I was talking to my brother tonight and we were reminiscing about the great games Epic Megagames produced back when we were kids, especially One Must Fall: 2097. It's a fighting game that you play as the pilot of a many-story-tall robot. There were multiple pilots with different strengths, a verity of very distinct robots, arena hazards, and it all ran smoothly on our 486. What's not to love?

That got me thinking, how has that not been remade? With 'Pacific Rim' surely this is an idea whose time has come again. Or at least, I wish it was. (Apparently it was remade once already in the early 2000s, but that version wasn't any good.)

What are some other games that people would really like to see remade or updated? Lots of things just keep getting sequels even though they lack merit. What are some things that went away and shouldn't have?

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Silent Hill 1, from the team of The Evil Within. Also Heart of Darkness, they could make it an amazing platformer like they did with the Oddworld.

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Yes, and 2 which was my favorite. But I'm not sure about that team, the atmosphere in Evil Within was quite different.

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It was indeed. But it's one of the few teams that made me feel I was playing a survival/horror game. Most horror games today are generic.

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I want a sequel or a game like Final Fantasy Tactics: War Of The Lions

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The first two Call of Duties and Battlefield 1942 and Battlefield 2. I just would love to play those games with modern day graphics, even if nothing else changed.

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  • Bloody Roar
  • Grandia 1
  • Breath of Fire Series
  • Mystical Ninja Goemon
  • Parasite Eve
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YES TO MYSTICAL NINJAS! I friggin' love that game on N64!

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Star Wars Rebellion

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Blood 1 and 2

Witchhaven 1 and 2

No One lives Forever 1 and 2

Contract Jack

Willrock

Shogo

Outlaws

MechWarrior 2 + Ghost Bear's Legacy

Hi-Octane

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I would love jet set radio future, especially since it costs so much to buy on xbox

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JSRF still looks, sounds and plays amazing. It's one of my all time favorites.

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I thought it would hold up better then the original. It's just any time I've looked to buy it, the cheapest I can get it is €30, and that's a bit much really

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Whoa! 30€ it's kinda pricey for used game (especially for an original Xbox title). I bought it with console in early 2004 for a full price (along with Sega's Gun Vakyrie, which is the oddest game I have ever played).

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I originally got it with the console, came on the same disc as Sega gt I think. But my older brother took the console when he moved out a few years later.
Had heard of gunvakyrie but like a lot of strange games from Japan, it was very rare in Ireland

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If that could happen it'd be great. Heard before that a game called Hover revolt of gamers or something like that is a similar type of game but never been able to try it

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First Mafia.

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Black and White
Populous
The Movies
Knights of Honor
Fallout 1 & 2 + Tactics

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You. I like you. Whitelisted.

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A very old game called "Albion", made by Bluebytes.
Barely anyone remembers it. Was pretty good and deserves a decent remake.

Similarly Ultima 7 deserves a good remake. Definitely.

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I remember Albion, although it wasn't my kind of game.

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Glad someone remembers it :)

And yeah, it was the kind of game you had to be in to in order to really get through it.
But I very much enjoyed the story which was pretty good and the idea of using multiple points of view during the game, switching from isometric 2d (which I still love) to 3d depending on the location. Felt pretty unique at the time. Haven't seen much of that since.

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The original Spyro trilogy from PS1! They were amazing!

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+1
Tho I'd want the characters to look like their original designs (just in updated graphics) and not like the new designs for Spyro.

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Digimon World Ps1

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Anachronox

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That would be sweet, maybe they could ship it without bugs this time.

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Mass Effect with humor.
I'd like that.

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  • Shadow Man;
  • Rush 2 - Extreme Racing USA;
  • Vagrant Story.
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Oh yes, a hundred times yes for Shadow Man.
And From Software should remake it.

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Dungeon keeper

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Pong. Graphics have evolved, it's time to get this game right.

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...with microtransactions!

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^ ^ Made me chuckle!

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Blade Runner

and +1 for OMF2097

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+1 for Blade Runner

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Startopia! And Evil Genius.

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Dune 2

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Yes, yes and yes. Did I say yes?

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Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate (aaand now I think of installing it again and trying to tweak it to run...)! Maybe add couple new campaigns to sweeten the game even further :) There will never be too many good Warhammer games available ^^ Especially with awesome soundtracks.

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None :/
Old games I enjoyed are already resting in my memories. I prefer playing new ones (I would like replaying The Longest Journey in 1080p tho)

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Master of Magic and Albion were already mentioned.
Besides those, let's see...

Sid Meier's Covert Action and Dragonstrike. Because good spy games are rare these days, and dragon dogfighting would be awesome with modern graphics.

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Hard one....

I would like to see most of the Ultima series being remade, in particular 4 and onwards. Make them less grindy, improve the combat of 7, update the graphics, and keep the things that made them special (and keep the dark elements from Ultima 5, those really did make the game feel like something completely different from what you would expect). Also, do something about all that cut content in Ultima 8 & 9.
Populous 1 & 2 could use a proper update just to clean up the interface a bit.
Outpost 2 would also be nice with a better interface and some less obtuse elements.
Dune for its interesting strategy/adventure hybrid gameplay.
Mechwarrior series. 4 still runs well enough on modern computers (at least last time I tried), but I'm unable to get 3 running, and 2, while actually still really good, could use some better graphics.
Wing Commander series. While still playable (and enjoyable) they do have some issues that could be fixed with a modern remake.

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Another Outpost 2 fan!

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Mechwarrior 2 ! With Force Feedback !
I remember the feel of launching missiles and plasma cannons in melee combat. Awesome!
It was such an amazing game and the campaign was so good.
Aaargh ! Now I have to install a Win98 machine and it's your fault!

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A DOS version of the game exists. As I got into MW around 2012, that was how I played it, and I thought it worked quite well. It should be easier to get that one running well than a Win9X version.

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I didn't even know that DOS was still a thing.
Should I run a Virtual box with DOS on it ?

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Just use Dosbox. It's a DOS emulator, and DOS games tend to run better in it than they ever did back when DOS was still being used. Most DOS games on Steam & GOG uses Dosbox.
And here's how to set up Dosbox to run MW2 smoothly. Don't worry, it's far far easier than it looks.

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Thanks ! Now I have to check if all my hardware and my drivers run on it.
Cheers!

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They will. Dosbox emulates old hardware (though sadly not Roland), so you don't need to worry about what runs on it. All you really need is a processor that's powerful enough, and if you're not using an ancient machine (I could run MW2 on my old single core P4 3,2 ghz HT processor).

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Neat. Consider it done.
Thanks!

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Resident evil revelations 2 for sure, a full game release would be nice, not a million parts in dlc's
also the game is pretty buggy at times, or better yet, Resident Evil raid mode standalone.

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RtCW and DS are classics for me, loved them so much. Mafia too.

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Agreed, the new Wolfenstein games are great but I'd love to storm the beach again online with a new engine.

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