# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/61 "2002-12-10T01:52:27Z")
Suddenly I don’t feel so pathetic for keeping a few old computers around to run these classic games … Some that jump out in my mind that haven’t been named yet:[ul][_]Starflight[_]Red Baron[_]Wasteland[_]Star Saga[/ul]And more votes for X-Com, Darklands, Fallout, and Wing Commander. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/62 "2002-12-10T14:36:00Z")
**Journeyman** (and others): Seek ye out a copy of **X-Com: Collector’s Edition** posthaste. It’s the first three games (UFO Defense, TFTD, and Apocalypse) all done up proper for a Win32 environment. Well, it runs just spiffy on my old W95, and current W98 machine, anyway. YMMV, but unless you’ve got a really odd hardware setup, it ought to do you okay, I’d think. [sub]I know, it’s not a remake, but it _will_ let you play the original again, until something better comes along.[/sub] ---
**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:** [December 10, 2002, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/63 "2002-12-10T16:54:36Z")
I’d love to have an updated **AutoDuel** , incorporating the Second Edition rules. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by D\_Odds \* > **Sid Meier’s Pirates.** [Pirates Gold!](http://www.mobygames.com/game/sheet/gameId=166/) was released in 1993 and re-released in '97 in the [Conquer the World compilation](http://www.gamesdomain.com/gdreview/zones/reviews/pc/nov97/conquer.html). Microids’s [Corsairs](http://www.neoseeker.com/Games/Products/PC/corsairs/index.html) comes close but it’s mission-based. I found a [Corsairs demo](http://www.softpile.com/Games/Strategy_and_War/Review_04166_index.html) if you’re interested. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/64 "2002-12-10T17:07:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skeezix \* > Seek ye out a copy of **X-Com: Collector’s Edition** posthaste. It’s the first three games (UFO Defense, TFTD, and Apocalypse) all done up proper for a Win32 environment. > > Well, it runs just spiffy on my old W95, and current W98 machine, anyway. YMMV, but unless you’ve got a really odd hardware setup, it ought to do you okay, I’d think. > > [sub]I know, it’s not a remake, but it _will_ let you play the original again, until something better comes along.[/sub] Fair warning: this doesn’t run on GeForce video cards, which are (unfortunately?) quite common. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2002, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/65 "2002-12-10T17:09:32Z")
Argh, hit Submit too soon, meant to Preview instead. There is another game that comes close to Sid Meier’s classic but this one isn’t a computer game, not to my knowledge anyway. A PC version of [Blackbeard](http://www.gamers.com/game/188407) was in the works but ended up being shelved, probably as a result of Avalon Hill being bought out by Hasbro. 'Tis a pity, if any board game ever cried out to be digitzied, **Blackbeard** is it! ---
**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:** [December 10, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/66 "2002-12-10T17:19:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by unclviny \* > \*\*I was just looking on the net for a “xevious” program for my pc, or do i have to buy an arcade machine and put it in my house? (atari 1983 or so). \*\* Try googling abandonware. ---
**Author:** ![davidw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@davidw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidw)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/67 "2002-12-10T18:15:27Z")
I’d love to see another Populos, and another Shadowrun. Sega had a version that kicked ass, but I’m sure it would be incredible today. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/68 "2002-12-10T18:25:07Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by unclviny_ > I was just looking on the net for a “xevious” program for my pc, or do i have to buy an arcade machine and put it in my house? (atari 1983 or so). A web search for the words “Xevious” and “MAME” might just find what you’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Keweenaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Keweenaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keweenaw)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/69 "2002-12-10T19:04:42Z")
Who Dares Wins - C64 and Star Raiders (my version was on the Atari 2600) both could have cool modern updates I miss these games _sniff_ ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/70 "2002-12-10T19:30:44Z")
_Golgo 13 The Immortal Splatterhouse Jumpman/Jumpman Jr._ And I strongly second what MaxTheVool says about 3D in general and Ghouls and Ghosts in particular (and throw in another 2D Castlevania to boot) ---
**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 10, 2002, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/71 "2002-12-10T19:41:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by davidw \* > \*\*and another Shadowrun. Sega had a version that kicked ass, but I’m sure it would be incredible today. \*\* Microsoft currently owns the video game rights to the Shadowrun universe, and at one time, there was supposed to be a Tomb Raider style game called Shadowrun: Assassin, centered around an elvish hit woman (I still have the flier for it), but that game got spiked because it was too similar in concept to other games coming out at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/72 "2002-12-10T19:43:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lno \* > \*\*Fair warning: this doesn’t run on GeForce video cards, which are (unfortunately?) quite common. \*\* Not true! You just have to turn off hardware acceleration (I forget where, but it’s a slider). PC Gamer had the full version of X-Com on one of its CD-ROMs a year or so ago, and my (at the time) GeForce card wouldn’t run it. This was the fix posted on their website, and it worked fine after I made the appropriate adjustment. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/73 "2002-12-10T19:44:37Z")
Another visitor! Stay awhile… stay **forever!!!** [sup]\* [/sup] [sup]\*[/sup]Please please please let someone out there know what I’m talking about… ---
**Author:** ![Engywook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/74 "2002-12-10T19:50:51Z")
I always thought _Defender_ would be great retooled as a flight-sim game. and there’s one by Square for NES called _The 3-D battles of Worldrunner_. Haven’t seen one of those in 14 years… bet it would be even cooler with present tech. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/75 "2002-12-10T20:15:19Z")
I was looking through some NES roms I have and wondering if any of you remember **Flying Warriors**. It has to be one of the oddest games I ever remember playing but from what I remember, the music was cheesy good and the cool thing is you fight EVERYBODY. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/76 "2002-12-10T20:27:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Engywook \* > \*\*I always thought _Defender_ would be great retooled as a flight-sim game. > > and there’s one by Square for NES called _The 3-D battles of Worldrunner_. Haven’t seen one of those in 14 years… bet it would be even cooler with present tech. \*\* Heh, Worldrunner was one of the first games I got for my NES. It was pretty good. There is a modern update to Defender in the works, if it hasn’t been released yet. Not quite a flight sim but it is 3D. I agree that River City Ransom needs to be remade. That was one of the funnest games I ever played. I loved how you could pick up enemies and throw them at each other, or even swing them like bats. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2002, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/77 "2002-12-10T20:29:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rhythmdvl \* > **Another visitor! Stay awhile… stay _forever!!!_** I never could finish [those](http://home.arcor.de/cybergoth/epyx/impossiblemission.html) [games](http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/impossiblemissionii.htm). BTW: my favorite abandonware site has an EGA version of the sequel available for download. I’d post a link for it but I don’t want to annoy the Mods. ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/78 "2002-12-10T20:37:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rhythmdvl \* > \*\*Another visitor! Stay awhile… stay **forever!!!** No…no…NO!! Mission accomplished! Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![SpittingLettuce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@SpittingLettuce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpittingLettuce)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/79 "2002-12-10T20:58:08Z")
Id love to see AutoDuel remade. and i have to agree with D\_Odds on Pirates! ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339/80 "2002-12-11T07:19:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by smam \* > \*\*Everybodys Golf , PSX. > Streetfighter , SNES. > Resident Evil , PSX. > \*\* Everybody’s Golf is the same as Hot Shots Golf. HSG 3 is on PS2 right now. There have been several different versions of Street Fighter II. And Resident Evil had a “Director’s Cut” for PSX and now a full remake on GameCube. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-video-games-that-should-be-remade-or-have-a-sequel/141339.md?page=5)