# Retro Games - Name your remake! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 10, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-name-your-remake/646762 "2013-01-10T16:50:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [January 11, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-name-your-remake/646762/21 "2013-01-11T16:12:23Z")
I’ve long thought that a version of [Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Omen) in the 3-D style of the later games would be cool. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-name-your-remake/646762/22 "2013-01-11T16:23:55Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > [Mail Order Monsters](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_Order_Monsters). Seconded! ---
**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:** [January 11, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-name-your-remake/646762/23 "2013-01-11T22:09:45Z")
> [@](#): > > Impossible Mission – Maybe just to win this thing for once. It was cool, but I never figured out what I was doing in the game. I used to win that game often, and I tried to do it in under 1 hour, game time (the game started at 12:00 and ended at 6:00, IIRC). You were supposed to collect pieces of various puzzles, put them together (I think you had to rotate some of them?) and then use them to get the password. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-name-your-remake/646762/24 "2013-01-11T23:15:23Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I have no idea if it’s possible, but a first-person perspective [Joust](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joust_(video_game)) would be cool. Joust is a good idea. Loved that game. I spent more time on the Atari playing Warlords than anything else. Not sure if it could really be improved though… they’d probably screw up the gameplay somehow. There’s something nice about the simplicity - it’s PvP Breakout! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-name-your-remake/646762/25 "2013-01-13T03:50:06Z")
> [@Rubixcube](#): > > Elite- Do I need to say more? Try [Oolite](http://www.oolite.org/) ([wiki article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oolite_(video_game))). It’s not official, but my limited experience is that it’s exactly the same game, including the nearly impossible (for me) manual docking procedure. ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-name-your-remake/646762/26 "2013-01-13T04:32:17Z")
Plus, the Elite: Dangerous Kickstarter successfully completed a little over a week ago, so there’s an actual new Elite coming in a year or so. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-name-your-remake/646762/27 "2013-01-13T08:17:59Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Not sure if this is old enough to count in your definition of retro, but is this where I get to reiterate the perennial cry, “Why won’t anyone remake **Master of Magic** – and finally give it decent AI?” cry that’s been ringing across the Internet for so long? Seconded. It’s still one of my favourite games, and the only one for which I went as far as buying the official guide (that I had to order from some bookseller in the USA, since I discovered the game only in the mid 2000s). I opened this thread only to nominate it. ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-name-your-remake/646762/28 "2013-01-14T01:38:47Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Archon This most definitely this. I’d also be interested to see a new take on a couple of Atari 2600 classics, **River Raid** and **Combat** ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-name-your-remake/646762/29 "2013-01-14T01:44:41Z")
Eliza and Zork. ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-name-your-remake/646762/30 "2013-01-14T03:04:18Z")
Darklands! Awesome game with some major bugs but still way fun to play. ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-name-your-remake/646762/31 "2013-01-15T02:18:19Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Archon > Beach-Head > **Choplifter** > Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday – Loved the heck out of this on my Sega. > Shadowrun – Loved this on Sega as well. > Impossible Mission – Maybe just to win this thing for once. It was cool, but I never figured out what I was doing in the game. > Raid on Moscow > Raid on Bungeling Bay > Karateka > > I’d love to see some of these for my ThinkPad or iPad. I’m sure there are some equivalents out there. [Chopper](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chopper/id284896685?mt=8) is an ios and Mac game very reminiscent of the original Choplifter. There is a [lite version](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chopper-lite/id310964025?mt=8) for ios. Chopper is free for the [Mac](http://http://majicjungle.com/chopper.html) Also **Malden Capell** mentioned Gauntlet and Lemmings. There are ios versions of these. [Cavemen](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/caveman/id429862664?mt=8) is a Lemmings clone. It has pretty much exact copies of the original levels so nothing new but it is fun to have a portable Lemmings. [Lite version](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/caveman-lite/id546631862?mt=8) available to try before you buy. [Catacombs](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/catacombs/id349027450?mt=8) is not a Gauntlet clone, but an all new game with original levels. It’s a dual stick. top down dungeon crawler, with warrior, mage, thief, and archer classes, very similar to the original Gauntlet. Mixed reviews, some love and some hate, but I really like it. Does not seem to be a lite version available. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-name-your-remake/646762/32 "2013-01-15T19:24:59Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > [You’re in luck on this one, at least.](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1613260297/shadowrun-returns) For a moment there, I thought you were referring to the 360 game produced about 5 years ago, and was going to resort to the old ultraviolence for even suggesting there might be a connection between the two games. Were Mulvihill and co. involved with the original SEGA/SNES games like they are with the Kickstarter one? ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-name-your-remake/646762/33 "2013-01-15T19:40:33Z")
> [@HubZilla](#): > > Microsoft Flight Simulator > > Flying over 3-D landscapes and skylines from Google Earth > > (and here’s where a helpful doper would say “Here it is”) I don’t know about skylines - in fact, the lack of accurate building placements is probably is biggest flaw - but X-Plane has incredibly accurate landscape (in terms of things like mountains and water). ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-name-your-remake/646762/34 "2013-01-15T20:59:29Z")
Elevator Action Super Cobra ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-name-your-remake/646762/35 "2013-01-15T21:04:07Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Archon [Right here, new and improved](http://store.steampowered.com/app/65400/) ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-name-your-remake/646762/36 "2013-01-15T21:25:42Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I have no idea if it’s possible, but a first-person perspective [Joust](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joust_(video_game)) would be cool. Same thing with [Robotron: 2084](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotron:_2084), though the last is video-game perfection, imho. Somebody actually made a freeware 3D version of Joust in the mid-90s with simple polygonal models. It was kinda fun, but (obviously) very, very simplistic. I wouldn’t mind seeing another stab (ho, ho) at that one. My personal remake vote would be for the Sierra Quest for Glory series – all the games redone with HD hand-drawn art (complimenting the illustration style for the various games’ settings), a unified interface and combat system, and a reimagined fifth chapter that doesn’t tone-and-genre-shift the whole series. I would also love to see the Myst games ported into a realtime 3D engine. I think realMyst was amazing and really improved on the original, and I’d love to see Riven fully brought to life. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-name-your-remake/646762/37 "2013-01-16T02:00:02Z")
I’d like to see the SSI “gold box” games redone using the engine Black Isle used for Icewind Dale and Baldur’s Gate. ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-name-your-remake/646762/38 "2013-01-17T02:14:37Z")
I came in to say [The Fool’s Errand](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fool%27s_Errand), and thereby discovered that [there’s a remake!](http://www.thefoolandhismoney.com/) Woohoo! Thanks for starting this thread 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-name-your-remake/646762/39 "2013-01-17T03:31:32Z")
Defender. A first person version would be killer. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-name-your-remake/646762/40 "2013-01-17T15:46:02Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > I’d like to see the SSI “gold box” games redone using the engine Black Isle used for Icewind Dale and Baldur’s Gate. I’m torn…I really want the Gold Box series to be re-made, but I loved the “first person” view when walking around, and then the switch to a different perspective for battles. So basically I want them to look like _Legend of Grimrock_ for moving and interacting with NPCs, but then switch to _Baldur’s Gate_ for combat. Can’t be too hard to pull off, right? 😛 But since that’s not really possible, then yes, just a cool remake done in the _Baldur’s Gate_ engine…or whatever engine they used for the recent _Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition._ that just came out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-name-your-remake/646762.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-name-your-remake/646762.md?page=3)