# What PC Games should be remade? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 22, 2007, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141 "2007-04-22T02:41:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chasing\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@Chasing\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chasing_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/41 "2007-04-22T23:51:14Z")
SimFarm should be remade. This is one of the greatest games of all time. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/42 "2007-04-23T00:00:42Z")
[QUOTE=Brainiac4] Sam & Max Hit The Road. You can still get it running in SCUMMVM, and the gameplay and voice acting need no updates. It really just needs the graphics redone. [/QUOTE] You are aware the sequel’s out? [http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax](http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax) It’s being released in episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/43 "2007-04-23T00:40:28Z")
[QUOTE=oft wears hats] Oh! This just occurred to me: What about Marathon? Perhaps with the HL2 engine? (Though Bungie would never want to remake it, and if they did, they’d probably use whichever Halo engine they’re on now). Such a great game, and there’s already a handful of TCs that try to recreate it with more modern engines like UT and I believe HL2 (I was talking about a professional official remake, though, and not a mod). [/QUOTE] Apparently Bungie has a filthy sick new engine for Halo 3. Just wanted to throw that out there. As for a game that I want to be remade, I’d like to see [Syndicate](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syndicate_(computer_game_series)) and [Shadowrun](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowrun_%28SNES%29) redone. I know Shadowrun has been done over and over and over again, and it’s just coming out for the 360, but possibly never as good as it did on the Super Nintendo. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2007, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/44 "2007-04-23T00:57:56Z")
**E-Sabbath** and **St\_Ides** : Yes, quite aware of the current Sam and Max games. In fact, my daughter (age 7) playing through them made me go and find SCUMMVM so I could show her the original. Good as the new ones are, they’re not as good as the original. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/45 "2007-04-23T01:23:59Z")
[QUOTE=Viridiana] And Star Control 2, although it’s pretty great to begin with. [/QUOTE] Not a remake, more of a reimplementation, but look up Ur-Quan Masters at [http://sc2.sourceforge.net/](http://sc2.sourceforge.net/) I’ve also wanted to see Car Wars redone as a MMO Driving Combat Game. So I may have to look into Auto Assault. I agree with wanting to see Archon remade, with the latest in graphics, piece vs. piece combat, etc. And definitely a much better AI; I normally wore the computer down to four remaining pieces, after which I simply took and held the power points. (There were 5 spaces on the chess-like board that had power points, one on the midde of each edge and one in the center square. A piece on a power point could not be affected by magic spells cast by either ‘king’; if a player had a piece on all five points, they won.) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/46 "2007-04-23T01:56:12Z")
Archon was being worked on by a fan, but the project apparently fell through. [Wkipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archon_(computer_game)) has a blurb that someone may have picked up the project tho-we shall see. Sure was a fun game. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/47 "2007-04-23T02:05:57Z")
•I’d say Maniac Mansion, but they’d probably just screw it up. •(I’m probably going to have to just build a fake “pitch” webpage for _SimEarth 2_, one o’ these days, that I could link to every time a thread like this comes up. It’d save time, and have pretty pictures.) •_Spaceward Ho!_ Actually, this one’s still in-print. It’s basically the same game it’s always been since the mid-90s, but runs on modern systems. And it’s still $30. Yeah. •_Nightmare Creatures_, from the N64/PS1. _Lovely_ atmosphere, and you get to use a flintlock. Who doesn’t love flintlocks? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/48 "2007-04-23T02:12:47Z")
[QUOTE=Chasing Dreams] SimFarm should be remade. This is one of the greatest games of all time. [/QUOTE] Actually, I agree. SimFarm was the Sim game I lost myself in for hours. I loved to starve the sheep and watch them break through a gate in desperation to get food. :eek: ---
**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:** [April 23, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/49 "2007-04-23T02:15:49Z")
[QUOTE=H3Knuckles] …Um… you are familiar with [Auto Assault](http://www.autoassault.com/news/), right? The MMO about fighting in modified automobiles in a post-apocalyptic future? I’m assuming you either aren’t, or you are and just don’t like this manifestation of the idea? [/QUOTE] I’ve seen this in stores but wasn’t sure what it was about. I’ll have to check out that free trial… ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/50 "2007-04-23T07:11:16Z")
I always thought that Tyrian would have been awesome on Dreamcast–but then, I loved the Dreamcast and I loved Ikaruga. I’d like to see Tyrian on the 360 now. Come to think of it, I’d like to see Ikaruga on the 360. And I know it hasn’t been that long, but Jedi Knight II could stand to re-enter the gaming world, even as Jedi Knight III. Still one of my all-time favorite LAN games. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/51 "2007-04-23T07:50:05Z")
Wing Comander 2. ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/52 "2007-04-23T09:11:37Z")
[QUOTE=Ferret Herder] _Knights of the Old Republic II_, as-is but with the original team having enough time and funding to finish the job. It’s great until near the end, when obviously they were rushed for time and had to drop and/or hurriedly and unsatisfyingly tie up plot lines. The way in which you see at the end what happens to most of your companions is especially poorly done and quite a disappointment after all the time spent developing relationships with them. [/QUOTE] I know you said original team but there is a fan group slowly restoring all the lost content they found on the disk if you’re curious it’s [HERE](http://www.team-gizka.org/index.html) if you check their progress report page they’ve solved over 766 issues with their mod and have only 49 left. They also have a few videos on that page showing restored scenes that look great. ---
**Author:** ![MindWanderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@MindWanderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindWanderer)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/53 "2007-04-23T09:41:04Z")
I used to play Archon constantly as a kid, and it was always fun, though eventually I got to the point where I had even my pawns all on light squares and a couple times defeated the computer without losing a single piece. I’d like to see Archon or even just anything in that style of thinking game plus action game. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/54 "2007-04-23T18:37:26Z")
Racing Destruction Set Stunt Island (I hardly ever see this game mentioned anywhere) Big Red Racing I don’t think MULE really needs remade, unless it’s to add Internet multiplayer. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/55 "2007-04-23T19:01:48Z")
So, did someone want an Auto Assault trial key? I can get 'em, no problem. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/56 "2007-04-23T19:34:48Z")
[QUOTE=BooBoo316] Seriously, I hated Apocolypse. The limited scope and RTS gameplay turned me off, but to each his own. [/QUOTE] It’s funny how the scope of that series kept shinking. Save the world! Save the ocean! Save a city! ---
**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:** [April 23, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/57 "2007-04-23T20:07:52Z")
[QUOTE=E-Sabbath] So, did someone want an Auto Assault trial key? I can get 'em, no problem. [/QUOTE] I got one from their website. 😃🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/58 "2007-04-23T21:52:00Z")
[QUOTE=BooBoo316] Seriously, I hated Apocolypse. The limited scope and RTS gameplay turned me off, but to each his own. [/QUOTE] 110% agreement. I loved X-Com. I recognized TFTD as what it was, but still played it through a bunch. Apocalypse seemed stupid and silly to me. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/59 "2007-04-23T21:56:41Z")
Thirding Racing Destruction Set! Also, a single-player or networked version of AutoDuel would be cool, for those of us not too into the MMO thing. Finally, Mail Order Monsters, a great game where you had to build and customize a monster and then have it go fight another monster (or try to repel the HORDE). It had its flaws, but it was still very cool, at least until you got to Sluggo. I’ve use the term Beast-Fu as recently as 3 years ago. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Meros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Meros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meros)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/60 "2007-04-23T22:03:34Z")
Only technically a PC game (there was a PC version). I’d love to see a remake of Final Fantasy VII with updated graphics. It was an amazing game, but the vast difference between the battle/fmv models and the world models is/was jarring in it’s current incarnation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141.md?page=4)