What games do you think would be great if they'd get properly remastered and would be a hit if it was done?

I believe this will mostly affects games which were lacking in technology.

I’d personally LOVE to see The Sims 1 or The Sims 2 re-released with performance and resolution upgrades, and, most importantly, made to be open world. Since they’re older, I believe they could very easily render the entire map like The Sims 3, but with the charm of TS1 or TS2.

I cannot think of other games, since most games I see as adequate, whereas TS1 and TS2 were bound by system performance during their respective times.

GrayBackgroundMusic,

Master of Magic. Mid 90s spinoff of civilization, but with high fantasy magic and stuff. The spiritual success I’ve tried have all been garbage. It would be nice to have one with modern conveniences and modding capability.

wolf,

You know that there is a remake on Steam?

GrayBackgroundMusic,

No, I didn’t! Thanks, I’ll look into it!

TroublesomeTalker,

Uh. Are you kidding? The remaster released like 6 months back.

GrayBackgroundMusic,

uh. Are you kidding?

Well, that seems kinda rude. Why am I supposed to know this? I don’t know every game that exists.

Here’s a tip, on average, 10,000 ppl a day learn something that “everybody knows”. xkcd.com/1053/

TroublesomeTalker, (edited )

Was an actual question - it wasn’t exactly universally hailed as a success, so I wasn’t sure if we were pretending it didn’t exist. I found it to be fine though. And last I poked around mod support seemed likely, but I got distracted by other releases so it’s not as ‘grabby’ as MoM was. I think the increased fidelity came at the cost of speed. But maybe that’s just because I can’t rely on muscle memory to bang through turns now.

GrayBackgroundMusic,

Was an actual question

Oh, the word choice implied condescension. It’s hard to read tone on the internet, so I try to be overly obvious about genuine questions. “In case you’ve not seen it, there’s a remaster on steam.” or something like that.

kingofsnake,

Sega Saturn had a title called Fighters Megamix that (in my opinion) was the first to bring franchise characters together for a battle royal.

Virtua Fighter, Fighting Vipers, Sonic, Daytona, Virtua Cop and more all rules it out in wrestling rings and it was amazing. Would love a remake.

TopRamenBinLaden,

Saturn definitely had some good ones. Dreamcast, too. I wonder how a fully updated and fleshed out version of Power Stone would do nowadays.

toastynugs,

This game was amazing

Gmork,
@Gmork@lemmy.ml avatar

Fighters Megamix was the best!!! I would quite literally hand over one of my kidneys for AAA remake.

kingofsnake,

Oh yeah, and I really think it was Sega who started the whole company cast of characters fighting each other thing. Like always, it’s too bad that they never followed a great idea long enough to be the one to make money from it.

Gmork,
@Gmork@lemmy.ml avatar

Well… SNK had released a few installments of King of Fighters by the time Fighters Megamix was released, but other than that, yeah.

Sega definitely beat Smash Brothers and other titles to the punch.

I agree. They should have stuck with their ideas for several installments. Sega has way too many one-off games that are fantastic and deserve sequels.

kingofsnake,

Oh damn, I totally forgot that KoF was a mix-up like that. I wish that I had more access to SNK hardware and fighters back in the day. Those SNES World Heroes ports just didn’t cut it.

MiddledAgedGuy,

Ultima Online comes to mind, which is strange because it wasn’t something I played much of. I know it still exists, and there’s Shroud of the Avatar as well but I’d specifically like something that still has an isometric view and doesn’t constrain by character class but otherwise has more modern adaptations.

CileTheSane,
@CileTheSane@lemmy.ca avatar

Project Gorgon isn’t Isometric but there are no classes. Any character can level up in any skill by using it. It’s still early access and the graphics are not great, but the mechanics and lore are pretty good.

MiddledAgedGuy,

I looked it up. I’m intrigued. A minimal handholding, no rails MMO created by two people? I’ll give it a go!

CileTheSane,
@CileTheSane@lemmy.ca avatar

It has free demo which lets you level up any skills to a cap of I think 15. You can’t trade or pick up items from the ground, but otherwise you have the full game available to you.

MiddledAgedGuy,

Yeah, I played a little bit earlier today. I’d like to say that the dated looking graphics and poor ui aren’t things I care about, but apparently I do a bit. Still, I’ll give it a little more time. I do like the premise.

CileTheSane,
@CileTheSane@lemmy.ca avatar

Yeah, I had similar thoughts when I started: “Oof, this looks dated.” Gameplay is solid once you get used to the UI, and how can you not love a game where you can use Psychology as a combat skill with abilities named “Tell me about your mother” and “You were adopted”?

chickenpotpi, (edited )

star wars rogue sqaudron and star wars episode 1 racer. played the first rogue squadron and racer on the n64, would love to play those games with better graphics

loudWaterEnjoyer,
@loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

DK64

Karyoplasma,

My cartridge’s EEPROM died :(

loudWaterEnjoyer,
@loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

That’s a real loss

dirtySourdough,

I didn’t know EEPROM could die on N64 cartridges. Is it replaceable?

Karyoplasma,

Technically yes, but getting a replacement is hard. You need to harvest the EEPROM from another game that uses an identical one.

dirtySourdough,

Oof, yeah that’s rough. Are you aware of any documentation on N64 individual cartridge hardware? I had it in my head that the carts would never die (silly, I know) but if I had one die on me I would want to repair it if possible

Karyoplasma, (edited )

Dunno if there is an archive where you can search which one is used in the cartridge you want to fix. This is a list of games that use the same EEPROM as DK64 specifically:

Banjo-Tooie

Conker’s Bad Fur Day

Cruis’n World

Excitebike 64

Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside

Mario Party 3

Mario Tennis

Perfect Dark

Ridge Racer 64

Star Wars Episode 1 Racer

Yoshi’s Story

dirtySourdough,

Cool, thanks!

Rocky60,

Road Rash

Moobythegoldensock,

Which one?

Carobu,

Road Redemption on Steam is this.

TheAnonymouseJoker,
@TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml avatar

You have not heard of Road Redemption?

Rocky60,

No

TheAnonymouseJoker,
@TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml avatar

Well, you heard of it now. And it is light on hardware.

Rocky60,

Thank you

L4stMinuteHero,

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    TheAnonymouseJoker,
    @TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml avatar

    Its hard to succeed the “feeling” of Road Rash and Rock N’ Roll Racing (SNES). Try the latter if you have not, and its modern Russian fanmake Motor Rock.

    Rocky60,

    I downloaded for my iPhone and was bummed to learn that you can’t do wheelies or jump cars. Oh well

    Raverbunny,
    @Raverbunny@aussie.zone avatar

    Black & White

    Mr_Buscemi,
    @Mr_Buscemi@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

    It’s a shame this game & it’s sequel have been unavailable for purchase for so damn long.

    Thank god for abandonware websites

    Auzy,

    This was such a good game. I’m surprised that instead of making a new version, instead companies are making sequels of every other game

    ediculous,

    Fata Deum (not out yet) is a spiritual successor I’ve been keeping my eye on.

    oofinsprouts,
    @oofinsprouts@beehaw.org avatar

    F-Zero GX in HD with wide screen support would be amazing. It might even happen since F-Zero 99 seems to be pretty popular.

    Sir_Kevin,
    @Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

    Put that shit in VR!

    Psythik,

    If Nintendo actually made a VR system, it would probably be the first system of theirs since the GameCube that didn’t disappoint me. I miss the days when they actually cared about releasing high-performance consoles with the latest in graphics tech.

    Sir_Kevin,
    @Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

    Even if Nintendo released a VR headset I doubt it would have the latest graphics tech. It would likely be similar to Quest but with it’s own walled garden. I would love to see that competition in the VR space though. Hi-Tech or not, Nintendo always delivers quality games.

    kingofsnake,

    For what it’s worth, you can play Dolphin in VR. Use the 3D tv setting, it’s already in widescreen thanks to a hack.

    The only catch is that you need to play with a controller.

    Sir_Kevin,
    @Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

    Yeah there are a lot of games with “VR” ports or mods that allow for a headset while playing. I feel like if they’re not fully immersive, they don’t cut it. Now if the game supports a steering wheel, petals etc that’s different. But in general, I should be able to use standard VR controllers or hand tracking.

    kingofsnake,

    Would be nice but I don’t think that it’s going to be a reality. That said, FZero on dolphin could be mapped to a wheel and played well in VR, it would just take some tweaking of the thresholds and tolerances.

    CrypticCoffee,

    Beat me to it with F-Zero. What a game.

    Wage_slave,
    @Wage_slave@lemmy.ml avatar

    Phantasy Star.

    For an 4mb 8bit rpg, it had an amazing story and so much potential held back only by the tech of it’s time.

    kingofsnake,

    No way, out of all of the lists like this that I see, I rarely expect my fave series to show up.

    Which one would you most like to see? I’d love a gritty tragedy like 2, but with all of the poofy anime hair and primary colour outfits. Really contrast the shit out of it :)

    Wage_slave,
    @Wage_slave@lemmy.ml avatar

    I think you are onto something there. There is a ton to unpack in the story of two and could be expanded so well.

    I’d like to see the series re done, to be honest. I mean, in just the first release there are four unique planets. Looking later into the series, and it developing multi generational story lines, I feel it would be an amazing ongoing project with massive games already available.

    The online Phantasy Star Genesis is pretty good, I’ll give it that. But the real want, it’s in the 1-4 stories.

    kingofsnake,

    Totally, and the gacha/ modern anime aesthetic really looks tacky compared to the more pragmatic style of the 80s and 90s.

    kaput,

    Morrowind. Rpg that doesn’t hold your hand through quest, well written plot and sidequests and a superb fantastic setting that is not all medieval Europe. Ashland, siltstriders, giant mushroom mage tower that can only be accessed by super jump or flying. And thosefucking annoying cliff 'bird thing.

    DagothUr,

    Nerevar, you foolish one, approach. A character on the internet proclaims that our world must endure another cycle of annihilation and rebirth to find goodness. Can you fathom such grand and intoxicating innocence, Nerevar?

    You there, sir! Be aware that I, Dagoth Ur, have witnessed 3743 years of existence, and I did not dedicate my millennia to be insulted by a creature not yet a century old. Depart from my lands and the ungrateful tribes, and let them remain untouched by your misguided notions.

    Jtskywalker,

    Probably my favorite RPG - Such a rich environment and a totally unnecessary amount of lore and background information in all of the included books and dialogue. Really set me up to be severely unfulfilled by everything else Bethesda made after that point.

    geoma,

    I understand there is an open engine for morrowind with better graphics called OpenMW. Look for it here: osgameclones.com

    owenfromcanada,
    @owenfromcanada@lemmy.world avatar

    Cliff racers will forever haunt my dreams.

    I’d hope they’d rework/simplify the leveling attribute system though. I always end up modding that.

    raubarno,

    I want SimCity 4 that wouldn’t crash. Even better if it was libre.

    Sir_Kevin, (edited )
    @Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

    “Cities VR” comes pretty close and I would highly recommend anyone with a Quest, PCVR2 or Pico to try it (it may also be on Steam)! Not to be confused with “Little Cities” which is also good but more similar to SimCity 1.

    chahk,

    The upcoming Cities: Skylines 2, aka “the other CS2”, should be good.

    fosforus, (edited )

    (Sid Meier’s) Alpha Centauri.

    Please don’t go. The drones need you. They look up to you.

    For it to work for me, it would have to be pretty much a 1:1 remake with just improved compatibility and possibly assets. Not sure what would need to happen for it to work for people who never played the original.

    Teodomo, (edited )

    I’m playing Stellaris right now and one of the things I miss the most about Sid Meier 's games is it being 100% turn-based vs real time with pause (over long sessions it tires my hand a lot for some reason)

    bufalo1973,
    @bufalo1973@lemmy.ml avatar

    I think you’re gonna like this: GLSMAC

    fosforus,

    Indeed! Thanks for the link!

    filthy_lint_ball,

    SPORE - I miss that game

    Sprite,
    @Sprite@lemmy.ml avatar

    Spore was amazing. I loved the first and second stages. (The cell game doesn’t recapture the whimsical charm, I’m afraid.)

    ohlaph,

    Zelda: A link to the past.

    Occultist0178,

    I disagree, the game still holds up pretty well. I wouldn’t mind a remaster, but I think it still plays well.

    Pantherina,
    @Pantherina@feddit.de avatar

    Minecraft, lol. Written in Rust instead of Java, extensible, open source.

    Like what Minetest and Mineclone currently do. Dont know what languages they use.

    Faresh,

    Minetest is written in C++, and Mineclone is a minetest game. Minetest games and mods are written in Lua.

    I don’t see the need for new open source minecraft-like game if we already got minetest.

    dan,
    @dan@upvote.au avatar

    Why Rust in particular?

    herrvogel,

    Because it borrows instead of stealing. Its memory management is more ethical.

    Pantherina,
    @Pantherina@feddit.de avatar

    Writing is more like a higher leven language, while its not damn Java. Minecraft hogs so extremely many Resources, Optifine was necessary to make it run on my old Laptop

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