# Games You Wish Would Be Made Again **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 17, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-wish-would-be-made-again/415887 "2007-08-17T01:27:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-wish-would-be-made-again/415887/61 "2007-08-17T22:12:20Z")
Good lord. I remember Chex Quest. It was great. That game made me jump sometimes. My first FPS, and you start getting slimed when you aren’t expecting it. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-wish-would-be-made-again/415887/62 "2007-08-18T04:41:22Z")
[Empire](http://www.classicempire.com/) ---
**Author:** ![JXJohns](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jxjohns/32/469_2.png) [@JXJohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JXJohns)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-wish-would-be-made-again/415887/63 "2007-08-18T04:52:15Z")
Aces of the Pacific Aces Over Europe Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe Strike Commander I’ll second US Navy Fighters ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-wish-would-be-made-again/415887/64 "2007-08-18T08:55:03Z")
[QUOTE=Panurge] Seconded - except: [It’s already here](http://atarimule.neotechgaming.com/). Now go play! [/QUOTE] I’m not sure if I love you or hate you. I’ll have to tell you in a few days. ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-wish-would-be-made-again/415887/65 "2007-08-18T12:03:15Z")
How about Fallout 1 & 2? Focus on tightening up the bugs, expanding the game world, and accommodating even more dialog options and ways to complete quests. Include dynamic interaction models that take into account who you’ve already talked to and what you’ve already done. No need to improve graphics, if they do what I suggest, I’ll be in geek heaven. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-wish-would-be-made-again/415887/66 "2007-08-18T12:06:43Z")
Husker Du? Great for teaching English. Computer Ambush, just to show you my age. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-wish-would-be-made-again/415887/67 "2007-08-18T12:59:56Z")
[QUOTE=mamboman] Panzer General. I know men who lost their marriages over that game. [/QUOTE] There’s a reasonable Windows port of an open-source Linux clone called **LGeneral**. You can download it [from this website](http://lgames.sourceforge.net/index.php?project=LGeneral). The last time I tried it there was a lack of campaigns and scenarios, though. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-wish-would-be-made-again/415887/68 "2007-08-18T19:53:54Z")
[QUOTE=rayh] Try [XIII](http://www.xiii-thegame.com/uk/home.php) Try [FreeCol](http://www.freecol.org/index.php?section=1) X-Wing/Tie Fighter - Try [X-Wing Alliance](http://www.xwingalliance.net/) [/QUOTE] X-Wing Alliance was okay, but it wasn’t half of what TIE Fighter was. There is an argument to be made that TIE Fighter was the best game ever made for the PC. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-wish-would-be-made-again/415887/69 "2007-08-18T20:00:33Z")
**Projammer** I haven’t gotten the Larry collection yet. My copy of LL2 requires a 5.25" drive. Would you mind copying and posting Eunuchs, Larry’s assembly language program, on the Dope so somebody can finally tell me what it does? Back To The OP Beast. This was a game with ascii graphics, simple principles and loads of fun. Even with a cpu slower it won’t run properly on my machine. Updated graphics would be fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_of\_the\_Felines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/b5e925/32.png) [@Queen\_of\_the\_Felines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_of_the_Felines)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-wish-would-be-made-again/415887/70 "2007-08-19T01:59:21Z")
[QUOTE=Paladud] Would be nice: Raptor: Call of the Shadows Dominus King’s Bounty [/QUOTE] King’s Bounty was remade for the PlayStation 2 as [Heroes of Might and Magic: Quest for the Dragonbone Staff](http://www.mobygames.com/game/ps2/heroes-of-might-and-magic-quest-for-the-dragonbone-staff) . A few monsters and names have been changed, but the gameplay and map layout are exactly how they were in King’s Bounty! [QUOTE=Lumpy] I’d LOVE to see the old laserdisc arcade game Dragon’s Lair made fully interactive. [/QUOTE] There’s [Dragon’s Lair 3D](http://www.mobygames.com/game/dragons-lair-3d-return-to-the-lair) but I’m not sure if that’s what you’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-wish-would-be-made-again/415887/71 "2007-08-19T02:08:34Z")
_Blood Bowl_ - I love the board game and even though the abortion that became the computer version was a twisted maze of programming train wreck, I liked it and played it often. While they’re at it I’d like to see a remake of \*Crimson Skies \* for Xbox or 360. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-wish-would-be-made-again/415887/72 "2007-08-19T02:24:01Z")
[QUOTE=Lumpy] Would it be possible to create a FPS that is fully interactive yet has Disney-level flat cartoon graphics and animation? Sort of like the original Doom and Doom2 only with 10x the resolution of the sprites and 10x the animation rate? True 3D polygonal NPCs are a great achievement, but for some games a “cartoony” look would be better. I’d LOVE to see the old laserdisc arcade game Dragon’s Lair made fully interactive. [/QUOTE] You mean like [this](http://www.digitalleisure.com/contents/pcCDRom_games.htm#dragonsLair20)? Or would you like the [HD version](http://www.digitalleisure.com/contents/DVDRom_games.htm#dlHD)? ---
**Author:** ![Viridiana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Viridiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viridiana)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-wish-would-be-made-again/415887/73 "2007-08-19T03:49:35Z")
Afterlife from LucasArts ☹ And Dune II. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-wish-would-be-made-again/415887/74 "2007-08-19T04:16:50Z")
Still waiting for an AutoDuel remake using the original universe. [QUOTE=kingpengvin] Not on computer but a great board game [Broadsides and Boarding parties](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadsides_and_Boarding_Parties)! Man was that a fun game! [/QUOTE] Try Blackbeard, either the [1992 original](http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/235) or [the new remake](http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/25685). A PC version had been in the works but the merger with Hasbro killed that. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-wish-would-be-made-again/415887/75 "2007-08-19T04:27:22Z")
You’ll probably like the PC game [Corsairs](http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/corsairs-conquest-at-sea) even better. That reminds me, I haven’t played mine in at least a couple of years… ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-wish-would-be-made-again/415887/76 "2007-08-19T04:40:20Z")
I’d like an update/sequel to _Sundog_; from the Atari ST, I think. [QUOTE=VCO3] I’ve **never** understood how _Syndicate_ didn’t become a recurring franchise . Incredible game. [/QUOTE] There **was** a nice sequel; _Syndicate Wars_ for the Playstation. Still, I’d like the series to continue. [QUOTE=AmalgramFour] I’d like a proper Populous remake. Populous the Beginning didn’t really satisfy my megolomanical urges. I want to rain fire with impunity from my cosy pad on Mount Olympus, not play as some poxy shamen. [/QUOTE] Yes ! ---
**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-wish-would-be-made-again/415887/77 "2007-08-19T05:07:07Z")
Lode Runner ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-wish-would-be-made-again/415887/78 "2007-08-19T05:51:09Z")
[QUOTE=Scuba\_Ben] Let’s go for the _really_ old stuff: Pong! Eliza! Adventure / Collosal Caverns! [/QUOTE] [This item from Jakks TV Games has both arcade and 2600 versions of Pong](http://www.jakkstvgames.com/ataripaddle.html) and plugs into your TV with no console. There are dozens of versions of [Eliza](http://www.manifestation.com/neurotoys/eliza.php3) online, and if you are interested in chatbots, you can check out the latest winners of the annual Loebner Prize, given to those programs that come closest to passing the classic Turing Test. 2006 winner [Joan](http://www.jabberwacky.com/chat-joan) 2005 winner [Jabberwack](http://www.jabberwacky.com/) 2004 winner [AliceBot](http://www.pandorabots.com/pandora/talk?botid=f5d922d97e345aa1) Here’s an online version of (Colossal Cave) [Adventure](http://www.astrodragon.com/zplet/advent.html), and there are a number of others. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-wish-would-be-made-again/415887/79 "2007-08-19T06:39:21Z")
Quest for Glory. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-wish-would-be-made-again/415887/80 "2007-08-19T14:32:11Z")
I would love to see _Sim Earth_ redone for modern graphics. I spent way too many days playing that game, preferring it to _Sim City_ for some reason. I keep wishing that they’d update _Alpha Centauri_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-wish-would-be-made-again/415887.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-wish-would-be-made-again/415887.md?page=5)