Old games that would be awesome remade

[Steve A]

X-Wing

Please with peas

[Syllopsium]

I'm sure it's already been remade, but I'm going to second BoulderDash. I plugged in my MSX a month or so back and re-visited some of the games. Also, Feud - wizard on wizard duels were great.

To be honest, Manic Miner/JSW/JSW2 work more on a nostalgic level than anything else, and the music was *awful*.

BoulderDash though, still works. It's a good little puzzle/action game that's fun regardless of the graphics or the (minimal) sound.

The only other games of that era I particularly missed are the Magic Knight series (superceded by graphical point and click adventures), Terminus (platformer/exploration type game. Not sure why I like it so much, really - it's not that remarkable).

It might be fun to remake Ultima 7/Ultima 7 part 2.

PK

[Bane]

I'd like a Populous 2 Olympian version update, but not a re-envisaging like the more recently released 3D malarkey efforts.

Keep it simple using the same interface, layout and scale of humans and buildings. May be increase the scale for some of the Titans, as they were fairly rare and deserved some awe factor. Then boost the 2D artwork and animation to support modern day resolutions.

I don't remember if the original included it, but an ability to speed up play would be handy too, like that used in Mega-lo-mania.

[Jonj1611]

Heroes Quest, I loved that game

Jon

[col83]

Psycho Pinball!!!!!

[b0ned0me]

Imagine system shock 2 with direct X 10 or even DX11 graphics and effects and ultra high resolutions.
Add to that 5.1 surround sound with higher quality audio and you got a match made in heaven.

STOP TORMENTING ME! I played that game so much it was ridiculous.

I'd like to see a proper HD update for Deus Ex - I know there are mods in development, but a proper next-gen engine version would be great, plus some extra content and slight alterations to layouts to make them more interesting/challenging.

And this one

Most of the black isle back catalog, heck just reserect the Black isle studio and Bullfrog while we're there

Baldurs Gate sure would look purty at 1920x1200, wouldn't it?

And even though SupCom was good, I'd still love to see an actual remake of Total Annihilation. Mmm.....

[Namor]

Yep Mechwarrior 3 for me.
Now when playing online we wouldnt have to learn to lag shoot depending on what the other guys ping was, geez it was hard to hit them americans with a ping of 130ms.

[Moriarty]

Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale Series. (Dragon Age:Origins might live up to them?)
Dungeon Master, Eye of the Beholder (But a mutli player option would be good too, sort of L4D set in fantasy genre)

Albion

Hired Guns ( old Amiga game)

Godz
The Chaos Engine
Syndicate
Gauntlet

[Prime]

totally Forgot about Syndicate - that was an AWESOME game!

[khalabuth]

metal gear solid 1 on ps3 would be sick as well as the crash bandicoot series, on howmit was when it was on ps1

[Bismark]

2D vertical scrollers:

Xevious
Xenon II : Megablast
Gemini Wing


3D flying shooters:

The Terminal Velocity series (TV, Fury3, Hellbender - I am still playing the last one on my 6-year-old spare Mobile AthlonXP-based laptop now designated 'Retrogamer' because of all the old games I am playing on it [Worms 2, Sinistar Unleashed, Dungeon Lords to name but 3]).


Plain silly:

A sequel to "Mr Do's Run Run"

[Digerati]

Another vote for X-Wing Vs Tie Fighter here. A modern version of that would be *drooooool*

[j_r_f]

Spy Hunter - first game I ever played - coming over all nostalgic now

[j_r_f]

And of course Daley's Decathlon - hopefully technology has now advanced enough to produce a joystick/keyboard that can survive this (My Amstrad didn't)

[Prime]

possibly G-Police too! i quite enjoyed that!

[Gerrard]

I loved Carrier Command on the Amiga in my youth. There was a game similiar to it a few years on called Hostile Waters, but wasn't quite the same.

Major thread revival, but have just seen on Steam that the remake has been released: -

Carrier Command: Gaea Mission

At £32 , I might wait for it to be in the sale though. Looking at the videos, it does look like they have been fairly true to the orignal game; with Mantas's, Walrus's, islands with definitive roles. However, it looks like the islands will take a look longer to take over. They've also added FPS and "on-rail" elements as well, but luckily it's just for the storyline.

"The best is yet to be"

Also quite interesting reading through this that a few games people asked for have been remade/sequels.