# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/81 "2007-04-24T19:50:58Z")
While that could work for 4x games, I think the quality of games has improved and changed so much that strong elements of the old games can and should be retained, but a straight remake would be horrible. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/82 "2007-04-24T20:05:49Z")
[QUOTE=crazyjoe] 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. [/QUOTE] An updated version of this with online PvP support would be all sorts of awesome. And I hated Sluggo :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/83 "2007-04-27T17:01:11Z")
It just occured to me that I would love an up to date version of El-Fish. ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/84 "2007-04-27T18:25:56Z")
Wow, this thread has reminded me of a lot of games I forgot about. (RDS! Yeah!) Besides many of the ones already mentioned, I’d like to add: **[Knights of Legend](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Legend)** **[Below the Root](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Below_the_root)** **[Neuromancer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer_(game))** ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/85 "2007-04-27T18:36:36Z")
Two words: [Sewer Shark.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewer_Shark) ---
**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:** [June 11, 2007, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/86 "2007-06-11T04:06:29Z")
[QUOTE=adam yax] It just occured to me that I would love an up to date version of El-Fish. [/QUOTE] [Fish Tycoon](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=424301) appears to be its spiritual successor. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/87 "2007-06-11T05:18:40Z")
Colonization was AWESOME! I actually played a full game less than two weeks ago, just because it’s THAT good. If that game was remade with better graphics and nothing else, i’d spend 40-50 bucks on it easy. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/88 "2007-06-11T10:22:47Z")
[QUOTE=appleciders] I never got around to playing TIE fighter, but the old X-wing game that preceded it was hands down the best combat flight sim I ever played, and I never played it until 2003 or so. Crappy graphics redone, that would be about the best thing I can imagine, especially if you added in even more little ways to tweak your ship. [/QUOTE] I thought immediately of X-Wing and TIE fighter. I’ve tried newer Star Wars games, like Rogue Squadron on the GC, and they all lack a certain depth the PC game had. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/89 "2007-06-11T10:33:21Z")
[Corpse Killer.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpse_Killer) ---
**Author:** ![nevermore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@nevermore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevermore)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/90 "2007-06-11T12:28:20Z")
The whoooooole Quest for Glory series. I could do without QFGV, but oh, to be able to play I-IV on my Windows XP… (and not pay $100+ for the privilege…) I miss the old Sierra adventure games. Especially these, because they were hilarious and had just a _hint_ of RPG in there. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/91 "2007-06-11T13:21:24Z")
[QUOTE=Mosier] Colonization was AWESOME! I actually played a full game less than two weeks ago, just because it’s THAT good. If that game was remade with better graphics and nothing else, i’d spend 40-50 bucks on it easy. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I still break it out once or twice a year. The thing hasn’t left my hard drives since… what, 1994? I think I still have the 3.5-inch floppies. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/92 "2007-06-11T13:24:26Z")
Thinking about it, Syndicate. If only to insure that the end sequence isn’t just another repeat of the between levels cut scene :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/93 "2007-06-11T13:37:47Z")
They’ve just released a fully updated remake of the first _Tomb Raider_, called [Anniversary](http://www.tombraider.com/anniversary/). It’s using the newest engine, with all its updates and high res graphics, but still following the basic plot and (expanded) locations of the original game, and with new versions of the old music. Unfortunately for me, they’ve also changed the way you make Lara move, the keyboard map is completely different, even after remapping, making it more like other FPS games. I hate the change there, I can’t play it without experiencing enormous frustration. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141/94 "2007-06-11T14:20:44Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] [Corpse Killer.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpse_Killer) [/QUOTE] Is that one of those games where you kill lots of zombies? :dubious: 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pc-games-should-be-remade/401141.md?page=4)