Classic games that need to be re-made for modern systems

[acrobat]

If you are talking about making an exact copy of the original game but with fancy modern graphics, then there's nothing really that comes to mind because I'm not that arsed about graphics really. If the game is a classic and I'm not playing it any more, it's because I played it to death and new graphics wouldn't really help.

If you are talking about making an actual modern version of it though where it modernises the game play as well as the graphics, then..... I would probably have a list about a mile long Stuff like:

Omicron Nomad Soul
Jones in the Fast Lane
Hidden & Dangerous games
Tex Murphy games
Space Rangers 2
Summoner
Dune (the original not the RTS one)
Eye of the Beholder
Police Quest
Castles (it would be more than an RTS - it would elaborate on the King decision making stuff too)
Elite
Midwinter
Stunt Island

(yes I'm old)

Syndicate wars ( it runs.... but at warp 1 million )

You could slow that down if you wanted to ya know? There are various little things you can do to do that.

Freespace / Wing Commander / X-Wing

With today's graphics cards, a proper space sim would rule.

Do you know about the fan made Wing Commander game due very soon, made with the Freespace engine? It seemed decent. I played the first mission which was released as a demo a while ago. It might even be out by now. It's basically like Wing Commander.. but with a nice looking up to date Freespace engine.

System Shock 2

*drool*

Strike Commander - I was absolutely obsessed by that game and the expansions. The Cinematic feel and Gouraud shading made that game amazing for the time and I spent a small fortune on a DX2 66 so I could run it properly! Happy days.

You ever played, Lock On: Modern Air Combat? It was so good it made me air sick sometimes - seriously. Also, check this out:
http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/
There is a lot more than meets the eye there.

[mediaboy]

How about just make all PC games compatible with windows vista?

Would save alot of effort, and means I don't have to type stuff for the next 10 minutes to get it all down...

[nichomach]

SS2 - definitely another vote here.
Duke Nukem, no question, but I'd chuck in a vote for:



YOU NO MESS WITH LO WANG!

[grand_witch]

It has to be Syndicate wars, I had forgotten all about it. Time to find my emulator disk and fire it up. Others on my list would be:

Syndicate wars
POPULOUS
Renegade
Carmegedon
Starcraft (which they are doing hooray)

Oh and I think it was called Stunt were you drove your car around a stunt track you built.

[finlay666]

SS2 - definitely another vote here.
Duke Nukem, no question, but I'd chuck in a vote for:



YOU NO MESS WITH LO WANG!

The top headline is a little disturbing.....

"Who wants some wang?"

[nichomach]

Let's just say that the whole game is a bit tongue in cheek; I think you can still at least get the demo - edit: Here you go: http://www.3drealms.com/sw/index.html

[shaithis]

The Last Ninja
Bubble Bobble
Hostages
Speedball
Dungeon Master series

[H17ESH]

Time to show my age..

Id love to see

Bubble Bobble..
Wonder Boy..
Golden Axe..

Does any one even remember those???

[0iD]

Attack Of The Mutant Camels would be fun and acrobat mentioned Omicron Nomad Soul, genius.

[Allen]

Some good ones mentioned already like Syndicate Wars, FFVII and Abe's Odyssey... but for me, it would have to be Frontier: Elite 2.

I still have the DOS version, but have difficulties getting it to run despite many pages I've read about it. Need to try an emulator I think to get it running. Would be great to run it from my USB stick at work!

[acrobat]

Duke Nukem Forever is actually nearly finished now. It took them about 15 years or something crazy, but there is a movie of it on the net where they show it playing and it looks pretty good.

Speedball

Have you seen the modern remake of Speedball 2? Made with the Unreal3 engine.

Frontier: Elite 2.

I still have the DOS version, but have difficulties getting it to run despite many pages I've read about it. Need to try an emulator I think to get it running. Would be great to run it from my USB stick at work!

I play that sometimes Works OK on my XP computer but I haven't tried it on Vista yet. There was also a sequel to that which was slightly improved, and you can get a shareware version which is free for 30 days.

Also there are still plans to make a modern sequel, but the people responsible are working on a huge big budget game at the moment which is due next year, and they want to get that out of the way first before they tackle the new Frontier Elite.

[samcross]

and not tnd, you mean goldeneye 64

no i mean tomorrow never dies coz' i'm a weirdo!!!11!1!!!11

[Airlemental]

Time to show my age..

Id love to see

Bubble Bobble..
Wonder Boy..
Golden Axe..

Does any one even remember those???

I certainly do, and i'm not even that old

Golden Axe
Syndicate Wars
Beneath A Steel Sky
X-com and i don't mean all this UFO rubbish, just x-com but prettier (though i still thionk the graphics have a cute charm)

[mediaboy]

+1 for XCOM.. although I thought that they were basically UFO rubbish....

Am I too young to know what you're going on about? Or did I just miss a remake of them somewhere?

[Nemz0r]

Deus Ex!!
Both of them. Two would be quite good if it wasn't for the ripped out guts. But mainly One, oh yes, remake Deus Ex "The Conspiracy" please - let's hope Deus Ex 3 is good.

[Trash Man]

Road Rash would be at the top of my list.