bit. f***ing great stuff. This will keep me busy for ages. Trying to finally finish Heretic now. Never have since its a long ass game. Like 8 or so levels per episode and there are around 7 of them.

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The original was and is the best in the genre.

Indeed, very good game.

Another awesome puzzle game was Marble Drop

http://antontitov.com/uploads/2008/04/marbledrop.jpg

anything with level editors

Crusader: No Remorse and Raptor: Call of the shadows. I used to play Crusader & Raptor for hours when I got home from school and I still play Raptor occasionally through DosBox. I tried to play Crusader a few months ago but the controls just feel wrong & weird, plus the colours kept going all funky :(

edit: Need for Speed SE was good but I always liked NFS2 SE.

Come to think of it, I'd love a remake of the original red alert & red alert 2. Keep the games exactly as they are gameplay wise but update the graphics. I made an awesome LAN multiplayer map for RA & RA2 that would see us building little bases on islands and then taking to the seas for an epic oceanic battle for supremacy.

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pretty much +1 to entire thread because all of these games are epic

Every game in this entire thread doesn't even need to be remade in all honesty. What they really need is to update them to run on windows 7 and such

Topic: 5 Games that need to be remade - Hexen
New HeXen already in development, called HeXen: Edge of Chaos, look here
Hexen:Edge of Chaos: News

pretty much +1 to entire thread because all of these games are epic

f*** yeah, so many good titles in here (blood was a really good one). some other games id like to see..

x-wing vs tie fighter
Interstate 76
apache vs havoc (f*** i spent time on this game)
ignition - was good fun (i actually still have this with a 3DFX patch haha)
mechwarrior 2 (even if it was a direct clone game play wise but just had sick crysis style graphics. couldnt think of a better game to come out.. i would pay up to $150 for it)
descent 2 remake
KKND - i enjoyed this for a while.
Total Annilation.


rFactor 2 & homeworld 3 would be nice

Every game in this entire thread doesn't even need to be remade in all honesty. What they really need is to update them to run on windows 7 and such

That would be nice, but largely impractical since the majority of the development companies that made the games in this thread have either gone out of business or have been swallowed up by Activision or EA.

Running the classics through DOSBox or VMWare usually yields results that are good enough. I've noticed in recent months that this is the way a lot are being packaged for sale on Steam/GOG etc, bundled with DOSBox and a custom tweaked dosbox.conf file.

Every game in this entire thread doesn't even need to be remade in all honesty. What they really need is to update them to run on windows 7 and such

I hear where you're coming from - but it's one thing to say 'update the graphics' but that means changing all the textures, writing pixel and vertex shaders, memory management, high-poly models (might even be impossible based on their previous technology and file formats) etc, etc.

You'd find that you would have to re-write about 70-80% of the code base at a guess I reckon. Only really generic stuff like AI, path-finding and so on would be spared.

That doesn't even touch on the huge improvements in compiler technology. Even if they stuck to C/C++ portable coding rules it might even be a big task just to compile the original code base for those 15+ yo games.

Incredible machines like Crazy machines???

http://store.steampowered.com/app/18400/

TA Remake is here
http://springrts.com/

Its bloody good so much better then the orginal

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it's not really a remake.. it's every unit ever thought of thrown in

i didn't like it, tbh too many units and buildings

a remake of red alert would be alright

- Thexder

- LHX Attack Chopper

- Thief 1 and 2 (already mentioned)

- HalfLife 1 (heard there was a remake on the way - haven't seen it yet)

- Quake 1 (yes as in not 2 or 3 or 4 or that ridiculous QW bastardisation). ID remade Doom and Wolfenstein.. that's the idea

- DISCWORLD

- Did someone say that Stunts was remade already yet?

- Deus Ex 1/2

- LSL.. I want to see Leisure Suit Larry in stereo 3D goodness all over again

- Monkey Island - yes I know they remade number one... MORE!

- Team Fortress 1 (yes a remake of the oldschool Quake mod)

Action Quake 2 doesnt need to be remade

Everyone just needs to be forced to play it

I'll agree to disagree. It shat to me to tears to learn the hand that the creator of Counter Strike had in that piece of work. I felt bad hearing he abandoned the project after the haxors got too much to deal with.. kinda

I guess he is a household name now -ish


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Can't believe UFO only got one mention, cant think of a better candidate for a remake.

Wasn't HL1 re-released on Steam in the HL2/Source engine?

Can't believe UFO only got one mention, cant think of a better candidate for a remake.

Hey Be Rad, welcome, friend. Give me a linky, I want to see.

A remake of Archon.

There is a s*** remake floating around but I think a major developer needs to take Archon to a higher level.

A new version with 3D graphics and team based Multiplayer would be awesome in my opinion.

Did someone say that Stunts was remade already yet?

linky link! i'm dying here. all these old school games are getting me hard

I forgot to mention Darkseed it was great game .

trackmaina naitons forever is pretty much a new new version of stunts

Many awesome games in this thread, here's my list:

Any of the AD&D Gold Box games from the Forgotten Realms or Dragonlance settings
Any of the Eye of the Beholder series as well
X-COM: UFO Defense (even though it's stupidly hard even on the lower difficulty settings
The Bard's Tale

Thrust (Thrust Deluxe is a pretty good remake)
Lander (Psygnosis) kind of like Descent with proper gravity
Hot Rod (from the C64) wiki
Frontier: Elite II or First Encounters
Ultima Underword I or II (Arx Fatalis is pretty close reimagining, but a bit glitchy)
Any of the old Infocom text adventure settings in a more modern style like they did with 'Return to Zork'
The Elder Scrolls: Redguard!
Virtua Tennis wiki
Hidden and Dangerous
Super Bomberman - multitap optional :D
Midtown Madness
Desert Strike/Jungle Strike/Urban Strike were pretty cool
Rock 'n Roll Racing was indeed awesome (one of the early Blizzard games too!) ...the stage is set, the green flag drops!...*BLACK SABBATH INTRO*

On top of all the awesome games that have been listed, i would love to see a remake of "jagged alliance 2" that game was brilliant fun, and no squad based TBS/RPG has been as good since
There is apparently a sequel in the works, but its been that way for years and i don't really have my fingers crossed.

Super Bomberman - multitap optional :D

What's wrong with Bomberman Live (360), Bomberman Ultra (PS3) and Bomberman Blast (Wii)?

X-COM: UFO Defense (even though it's stupidly hard even on the lower difficulty settings

Pfft, Research Laser Rifles ASAP. Then make 10 or so. After that start the Laser Pistol Trade. The sale of hundreds of Laser Pistols funded all my bases haah. Get Flying Power Armour when you can too, Then the Blaster Bomber for busting holes in UFO walls/roof Taking out the Command center where those pesky psychic aliens are ftw!

EDIT: O you have to make sure your Blaster Bomb carrier has excellent Will power and only carries 1 shot and has the to pick up the rest. Those are nasty when the Enemy take over...

Half-Life 1 remake = Black Mesa:Source (not official but so much better than Half-Life:Source)

A remake of Thexder has just been released in the PlayStation Store on the PS3 with full 3d graphics.

What's wrong with Bomberman Live (360), Bomberman Ultra (PS3) and Bomberman Blast (Wii)?

Awesome! Bomberman Live looks like the most faithful adaptation so I'll have to give that one a try.

Pfft, Research Laser Rifles ASAP. Then make 10 or so. After that start the Laser Pistol Trade.

Yep, I got into the Laser Rifles and after that it's a tad easier. The first few missions seem to be really hard as your squad are complete noobs with s*** guns but as they advance in rank the sorties get better.
Ta for the tip on the laster pistols, guides say medkits are good to sell as well. The psychic aliens are annoying!!

Half-Life 1 remake = Black Mesa:Source

Have they released anything yet? Still waiting...

From the FAQ:
Q. When will Black Mesa be released?
A. We have always gone for a "when it's done" approach. We have however commited to releasing in the year 2009.

Right.

Half-Life 1 remake = Black Mesa:Source

Have they released anything yet? Still waiting...

From the FAQ:
Q. When will Black Mesa be released?
A. We have always gone for a "when it's done" approach. We have however commited to releasing in the year 2009.

Right.

Not like the devs are getting paid for it. Do you have to buy it to play it? No. If they prefer to release a complete mod when it's done, I will respect that, especially since it looks amazing from the screenshots and videos.

if we see it it'll be nice


I'm guessing the guys who started the project got jobs that keep them working insane hours


it happens

JONA LUMU RUGBY ON PS1

Not like the devs are getting paid for it. Do you have to buy it to play it? No. If they prefer to release a complete mod when it's done, I will respect that, especially since it looks amazing from the screenshots and videos.

Nothing wrong with a "when it's done" approach if it's not their day job. I was amused that since 2009 has come and gone it doesn't look like they were as committed as they thought they were. :)

imo quake doesn't need a remake... it's been remade a few times... glquake, proquake, equake, tenebrae quake. the latest fuhquake has 32bit textures n coloured lighting n shaders n bs.

as for ufo-enemy unknown... i doubt a modern remake would be able to match the eerie feel of the original.. the horror of seeing a half-lit beanhead (sectoid) by a unit that's at the end of it's time units ;p i still have a game of xcom going ;p

i made a forced evolution where i would hit my max-soldiers count n get them all psi tested. anyone who ranked below 90 for psionic strength is killed & eventually i ended up with an 'a' team consisting of 30units all with 100 psionic strength & over 100 psionic skill. these guys never leave the dropcraft.. they just take control of all the aliens minds... march the controlled aliens upto the dropcraft n 1 soldier mows em all down :D

i could have destroyed the brain ages ago... but that ends the game! :P

was looking through the ps3 store today and noticed constructor was on there for like $8 i think... can played played on psp aswell.. choice!

Hmm, was this thread a stolen from: http://www.thevine.com.au/tech/articles/six-games-that-need-to-be-remade.aspx

Oh well, no biggie if it was, here's my list:

Syndicate
Cannon Fodder
MechWarrior2
Quake
Final Fantasy VII
The Legend of Zelda (Original NES title)
Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle

Hmm, was this thread a stolen from

I had no clue about that when I started this thread. Besides all his picks for games suck ass.

was looking through the ps3 store today and noticed constructor was on there for like $8 i think... can played played on psp aswell.. choice!

Holy s*** really? SO f***ing getting that game. My ps3 may not play discs (still havn't gotten it repaired, cant find anyone) but i'll be able to play this thats for sure.

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Atomic Bomberman for Win95 is still the best Bomberman i reckon :)

For me:

Syndicate
Mechwarrior
Gauntlet - Red Warrior need food badly!
Stunts
Death Track
Dune II (well, yet another remake)
Descent

they are making new mechwarrior, remember.

omg guv that looks almost exactly like the snes version

ET's rugby league was awesome! Remake that.

omg guv that looks almost exactly like the snes version

yea they went back to the basics after that "riding animals" nonsense, & made it faster & 10 players :)

I've been watching Black Mesa casually since that trailer was released last year. Found this http://strelok.imgur.com/black_mesa_pcpp_scan

The best team based FPS ever, Tribes.

T1 and T2 were good, T:V (3rd in the series) killed it.

http://www.pc.no/art/images/tribes-skjermbilde1.jpg

haha yeah right that tribes is the best team fps.

i would say tf2 or rtcw:et. if it were the best wouldnt people still be playing it today?

I had no clue about that when I started this thread.

Actually, I should apologise, this thread isn't theft of the Vine article, the vine article is a rip off of this thread, as this one is older than that one.

The best team based FPS ever, Tribes. T1 and T2 were good, T:V (3rd in the series) killed it.

Did you ever try out

http://www.instantaction.com/

Fallen empire legions is basically tribes like. Except much like Quakelive is browser based...

I vote for the Crusader series. Crusader No Remorse and Crusader No Regret.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusader_%28game_series%29

if it were the best wouldnt people still be playing it today?

Some people still play

if it were the best wouldnt people still be playing it today?

Some people still play

Sweet! Didn't realise that they had released this as a free bee. Have to download and install when I get home tonight.

Games I'd love to see remade:

Strike Commander
A betterer version of Rune - because hacking people up with giant swords, then picking up their own arm and beating them to death with it when they respawn was ENTIRELY cool.

haha I remember stunts....

Battle Toads
Alex teh kid
Dune 2
Descent
Syndicate
Thief
Kings Quest
Space quest
Dark FOrces
Cannon Fodder
Death Rally
Day of the Tentacle
Lemmings
Commander Keen
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
Rayman
Wacky Wheels

Battle Toads

I here there's a remake already made - tons of people have been calling EB to reserve their copy.

guys most of the games u list have been kept going in sequels, and some sequels were better than the originals.
or like UFO/xcom series have been made to run on new systems. ..
"In September 2008, UFO Defense, Apocalypse, Interceptor, and Enforcer were re-released with support for Windows XP and Windows Vista"


Rock and Roll racing should be remade.
Crusader series needs to be ressurected.
Chaos Engine also could be redone.

Does anyone remember the action rts that was a head of it's time called "Z" by Bitmap brothers?

Battle Toads

I here there's a remake already made - tons of people have been calling EB to reserve their copy.

wtf? i heard it was possibly going to be an xbox arcade game remade exactly but with higher resolution.... but that was ages ago i haven't heard word for a while. Is it a new game with same characters or remake of the old game?

Does anyone remember the action rts that was a head of it's time called "Z" by Bitmap brothers?

Yeah, they made a sequel.

Decepticon

Wacky Wheels

the original mario kart!

i don't get it so the battletoads remake is fake?
yeah I know they made a sequel to Z btw but it is still 10 years old and was crap compared to the original.

Not all games that need remakes/revivals, some just need good sequels!

- Final Fantasy VIII
My fave game of all time. Square should do a VII/VIII/IX re-release trilogy!
- Sheep, Dog n' Wolf
Cool looney tunes game for PS1. A sequel would (probably not) be awesome!
- Twisted Metal
'nuff said.
- Timesplitters
They'd better release TS4. And in the same style as 2/3. No next-gen brown bull.
- Theme Park/Theme Park World
Or even another Rollercoaster Tycoon. But Theme Park had more style.

commanche 3

commanche 3

Ahh from the period in gaming history when helicopter sims were all the rage and dev houses were flirting with voxel technology! Nice pick.

DCS: Black Shark is about as close as you'll get these days perhaps?