Games that demand a remake

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

H.E.R.O.

Has the potential to become an uber-atmospheric platformgame with great flying physics. The idea of a hero with a helipack has never been bettered. Imagine descending with you helipack into the deepest caverns and caves to save people, while energy is running out slowly and any light you hit breaks down, forcing you to navigate through the dark... Fly carefully through small openings, avoid lava and watch out for enemies...

This is the most inspired thing I've read all day. Kudos sir.

We should track down John van Ryzin, get him back at Activision and get him started on this right away! I'll be more than happy to provide all the 3D models, sound FX and textures he'll ever need. And keep a close eye on the game/level design obviously. I just can SEE this game in front of me, how it should be.

If only I paid more attention during my C++ classes

[Chintz]

Ooh - Paradroid and Parallax please.

[eves pudding]

PC Kid and Adventure Island

Which is good, because Hudsonsoft is remaking them

[The happiest girl in the world]

Body Harvest.

[Broken Thumbs]

Stunt Car Racer

i'd read back in April that Crammond was beginning an update, but haven't heard anything since. Anyone know anything?

[SomeNaiveChump]

as for Wonderboy, yes, the Dragon's Trap was the best game on the Master System by a country mile. however, it wasn't a Wonderboy game - the Wonderboy and Monster World series were both released in the west as 'Wonderboy' games, bizarrely, after Monster World developers West One bought the name. IIRC, WB3 is Monster World II. there is/was a (failed, obviously) online petition for a DC update. I've no idea what the members of West One are up to now.

Which is the one where you turn into a mouse, a dragon etc... Monster world?

that's WB3 or Monster World II.

yes, that's the fantabulous game we're discussing.

just another note, a Japanese game called WB3 exists but is entirely different to MW2, which was called WB3 in the west. that one's a WB game rather than a MW game.

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

Stunt Car Racer

i'd read back in April that Crammond was beginning an update, but haven't heard anything since. Anyone know anything?

If I recall correctly, the studio/developer that was working on the update has gone bust. I don't know if the project is still underway somewhere though.

[Broken Thumbs]

If I recall correctly, the studio/developer that was working on the update has gone bust. I don't know if the project is still underway somewhere though.

Hell and Damnation...

[thatsmagnificent]

Zack and Wiki, there I said it!!

[sandman]

If they dropped the motion controls, then oh yes

[jonnyalpha]

Ten years later and still no sign of a Stunt Car Racer remake. Boo!

[stefcha]

More importantly, how come someone with 50 posts in 7 years can still find a decade old thread with more ease than I ever could? Unless they've spent most of that time actually searching for this or something.

[MansizeRooster]

Day Of The Tentacle.

My favourite game of all time. Apparently after the success of the Monkey Island remakes, a remake was being developed, but it was subsequently canned. Along with my hopes of a happy future.

[BeeJay]

Mega-lo-mania for me. I still try and play it now but it desperately needs a ui update. It would be perfect for tablets.

[Thread Astaire]

Quackshot. Instead we got fucking Duck Tales.

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

Day Of The Tentacle.

My favourite game of all time. Apparently after the success of the Monkey Island remakes, a remake was being developed, but it was subsequently canned. Along with my hopes of a happy future.

Hmm, I think the original is still perfectly playable. I'm not too keen on these "HD remakes" of the old adventure games, I much prefer the look and style of the originals.

[ScouserInExile]

I always find it astounding that the Xwing and Tiefighter games have never had a remake. I'm assuming there's some licencing issues somewhere along the line but they would surely be perfect for a console release?

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

Ha! I actually made a start with the H.E.R.O. remake I described above in Unity 3D. Even got a fully functional level with enemies, shooting mechanics and the like.

Then I got bored of coding and shelved it.

[metallicfrodo]

I vote for Sensible Trainspotting.

Great Amiga game that could really do with a graphical overhaul, they wouldn't need to bother changing the gameplay as that was just fine...

Now if only someone would listen to my idea.

WTF I never posted this, how very very stange!

[Don Wiskerando]

Crimson Skies. A HD update, followed by a remake with massive new levels to explore. Would pay one nut to play.

[MojoChin]

Head Over Heels. It may be rose tinted glasses, but I loved that game on C64!

EDIT: How did the Speedball/Shadowrun/etc remakes work out for you guys?

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

I would like a Kid Grid remake too by the way, preferably on Vita or 3DS.

Should be easy enough.

[shesaid]

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father

Betrayal at Krondor

[Fletch]

Ridge Racer

Ridge Racer Revolution

Rage Racer

Ridge Racer Type 4

All in one game with HD graphics that capture the spirit of the original graphics, all the original music and arranged versions actually just get Sumo to make it please.

[Elseb]

Mischief makers! I would imagine a download only version wouldn't be that difficult.

[Wiper]

I can't believe that in ten years nobody has mentioned Grim Fandango.

So, Grim Fandango. Then Blade Runner.

The old point and clicks never needed remaking, just for working versions of them to be released. Blade Runner and Grim Fandango, however, with their early stabs at 3D graphics (polygons in the former, voxels for the latter) desperately need a new lick of paint.

Once all that's done, I demand a remake of Little Big Adventure 2 taking advantage of modern joypads. Nothing else needs to change.

[stefcha]

Head Over Heels. It may be rose tinted glasses, but I loved that game on C64!

This one is pretty good:

http://retrospec.sgn.net/game/hoh

[Sprite Machine]

WTF I never posted this, how very very stange!

Are you sure? It was ten years ago!

And still no Final Fantasy VII remake!! Not that I'd trust Squeenix to do it justice anyway. I'd much rather they outsource the assets to a technology company to do an HD remaster instead. Fan groups are already working on that, but it will take years without resources.

[ilpostino]

Extreme G-3. I love F-Zero and Wipeout but there was just something to the handling model combined with the sweeping, looping tracks that made it special. Really felt connected to the road. Superb game.

HD remake? I'd buy it for a high price!

[mushashi]

I always find it astounding that the Xwing and Tiefighter games have never had a remake. I'm assuming there's some licencing issues somewhere along the line but they would surely be perfect for a console release?

Seems more a lack of interest from LucasArts, and now Disney. They stopped being interested in anything but the most mainstream of Star Wars branded games after a certain point.

Remakes usually turn into a case of be careful what you wish for going by the state of most of the ones which come out. A sequel or remake where they fix a flawed original with potential have more upside, doing HD remakes of classics usually results in unflattering comparisons.

But if I had to choose one, Super Mario World, HD sprites only, tart up the simplistic backgrounds, gameplay doesn't need fixing.