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Games due for a remake...

Discussion in 'Playground' started by Sir Belisarius, Nov 29, 2005.

  1. Sir Belisarius

    Sir Belisarius Viconia's Boy Toy Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder

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    [​IMG] I don't know about you, but I'd love to see a turn-based squad level game like X-Com re-made with todays graphics!!!

    Any games you'd like to see updated?
     
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    Most if not all of them I'd rather play as they were, except the processor clock issues. I miss my old Pac-man, Digger (Dig Dug), Eagle's Nest, Grand Prix Circuit and a couple of others I played back in the XT time. Games had a feel back then.

    I miss my Dune 2 moments, too. But I've got over Colonisation and a couple other games from a later time. Perhaps a remake of Dune 1? Dune 2 could use a little tweak to deal with the conventional memory requirement and make it run swiftly under Windows XP. Which my brother probably achieved some time ago, anyway. I saw him playing it in a window.
     
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    Angband. :shake:

    Any of the Gold Box games. Just the graphics, no messing with the story or classes or any cr*p like that! :nono:
     
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    I don't want a remake of X-Com, I want a freakin' sequel. It's been how long since Apocalypse?

    On that note, I want to see Jagged Alliance 3 sometime in the next decade as well.

    And where's Harpoon 4?
     
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    Master of Magic.
     
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    ADOM :grin:
    Hack :grin:
    Rogue :grin:
    Dungeon Master
     
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    I would mention the old text adventure games like Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Adventure or Planetfall, but only if you played them without graphics first. It's like seeing a movie before you read the book, it ruins the experiance. :nono:
    I wouldn't mind seeing an update of the old Ultima's, though. :heh:
     
  8. Ziad

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    Many of the old Ultimas have been updated. Though it really depends on your definition of "update". In the case of Ultima 2 it goes from 4 colours to 16 :lol:

    Considering companies today don't even think about making sequels (or keep cancelling them - LucasArts anyone?) for oldies, there's not a chance in the world we'll ever see any of them remade. Fan-made remakes tend to be quite good, since they usually don't touch the storyline.
     
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    Frogger. With smart ass comments from the Frog, (voiced by Jerry Seinfeld) and more up to date cars on that busy motorway.
     
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    X-coms had 2 sequels in the past 3 years

    UFO : Aftermath
    UFO : Aftershock

    (First X-com game ==> UFO : Enemy Unknown
     
  11. Sir Belisarius

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    "First X-com game ==> UFO : Enemy Unknown"

    I think that was the UK name for the first X-Com. I still have the original box and my version is called "X-Com: UFO Defense."
     
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    UFO: Aftermath and Aftershock, AFAIK, are not actual sequels. They're self described "spiritual successors", but they lack A: the license and B: the original developers (who are currently maintaining Laser Squad: Nemesis).

    And from what I've heard, they also lack compelling gameplay.
     
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    Uhhh, do you guys not know
    They are making a new X-Com its called UFO extraterrestrials
    Here is the site
    IIRC There is also a bit of a section on Gamespot

    The release date is in Feburary 2006 (its been put back a few times)

    I would quite like to see a remake of dungeon Keeper or something simular!
     
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    Warhammer: Shadow of the horned rat...not only was that game impossible when I could play it, it was lame graphics.

    A warning to all who post here...If I see Final Fantasy VII mentioned once here...I'll...I'll...do something terrible :almostmad: :D
     
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    That's not a new X-Com game either. It rips off the concept, certainly, but that's no guarantee of quality.
     
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    Baldur's Gate 1 + 2 + extra content = BG Trilogy. More content, same style with more detail, deeper mechanics, smarter AI, wider soundscape... It would be so neat. And pigs would fly. :shake:

    Another game I would really like to see updated is Alpha Centauri; the best civ game ever. Somehow that sci-fi atmosphere just hit the spot, whereas those other civs have been about those traditional and slightly uninteresting wars.
     
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    Death Rally. I love the game, can't make it work right on XP. New cars, more tracks...
     
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