Computer games that deserve to either be remade or have a squel...

[TheMightyFavog]

Day of the Tentacle


Full Throttle


Starflight



The Wing Commander Series



X-Wing/TIE Fighter

[HopeHoops]

1. Globulus (Amiga)

He was a cute little green guy with big feet in sort of a Marble Madness type maze thing with classical music for the background. I still have the floppy and the Amiga but I think it could be redone now that PC's have finally caught up to the graphics capabilities the Amiga had over 20 years ago.

[Alexander]

2. The Ultima series

Made by the same company - Origin - that brought you Wing Commander.



Some fans are already remaking a few of the games in the series.

Sadly, EA bought out Origin, killed the franchise and now owns the rights to the series.

[TheMightyFavog]

3. And let me guess...

I got a better chance of taking Drew Barrymore to bed than EA does of selling off Origin's titles to another interested party?

[Alexander]

4. Yep, You got it.

One of these days, I'm hoping some multimillionaire Ultima fan will make EA an offer they can't refuse.

I also used to play Full Throttle and the X-Wing & TIE Fighter games. LucasArts made some pretty good computer games back in the day.

[hobbit709]

5. Humans

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/puzzle/thehumans/video/6208789/the-humans-official-trailer?hd=0

[Mojambo]

6. Wasteland

And no, Fallout (while a fine game) doesn't count.










If I were going to remake it, I'd try and tighten up the game engine used to make the final game in the Wizardry line (Wizardry 8.) That way you could get a 3d graphics environment while still staying true to the turn based party combat.

[MrCoffee]

13. Wasteland is still the best computer game I ever played

Hours and hours of enjoyment on my C64.

[Mojambo]

15. Same here. It's not even close, really.

Great game.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

7. System Shock 3

And not that "spiritual successor" crap that Bioshock claimed to be. It was just System Shock 2 with a different coat of paint.

To quote Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw: "It's not like System Shock 2. It is System Shock 2. The hybrids are now splicers, the psi powers are now plasmids. And the wrench is now...well...a wrench. But it's a different kind of wrench."

SHODAN deserves a full-blown sequel to her antics on the Von Braunn.

[denverbill]

19. I loved System Shock 2. Lost my disk unfortunately.

I almost miss the Panzer General series. And Western Front. And Red Baron.

[LynneSin]

8. I think PONG needs a sequel but that's just me!

[Archae]

9. This one, "Starfox Assault."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hnvGx0Fl7s

(You know there's even a web site devoted just to the female character, Krystal?)

http://krystalarchive.com/

[Fumesucker]

10. Prince of Persia is getting remade for the Wii

http://prince-of-persia.us.ubi.com/

[Hayabusa]

11. Amen on the X-Wing/TIE Fighter series!

Also...

I'd love to see what the first two Fallouts would look and play like using Fallout 3's graphics. Still keep the gameplay as it was, but the graphics.

How about a 100% officially finished Knights of the Old Republic II?

Skipping away from Star Wars, how about the Baldur's Gate series using the graphics from KotOR? Once again, no storyline change, just graphics.

I'd like to see a Metroidvania version of the original Castlevania game, I don't care if it's 2d like the GBA/DS games or 3d like Lament of Innocence.

EDIT: And it will never, ever happen, but I'd like to see the 16-bit and PSX Maddens and NCAA Footballs remade for newer systems. Same with old wrestling games. Damn rights issues...

[TheMightyFavog]

12. late afternoon kick

:kick:

[MilesColtrane]

14. Duke Nukem

The Marathon series

[zx_3500]

26. good choice

Love Duke Nukem.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

16. Here's a few

Zork (although it's been remade a couple of times, none were satisfactorily done)


Leisure Suit Larry


Archon

[csziggy]

17. "So you want to be a hero" - for the title if nothing else

They actually remade the first game to upgrade it from EGA to SVGA. :woohoo: But some of the later ones were also worth upgrade and the entire series would be fun on today's computer's.

Hmmm - I wonder if they would load on the Vista laptop? Of course, I would have to get a floppy drive to do that.

[Orsino]

18. Planescape: Torment n/t

[lazarus]

20. Lemmings

I loved that game.

[nuxvomica]

29. +1

[TheMightyFavog]

21. Battle Chess

Greatest. Chess Game. Ever.

[cemaphonic]

28. For that matter, the old C-64/Apple II era "Archon" game

sort of a chesslike board game (though not nearly as deep, especially if you were good at the arcade part) mixed with a series of arcade duels for control of the space whenever two pieces met.

[KeepItReal]

36. I'd vote for creation of Archon III!

Archon was groundbreaking, IMHO

[Mojambo]

46. Seconded.

An excellent candidate.

[BreweryYardRat]

22. I'd definitely want an X-Wing/TIE Fighter update.

Damn, that series was fun.

[Yavin4]

23. Leisure Suit Larry

Classic!

[hunter]

24. Pengo.

wikipedia

[zx_3500]

25. wolfenstein 3d

[EOTE]

33. Wolfenstein had a few sequels already.

I believe they were done using the Unreal 2.0 engine and now the 3.0 engine. Very fun games.

[JCMach1]

27. Star Control

[nuxvomica]

30. remake "Populous 3"; sequelize "Portal"

And from the distant past "Pot O'Gold", in which you search through various Irish forests, each with it's own Irish theme music, in search of the leprechaun's pot of gold.

[Godhumor]

31. Portal 2 has been announced complete with co-op

The belief (i.e. rumor) is that in co-op mode each player will control one color of portal.

I can't stop laughing at the thought of how much havok that will cause.

[nuxvomica]

32. All they need to do is release some more chambers for the PC

I play chamber 18 every once in a while just for the thrill.
Co-op mode sounds like a huge mistake but I would like to have the option just to see how crazy it gets. :D

[EOTE]

34. I LOVE Day of the Tentacle.

Probably the first computer game I really fell in love with. I had the multimedia version that actually made the computer talk to me! You better believe my jaw dropped the first time I heard an actual voice coming from my computer. But I believe that DotT was actually a sequel to Maniac Mansion. I'd love to see a remake or sequel to it.

[Forkboy]

35. Sundog: Frozen Legacy!!!!

[OrwellwasRight]

37. Tempest

[vixengrl]

38. There should be a Ghostbusters III video game

to match the Ghostbuster 3 movie that I've heard about. But only if they can have the music from the original Atari Game, which wasn't at all repetitive, or etched into my skull forever.

[TheKentuckian]

39. Skyfox and Aliens from C64 days and there really needs to be a KOTOR III

I'm past ready for some Revan and Exile action in the Sith empire or whatever the agenda was.

[jobycom]

40. DOOM!! (and Lode Runner). nt

[wickerwoman]

44. Yes Lode Runner!

That was the shit!

[jobycom]

48. There's a free version of it on Ubuntu.

In one of my days of boredom, I installed Ubuntu as an operating system on a spare harddrive I can boot up with through a USB cable. It either came with a game package, or I found a free game package for it, and one of the games was Lode Runner. It's called something else, but it's the same game, with many of the same levels, and a bunch of add-on levels others have written later for it.

If you ever get bored. :)

[wickerwoman]

51. Bless your ears and whiskers!

I'll look straight into that.

:toast:

[Doc_Technical]

41. Zero Wing

"All your base are belong to us."

[leeroysphitz]

42. Freelancer.

The best 80+ hours I ever spent on my PC.
I would love to see this franchise revived somehow.

[FloridaJudy]

43. Leather Goddesses of Phobos n/t

[Bucky]

45. Truly cool video games began and ended with the first arcade version of Paper Boy

[KG]

47. Outlaws and Redneck Rampage

[Touchdown]

49. Adventure!

[XemaSab]

50. Scarab of Ra

Yes, it was low key, and yes, it was FUN. :D

I will even be so bold as to suggest that it have a fight mode and a non-fight mode. Hell yeah. :D

[PJPhreak]

52. These,

so far I can't for the life of me find a GOOD Racing Sim that will allow me to...

1.build my own Cars & Tracks...Not jus reskin 'em

2.Drive this at Talledega,Daytona (both the road course and The High Banks),Road Alanta,Lugna Seca,Donnington(both Long And Short),Lime Rock,Watkins Glen ect...



Yes This 917k drives as good as it looks!!


Nothing like the smell of Gasoline & Exaust First thing in the Morning!

Edit to Add:Sports car GT

[Tabasco_Dave]

53. Mountain King

used to play it on my friends Atari computer.