# What game(s) would you want modernized?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-s-would-you-want-modernized/595431
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [September 6, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-s-would-you-want-modernized/595431 "2011-09-06T21:29:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-s-would-you-want-modernized/595431/1 "2011-09-06T21:29:30Z")
I was reading a story about a new Jagged Alliance game that is basically a modernized HD remake of the old Jagged Alliance 2 game (the story is [here](http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/jagged-alliance-back-in-action/1187666p1.html) on Gamespy if you are interested) and it got me thinking that it would be really cool if someone would do that for the original XCOM game…or any number of other games that I really enjoyed when I was younger and the PC gaming industry was just getting started.
So, what games would you like to see updated with a modern interface but essentially left unchanged? You don’t have to limit yourself to PC games…if you had a favorite console game that you’d love to see with a new, modern graphical interface then feel free to share.
-XT
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-s-would-you-want-modernized/595431/2 "2011-09-06T21:50:47Z")
AutoDuel, but add a first/third view and more vehicles.
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### Author:  [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-s-would-you-want-modernized/595431/3 "2011-09-06T21:59:05Z")
I’m lucky enough that the game I most want to see be brought up to modern spec but without a bunch of changes to disrupt its perfect balance is getting exactly that in a few months: Defense of the Ancients.
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### Author:  [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-s-would-you-want-modernized/595431/4 "2011-09-06T22:03:24Z")
I want to get into DOTA. Watched some of the matches form the million dollar tournament and I was totally lost.
I guess I’ll have to wait and see when it comes out.
As for a classic that needs an HD remake… how about X-Wing vs Tie fighter! Or Wing Commander!
Would love to see a similar space combat game, maybe with more story and RPG elements.
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### Author:  [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-s-would-you-want-modernized/595431/5 "2011-09-06T22:20:51Z")
HD version of Final Fantasy VII. With voices optional, Japanese and English.
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### Author:  [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-s-would-you-want-modernized/595431/6 "2011-09-06T22:25:36Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#):
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> AutoDuel, but add a first/third view and more vehicles.
Goddamn it, what are the chances that someone would post AutoDuel before I did? Odd. Anyway, yes, it would be perfect for a MMO.
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### Author:  [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-s-would-you-want-modernized/595431/7 "2011-09-06T22:27:48Z")
Myst.
Better graphics, a more immersive world with sandbox style mobility. Bigger music and better cut scenes/voice acting. New puzzles, more puzzles, maybe combine Myst and Riven into different levels of the same game. Could be an awesome Xbox Live Arcade game.
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-s-would-you-want-modernized/595431/8 "2011-09-06T22:35:50Z")
> [@Ogre](#):
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> Goddamn it, what are the chances that someone would post AutoDuel before I did? Odd. Anyway, yes, it would be perfect for a MMO.
😛
Car-based MMOs haven’t lasted very long but if someone were to license the EVE model from CCP it would have a better chance.
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### Author:  [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-s-would-you-want-modernized/595431/9 "2011-09-06T22:43:49Z")
Mechwarrior MMO. I can’t believe it keeps getting cancelled. Everybody wants to be a badass building-sized robot death machine.
Not full mmorpg not only just mmo, but not too twitchy a good balance of strategy. Just some good old fashion head-popin, knee-shreadin, blowin shit up after work.
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### Author:  [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-s-would-you-want-modernized/595431/10 "2011-09-06T22:48:34Z")
I want _Hunt the Wumpus_ to be environmentally sensitive.
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### Author:  [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-s-would-you-want-modernized/595431/11 "2011-09-06T22:51:30Z")
Master of Magic.
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### Author:  [@jayarrell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayarrell)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-s-would-you-want-modernized/595431/12 "2011-09-06T22:59:09Z")
> [@xtisme](#):
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> … it got me thinking that it would be really cool if someone would do that for the original XCOM game…
> -XT
There is a game under development called Xenonauts that’s supposed to be close to the original xcom.
I want a modernized Tie Fighter.
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### Author:  [@emulsified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emulsified)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-s-would-you-want-modernized/595431/13 "2011-09-06T23:09:50Z")
I would have said Auto Duel too. Funny how that game sticks in my memory all the way back from C64 days.
I’ve often wondered if it would be possible to do a modern version of Nethack without ruining it… Probably not.
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### Author:  [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-s-would-you-want-modernized/595431/14 "2011-09-06T23:27:18Z")
Man, did I misunderstand the title. I was going to say baseball should go an electronic strike zone (and all play subject to review)…
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### Author:  [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-s-would-you-want-modernized/595431/15 "2011-09-06T23:29:03Z")
Robotron.
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### Author:  [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-s-would-you-want-modernized/595431/16 "2011-09-06T23:30:44Z")
> [@emulsified](#):
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> I’ve often wondered if it would be possible to do a modern version of Nethack without ruining it… Probably not.
Nah, the point of NetHack was that it was dated even when it was being developed.
I’d pick Avalon Hill’s Kingmaker. Quite a deep game for its time.
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### Author:  [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-s-would-you-want-modernized/595431/17 "2011-09-07T00:03:29Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#):
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> Master of Magic.
…using the Total War engine.
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### Author:  [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-s-would-you-want-modernized/595431/18 "2011-09-07T00:06:22Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#):
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> 😛
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> Car-based MMOs haven’t lasted very long but if someone were to license the EVE model from CCP it would have a better chance.
AutoAssault could have been good if they’d simplified their stats a bit. It was fun, but sometimes impossible to tell whether something was an upgrade or not.
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### Author:  [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-s-would-you-want-modernized/595431/19 "2011-09-07T00:14:16Z")
Desert Bus.
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### Author:  [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-s-would-you-want-modernized/595431/20 "2011-09-07T00:49:14Z")
[Birthright: The Gorgon’s Alliance](http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/birthrightthegorgonsalliance/index.html). A sub-par game in some key areas, yet intriguing. It’s a strategy game where you attempt to unite various realms through diplomacy and war, but it also has a first person RPG mode based on D&D where you take a party of adventurers into dungeons to get artifacts that can help you on the strategic map. War was a rather crude tactical affair, but it allowed you a mix of foot, mounted, and ranged units, as well as magic spells.
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