Games that demand a remake

[NEG]

Hang-On, Outrun 2 style.

Please Sumo, etc.

[mushashi]

Shouldn't that request be directed towards the original Japanese Arcade dev team of OutRun 2? though I dunno how you'd update Hang-On (loved the MD version, even if it barely resembled the original), they added the glorious power-sliding mechanic and some funky skill score attack stuff to that sequel, bikes don't really work with that mechanic though, the original was rather like the original OutRun with the main aim not being to skid off the track while going around corners, a bit too simplistic for a modern game.

[ridgeracer]

Rave Racer, Ridge Racer 2 and Ace Driver all the very best Namco System 22 games, on one disk, in HD (just like the Daytona USA HD remake).

Used to have the arcade machine but eneded up having to sell it as it was just too big but this would be an ideal compromise.

[neoELITE]

Excite Truck on the Wii. It was brilliant fun.

Quazatron from the Speccy days - I played that for so many, many hours. It's such a simple concept.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quazatron

Powerstone's been mentioned - would be terrific on something like xbla.

Metal Slug too please.

[S0L]

Hang-On, Outrun 2 style.

Please Sumo, etc.

I wrote a pitch for it, couldn't get any traction. In a nutshell, point to point racer with two way traffic and all the things that make being a biker great fun.

Bah.

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[NEG]

Shouldn't that request be directed towards the original Japanese Arcade dev team of OutRun 2? though I dunno how you'd update Hang-On (loved the MD version, even if it barely resembled the original), they added the glorious power-sliding mechanic and some funky skill score attack stuff to that sequel, bikes don't really work with that mechanic though, the original was rather like the original OutRun with the main aim not being to skid off the track while going around corners, a bit too simplistic for a modern game.

Oh well I did mean more along the lines of Super Hang-On, sure. ( I just assume the next game would be hyper hang on or something, it's the hang on franchise, not super) Though the original is not actually that bad (I wouldn't say it was that simplistic to drive at least) despite exploding on contact of other bikers making me laugh. Just a lack of soundtrack really let's it down.

But yeah there's something appealing about being able to skid about + the sega arcade style that would great to see back again. Getting to the end of a course tis as satisfying as any other. Maybe add in the campaign MD had with the shop.

I wrote a pitch for it, couldn't get any traction. In a nutshell, point to point racer with two way traffic and all the things that make being a biker great fun.

Bah.

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Edit: thank you for trying

[Hideous Kojima]

3D Monster Maze

Survival horror in randomly generated mazes in which one single baddie hunts you in real time as opposed to in predetermined cutscenes.

Fuck yes.

[Philly]

Sonic Racing transformed for the ps4 in buttery 60fps. :-)

[hub2]

Battlefield 4, except working.

[NEG]

It wasn't the best of RPGs, and I haven't played it in years so it could be rose tinted specs, but Evolution on the Dreamcast, as far as infinite floor dungeons go, I still have fond memories of compared to most other JRPGs I've tried.

Update that.

[bumgut]

Severance: Blade of Darkness

Great deep combat system, lighting, atmosphere.

The devs that did it now do the 3D castlevania games, I believe.

[Trigg]

Just reading the Blade Runner topic in Film and TV and that reminded me of the game. So yes, that game totally needs to be remade.

[hellsbells]

The posters of 2003 clearly had very good taste because my first choices, Goldeneye, Secret of Mana and Legend of the Mystical Ninja, have already been said. I'd add:

Castlevania IV, although they'd better not touch the music or else.

Okami because it would look gorgeous.

Super Monkey Ball all HD'd and lovely. Just the original though. None of the increasingly dire sequels.

[Qazimod]

Snake, Rattle 'n' Roll. Maybe I'm being swayed by the fact that I spent much of yesterday evening grabbing chiptunes for the NoiseES app, but this was a great co-op collect 'em up and would be good fun to play with friends over Xbox Live or PSN. You'd have the whole screen to yourself (although this may have already been a thing on the Gameboy's Sneaky Snakes - I think that had a link up mode?) and could spread out and gobble all of the nibbles or whatever they are. Pushing the multiplayer further, maybe you could have competitive modes where players, or teams of players, race to be the first to make the bell ring. And of course you could make the levels much bigger with more cunningly designed isometric madness (although you'd probably need a mini-map to find the bell )

Also, we've already got Wipeout HD, but where's our Rollcage HD? The flipping cars may have made things a bit frustrating at times when you landed the wrong way or whatever, but the first game was balanced so that it wasn't too chaotic (I seem to remember Rollcage: Stage II being completely over-the-top and very tricky to play) and the invertible cars ensured that you were always maintaining high speeds regardless of how you approach ramps (well, most of the time.) With the technology on offer today you could probably make some really elaborate gravity-defying tracks, as well as throwing in a decent online mode and making it look eye-wateringly pretty.

[AlwaysBeClosing]

Return Fire (though some developer said they were doing it) and Heroes of Might and Magic II.

[Captain Kelsten]

I'd say

But they'd probably turn it into a gritty, realistic, brown and grey cover shooter.

But yeah. This.

[Vin]

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

Damn good call, this.

You could feel the strokes of Skies in Snoopy Flying Ace, which was a bit good. Near identical mechanics just dressed up in Peanuts.

[Yobo Ahoy]

Playing some old Gamecube games with my buddies at the weekend instantly made me want a remake of:

4 player is just the best. Sega have released shitloads of Virtua Tennis games and they've been crap since 3, why not a pretty HD update of Beach Spikers?

[choddo]

Quazatron! I was playing paradroid at the weekend, to test the GC-WiiU adapter and that game is still pure class but yes, what you lost in frame rate and shininess on its speccy cousin you definitely gained with the partial robot component takeovers.

Someone should so do that.

[Vespa Alex]

Quazatron! I was playing paradroid at the weekend, to test the GC-WiiU adapter and that game is still pure class but yes, what you lost in frame rate and shininess on its speccy cousin you definitely gained with the partial robot component takeovers. Someone should so do that.

I'd never even heard of that, but loved Paradroid as a kid. By the time it came out I think my Speccy owning friend had moved away so I never kept up with what was out for them.

[Mr Cochese]

Mega-lo-mania needs remaking for tablets. Whither Jon Hare?

[Wiper]

They would indeed be 'ergonomically terrific' for the task...

[Bobbi Champagne Jr]

Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer, I couldn't stop playing it when it first came out. A remake would be really simple to do but could look stunning with a bit of effort put into making the water look good.

[Dig Dug]

Playing some old Gamecube games with my buddies at the weekend instantly made me want a remake of:

4 player is just the best. Sega have released shitloads of Virtua Tennis games and they've been crap since 3, why not a pretty HD update of Beach Spikers?

Overlooked as hell Beach Spikers, I'd still say it is the best Volleyball game ever made and a hell of a lot more dignified than the other volleyball games that have come out.

[Made of Ghosts]

Jet Force Gemini, because I imagine the original is pretty much unplayable now.

Also a 3DS Solomon's Key with new levels please.

[Marlowe]

Got to be Resident Evil 2, but supervised by Kamiya and with the art director responsible for the amazing environments of the first remake.

[deKay]

Doshin the Giant.

[sir stiff_one]

Little Big Adventure

[Lorfarius]

Little Big Adventure

As of last year

[Indy @ S.E.]

Sword of the Beserk: Guts Rage.

I'd love to see this remade with PS4 graphics and a much more advanced combat system, from memory I recall the story in particular being amazing.