# Old video games that should be remade or have a sequel **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 8, 2002, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339 "2002-12-08T19:07:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/21 "2002-12-08T22:02:19Z")
I want a new Warcraft – and not Warcraft III. I want something from the Warcraft franchise that plays like Starcraft. And for years I’ve wanted a nice shiny new take on an old game that I used to enjoy-- _Seal Team_. The original had EGA graphics, but was still a lot of fun, and the missions were evil. The one that stands out the most followed an assassination mission-- you had to raid a funeral to take out the buddies of the guy you’d killed in the last mission. WTF? That game was the most fun ever distributed on a floppy. Except maybe Wolfenstein. (Crap, I still have to get a new computer so I can play Return to Wolfenstein.) ---
**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/22 "2002-12-08T22:05:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Larry Mudd \* > **I want something from the Warcraft franchise that plays like Starcraft.** Why not just play Starcraft? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/23 "2002-12-08T22:08:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Larry Mudd \* > **I want something from the Warcraft franchise that plays like Starcraft.** It’s like Speed II except with a bus instead of a boat! ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/24 "2002-12-08T22:19:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by neutron star \* > \*\*So, I see they have a new _Dragon’s Lair_ out for PC and X-Box. I never really played the original too much, but I vividly remember seeing it in the arcades. It had fantastic graphics that seemed to openly mock the lesser machines in the building. \*\* Those weren’t graphics you saw it was animation. Dragon’s Lair was more of an interactive animated movie then it was a video game. Fear not, they are making a Dragon’s Lair remake to be released on various platforms. Instead of being an interactive movie it’ll be a platform game. Marc ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/25 "2002-12-08T22:25:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MGibson \* > > * * * > > Those weren’t graphics you saw it was animation. Dragon’s Lair was more of an interactive animated movie then it was a video game. Fear not, they are making a Dragon’s Lair remake to be released on various platforms. Instead of being an interactive movie it’ll be a platform game. > > Marc \*\* Boy, now I feel kind of silly telling neutron star that Dragon’s Lair is coming out when he already said it was. My bad. Marc ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/26 "2002-12-08T22:27:02Z")
Aztec. I used to play that all the time way back in 1981 or so. But it had so many keyboard commands that it was very difficult for my 6 year old body to get past the first level. It would be so much more playable nowadays. BTW Aztec was kind of a rip-off of **Raiders of the Lost Ark**. And better graphic and music would kick ass too. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/27 "2002-12-08T22:29:05Z")
Half-Life. ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/28 "2002-12-08T22:36:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chocobo \* > **Cainxinth, they are making a sequel to Sam and Max, it’s slated for release late 2003/early 2004.** Sweet! Looks like I wont have to kill anyone after all. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/29 "2002-12-08T22:59:59Z")
> [@](#): > > **Typhoon:** Why not just play Starcraft? I like the Warcraft aesthetic, especially the humans. Back in the day I used to catch myself reacting to orders at work in the voice of a Peon: [resigned]“Yes, sir.” “Allright.”[/resigned] Also I liked the seafaring aspect which Starcraft left behind. Having your resources spread out more added a bit of strategy – build the most tightly defended base imaginable, whatever, if you let someone else monopolize the oil, you’re a goner. > [@](#): > > **Cisco:** It’s like Speed II except with a bus instead of a boat! Heh heh. Nah, I can’t play Warcraft II anymore. The AI is lousy, I miss the multilevel terrain of SC, the graphics don’t hold up well, but most of all, it’s too mouse-dependant. No hotkeys for units, no “select all”, no spacebar to locate the building you last received an acknowledgement from, all that UI stuff that they worked out perfectly for Starcraft. (Not to mention your units tend to get lost when you tell them to go from A to B… yeesh.) I _still_ play Starcraft fairly regularly-- but there aren’t any Orcs, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![Daoloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/30 "2002-12-08T23:02:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Larry Mudd \* > \*\*I want a new Warcraft – and not Warcraft III. > > I want something from the Warcraft franchise that plays like Starcraft. > > And for years I’ve wanted a nice shiny new take on an old game that I used to enjoy-- _Seal Team_. The original had EGA graphics, but was still a lot of fun, and the missions were evil. The one that stands out the most followed an assassination mission-- you had to raid a funeral to take out the buddies of the guy you’d killed in the last mission. WTF? That game was the most fun ever distributed on a floppy. Except maybe Wolfenstein. (Crap, I still have to get a new computer so I can play Return to Wolfenstein.) \*\* I did a search for that old game and look what I [found.](http://pc.ign.com/articles/065/065868p1.html) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/31 "2002-12-08T23:03:41Z")
I’m glad to hear about the Sam and Max sequel! What a great game. Not nearly enough Naked Psychotic Bunnies in games these days. [Info from Lucasarts here.](http://www.lucasarts.com/press/releases/61.html) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/32 "2002-12-08T23:12:49Z")
Crap, **Daoloth** , I’ve got to preview once in a while. I wonder if Sierra’s new _Seal Team_ will ever materialize or if it’s dead in the water. It would be neat if they tried to keep the single player “Squad-based” missions intact. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/33 "2002-12-08T23:35:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by New & Improved Scott \* > \*\*NES > -Dragon Warrior > \*\* Dragon Warrior VII was released for PSX aproximately a year ago. The first two games in the series were remade for Gameboy/Gameboy Colour a while before that. I’d like to see 3 and for redone as PSX/PS2 games, and 5 and 6 redone a la Final Fantasy Anthology/Chronicals, though. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/34 "2002-12-08T23:36:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tengu \* > **I’d like to see 3 and for redone** Er…3 and 4. Brain’s broken. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/35 "2002-12-09T02:01:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tengu \* > **Dragon Warrior VII was released for PSX aproximately a year ago.** Yeah, and as a hardcore Dragon Warrior I - IV fan, I am disappointed with it. Dragon Warrior games were so cool because they were innovative… now at VII they’re doing the same schtick. Graphics improved to meet the basic needs of the system, but no more. Sounds barely improved. Combat very similar to NES. Plus they came out with this abysmal “Torneko” game based on (I presume) the character named “Taloon” in the US in Dragon Warrior IV, and it sucks bones. It’s like NetHack without the fun. I was so happy to see these games in the store… how did it go so horribly wrong? ---
**Author:** ![SC\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@SC\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SC_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/36 "2002-12-09T02:23:24Z")
I’d like to see a modern remake to Bard’s Tale. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/37 "2002-12-09T07:11:45Z")
I’m holding out for a version of **Fallout 3** that 1. Resembles the first two, incorporating the storyline into the game (and gives you the chance to actually effect the outcome of the game) 2. Will run on a machine with something less than a 5Gig processor and a 128MB 3D card. But god forbid anyone release a strategy/RPG game that doesn’t require the hardware upgrade of the week. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/38 "2002-12-09T07:18:53Z")
Yar’s Revenge! ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/39 "2002-12-09T15:48:34Z")
[Yar’s Revenge for Game Boy Color](http://www.vgmuseum.com/images/gbc/02/yars.html) ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/40 "2002-12-09T15:52:56Z")
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