Games that should be remastered

Originally Posted by chimaera
Its a good list, but I agree there are some puzzling ommissions - Syndicate would be one I'd vote onto the list :)

Damn, you beat me to it. Also, add my vote for UFO and Dune 2/C&C.

I thought Descent II was awesome. What made it not as good as the first, the little guide-bot?

Looking through this list reminds me of so many classic games that I never actually completed - Descent and Doom being two of them!

Originally Posted by GreatOldOne
What about the great grand-daddy of all 3D space games? ELITE, or if you like realtime physics and 'reality', ELITE II - FRONTIER!

How about it, eh? Just think of it - same mechanics and games play, but dress it up in Eve Online graphics. No mucking about with the basic premis. Trade, fight, dabble with some constructive raids on other shipping (What officer? Me? A Pirate... Perish the thought, me harty...) All the while working toward becoming Elite.

I actually bought a Spectrum again, some time ago, just to play Elite :D
It's no longer working, so might get another.

Originally Posted by dire_wolf
I read an interview somewhere where a big wig from blizzard accidentally let slip some plans over a starcraft MMO - I can only hope thats true, i think it'll be the only thing capable of tearing me away from WoW atm.

I hope they make a single player sequel to starcraft(There was hints that it would not be a MMO http://pc.ign.com/articles/727/727892p1.html). I never got in to MMO But knowing how much of a cash cow WOW is it would not surprise me for them make a starcraft one.

Descent, now thats a game I remember playing many hours on over dial-up connections for multi player and co-op.
Descent 2 wasn't as good but the soundtrack (was proper CD-Audio on the earlier versions which you can no longer get a hold of) was amazing.
Though; motion sickness? How weak is your stomach? :p

Starcraft and TA would be must-do games for a proper porting to a new engine.

Though I agree with System Shock I prefered System Shock 2, way scarier imo, espescially the sound of the monkeys when you walked into a corridor and could hear them but not see them. Damn that games used to (and still does) scare the crap out of me.

Another game I would love to see re-done is Tyrian but a Vertical-scroller can only look so good ;)

I want x-wing and tie fighter, and Thief. Oh how I miss playing Thief.

I still play Starcraft, I have only finished it a couple of times, but I always come back. Best balanced game I have played.
I quite like Homeworld, but I haven't yet played the expansion through, or Homeworld 2. So can't comment on those.

i miss the home world series

Originally Posted by cereal_killer
i miss the home world series

Go play it again? Have you played Cataclysm?

UFO : Enemy unknown for sure.

The first two sequels weren't bad either. Heck interceptor just needed better flight dynamics and it could have been decent (So sad they never finished Alliance for that matter)

How I would love a remaster of Ultima 7&8.
Actually, I'd just love ports of the games that would run on my PC :(

And Syndicate, what an obscenely good game. Proper violence waaaay ahead of its time :D

The just dont make them like they used to

Originally Posted by DougEdey
I think that Little Big Adventure should be remastered, not sure how many people here played it but I loved it.

Also the Robin Hood game I got on 5.25" floppies for my 286, I'll try and find it's real name.

Twinsons oddessy?! (LBA)

GOD YEA!!! that game made me upgrade my PC and got me gaming for DAYS! it was soo much fun

Twinsens oddessy was #2, that was awesome for it's time. They should make an LBA3 including LBA1 and LBA2.

The main thing I want is the ability to run whilst firing fireballs. Though making Twinsen dance was funny.

I just found the original discs for Ultima VIII, Syndicate and Syndicate Wars!

A cookie for anyone who knows how to make them work

I would like to see Golden eye remastered, with the EXACT same physics and story, just fancy graphics updated. This was the best FPS for a console until Halo was released *and still comes in as a VERY close second*.

Originally Posted by HellRazor
I would like to see Golden eye remastered, with the EXACT same physics and story, just fancy graphics updated. This was the best FPS for a console until Halo was released *and still comes in as a VERY close second*.

You can already play Golden Eye: Source. ;)

Originally Posted by HellRazor
I would like to see Golden eye remastered, with the EXACT same physics and story, just fancy graphics updated. This was the best FPS for a console until Halo was released *and still comes in as a VERY close second*.

http://www.goldeneyesource.com/

Edit: Damnit tim.

There is a patch to come for it because It's in beta

Originally Posted by Mister_Tad
I just found the original discs for Ultima VIII, Syndicate and Syndicate Wars!

A cookie for anyone who knows how to make them work

I use this for the majority of my old games that dont work, its very simple to setup and the results are great!

http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1

i'm sure dune 2000 was just dune2 with better graphics...

tie fighter was one of my favourite games ever - why isn't there a decent game like that these days

Diablo 2? If you mention blizzard then surely you have to think of diablo 2......

BLOOD

but alas even it they did remake it, it would certainly be less good than it is

Dune 2.

Although to be fair, so little has changed in the genre since then that Supreme Commander might be the one.

And Banshee. Whatever happened to games you could usefully play for less than ten minutes? Where's my vertically-scrolling shoot-em-up?

Phil

Deus Ex remasterd would be heaven.
The FPS/RPG mix was so much fun and the way you could influence the story was just brilliant. The antmosphere was anwsome, too!

Originally Posted by Mother-Gooser
Mech Warrior needs to be revamped, but then I'd never leave my computer lol

So true...

Originally Posted by Darkedge

You all say Tie Fighter? I say the original and best - X-WING deserves it more.

Both. X-Wing series for teh win!!!1!!!11!!!!

Seriously, those two games and the Baldur's Gate series are, without a doubt, the ones I've spend more time on in my entire gamer life. But BG series don't need a remaster at all , just support for higher and widescreen resolutions (and BGII needs a revamp of the art design of the interface...BGI was loads better). In fact, even to this day, I still think that the Infinity Engine looks better than NWN.

Now, the X-Wing series needs a remastering badly. I'd be happy even with a port to X-Wing:Alliance's engine.

Hmm, I tihink it would be nice to see Commander Keen re-make! Also I'm very interested for System Shock re-make!

Or why not just fix the old game engines to work with WinXP/Vista? ;)

Originally Posted by PA!N
Deus Ex remasterd would be heaven.
The FPS/RPG mix was so much fun and the way you could influence the story was just brilliant. The antmosphere was anwsome, too!

I absolutely loved Deus Ex, but my god they raped it for the sequel. Not only was it a god awful XBox port, the UT2004 engine was badly executed and some genius decided it was necessary to "dumb it down", I remember a qoute from the devoplers saying "the original was far too poly-sylabic" which in my mind was one of it's best assets...

A re-hash of Deus Ex really needs to be done by someone, somewhere. I personally think the Source engine is perfect for it.