What computer games would you like to see remade? The games should primarily be adventure games or games with adventure like elements at least, though I considered posting in the general forum and allowing all games.
Some games I would like to see are the two Phantasmagoria games, but with added captions and maybe translation into other languages.
I think the
World of Ultima series needs a more smart interface to be played by the modern audience! And with some minor graphic refining will be perfect!
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I would like Zak McKraken remade with no dead-ends and full voice acting and original orchestral music score.
I can dream can't I?!?!
Quote from: CaptainD on Fri 19/06/2020 11:39:05
I would like Zak McKraken remade with no dead-ends and full voice acting and original orchestral music score.
I can dream can't I?!?!
...and Maniac Mansion. Preferably with visuals matching DOTT.
Quote from: Marcin K. on Fri 19/06/2020 12:02:10
Quote from: CaptainD on Fri 19/06/2020 11:39:05
I would like Zak McKraken remade with no dead-ends and full voice acting and original orchestral music score.
I can dream can't I?!?!
...and Maniac Mansion. Preferably with visuals matching DOTT.
Also, with DOTT being playable within Maniac Mansion! :grin:
If you play Maniac Mansion from within DOTT while playing that from within the remastered Maniac Mansion, it causes a rift in the space-time continuum and we get a Star Trek episode with a guest appearance by Purple Tentacle.
My head just exploded tomorrow.
Tunnels Of Doom, remade with a mouse and clickable GUI interface instead of the clunky menu system. That game was so good! Although we didn't have to, my mates and I always played it as a rogue-like (back before such a thing existed) where once a character died they were dead, no save-scumming. So much fun!
Also, Roadwar2000!!!
I also want to see a remastered edition of Zak McKracken with improved graphics, no dead ends and deaths and the bus being able to fly to and from the moon.
Quote from: Joseph DiPerla on Fri 19/06/2020 14:22:03
I also want to see a remastered edition of Zak McKracken with improved graphics, no dead ends and deaths and the bus being able to fly to and from the moon.
Weren't you involved with a Zak remake project at some point in the distant past?
If you could breathe new life into Maddog Williams, that would be really cool. I guess part of its charm is its dated indie spirit, but it had a cool premise and pacing and the puzzles were pretty good.
Another game that was great and could be given adventure elements was X-COM 2: Terror from the Deep. I think the setting of deep sea science/alien encounter gone wrong has really been underexplored and would be a cool backdrop to a slow buildup of bizarre discoveries. (Original is not adventure, though ~ sorry!)
I never completed it but I do have fond memories of Maddog Williams, games like that would be great subjects for remakes.
Quote from: CaptainD on Fri 19/06/2020 14:29:22
Quote from: Joseph DiPerla on Fri 19/06/2020 14:22:03
I also want to see a remastered edition of Zak McKracken with improved graphics, no dead ends and deaths and the bus being able to fly to and from the moon.
Weren't you involved with a Zak remake project at some point in the distant past?
I was and I had a small team. But it just never worked out unfortunately.
Lankhor's Black Sect 2, oh wait (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=57703.0) :-D
Quote from: TheFrighter on Fri 19/06/2020 08:58:45
I think the World of Ultima series needs a more smart interface to be played by the modern audience! And with some minor graphic refining will be perfect!
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The Ultima games would be good for remakes. The complete Ultima 7 and Ultima Underworld games are among my favorites. There was some work being done on a Savage Empire remake using the Exult engine, but I don't know the current status of it. It would be cool though if they were able to rip the graphics or sprites from the SNES port, though that may bring up some copyright issues.
Quote from: Marcin K. on Fri 19/06/2020 12:02:10
...and Maniac Mansion. Preferably with visuals matching DOTT.
I'd prefer the opposite, actually!
I guess I'd most like to see a demake of Quest for Glory V to match the styles of the VGA games.
Then again, I'd love to see remakes of that entire series with an HD treatment and non-cartoony hand-drawn art, but that's a pipe dream.
Simon the Sorcerer 3
Quote from: Sinusoid on Sat 20/06/2020 16:39:58
Simon the Sorcerer 3
That needs a demake in 2D or 2,5D! (laugh)
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Quote from: dactylopus on Sat 20/06/2020 06:14:31
Quote from: Marcin K. on Fri 19/06/2020 12:02:10
...and Maniac Mansion. Preferably with visuals matching DOTT.
I'd prefer the opposite, actually!
I was thinking the same thing: DotT in the style of the original Maniac Mansion!
Future Wars would be cool too.
A VGA or high resolution of the Hobbit text adventure would be cool, especially if it keeps the parser, but then also adds point and click functionality as well.
Gabriel Knight 3 in 2d (like Gk1). Seriously those old 3d graphics where really ugly plus an improved interface.
As a bonus the cat moustache puzzle (idiotic puzzle that adventure games are mοcked to this day) could be removed/replaced ;)
Quest for Glory 5 in Qfg 4 2d style with no world map!
PQ 4 Open Season need to fix that terrible ending. It started when you use rope on dog at griffith park that takes you the alley. How is this proper police procedure and why didn't you call for back up.
Do you remember in PQ2 when you make the drug bust at that dope house and a huge tank roles in and out to bust the door down? I’m sure that’s procedure but even as a kid I remember thinking “what, Sonny Bonds can’t kick a door in?†(laugh) Also, remember Keith the chain-smoking partner?
Back to topic - one of my favourite games is Little Big Adventure. Not sure if it could be remade because a lot of the charm was in the clunky 3D world (which it actually did quite well for its time), but the whole exploring and confronting a planet under totalitarian rule where you didn’t always know who your friend were gave a lot of great suspense, plus the mix of a handful of species throughout the world was a cool dynamic.
Quote from: milkanannan on Tue 23/06/2020 02:50:40
Do you remember in PQ2 when you make the drug bust at that dope house and a huge tank roles in and out to bust the door down? I’m sure that’s procedure but even as a kid I remember thinking “what, Sonny Bonds can’t kick a door in?†(laugh) Also, remember Keith the chain-smoking partner?
Back to topic - one of my favourite games is Little Big Adventure. Not sure if it could be remade because a lot of the charm was in the clunky 3D world (which it actually did quite well for its time), but the whole exploring and confronting a planet under totalitarian rule where you didn’t always know who your friend were gave a lot of great suspense, plus the mix of a handful of species throughout the world was a cool dynamic.
that actually happened in PQ 3 not 2
Quote from: milkanannan on Fri 19/06/2020 14:49:45
If you could breathe new life into Maddog Williams, that would be really cool. I guess part of its charm is its dated indie spirit, but it had a cool premise and pacing and the puzzles were pretty good.
+1 (nod)
I remember playing that game years ago, and barely being able to get anywhere in it.
I could probably complete it now, considering I have the internet and walkthroughs.
I'd love to see a remake of Quest for Glory 1. The VGA version of that game had a lot of things look completely different from the original. I'd like to see a VGA remake that simply updates the existing EGA graphics rather than reimagine them.
Quote from: daleks13 on Tue 23/06/2020 02:23:28
PQ 4 Open Season need to fix that terrible ending. It started when you use rope on dog at griffith park that takes you the alley. How is this proper police procedure and why didn't you call for back up.
The only fix possible for PQ 4 is complete removal from the series. I cannot still believe that the same company that made PQ1-3 made this!
Full of tasteless violence (for violence sake!) and a scenario that really didn't make sense! You can't fix that with a remake!
I'd love to see the old ZX Spectrum games by Fergus McNeill, such as Robin of Sherlock, Quest for the Holy Joystick, the Big Sleaze, etc. remade in the style of 1990s point & clicks:
https://www.lysator.liu.se/adventure/Delta_4_Software.html
Recently played (and completed with walkthrough) Starship Titanic and found it nearly unsolvable.
I think it needs a remake without dead ends, with normal dialogue system (not parser) and more hints.
There were some games that got demakes, which were new versions of them but remade like if it were retrogames. I think some, like DarkVoid the demake was more known than the original game.
Quote from: eri0o on Sat 11/07/2020 16:16:15
There were some games that got demakes, which were new versions of them but remade like if it were retrogames. I think some, like DarkVoid the demake was more known than the original game.
Did not know that there is a proper term for that. Recently I've stumbled upon PICOHOT, a PICO-8 version of SUPERHOT, and been wondering how to call it... (unless it falls under yet another category)
I tried again "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" some months ago and I found its gameplay a little cumbersome. I remember that it was a very good adventure and I would like to see it remastered.
Quote from: Jojo_the_monkey on Tue 14/07/2020 07:22:51
I tried again "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" some months ago and I found its gameplay a little cumbersome. I remember that it was a very good adventure and I would like to see it remastered.
Good shout, this would be such an awesome remake project!
Quote from: mkennedy on Sun 21/06/2020 19:18:06
A VGA or high resolution of the Hobbit text adventure would be cool, especially if it keeps the parser, but then also adds point and click functionality as well.
I would definitely love to see a proper text adventure made with today's technology. And by that I mean the text parser input but with all the computing power, deep learning, neural networks and all that googly jazz...
I'm constantly frustrated by people bashing parser input as outdated, while millions use google search parser on daily basis. It's the '80s parser *technology and implementation* that got outdated, not the actual input method.
Quote from: doimus on Wed 15/07/2020 17:58:30
I would definitely love to see a proper text adventure made with today's technology. And by that I mean the text parser input but with all the computing power, deep learning, neural networks and all that googly jazz...
Have you see this topic?
https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=58222.0
Quote from: Marcin K. on Fri 19/06/2020 12:02:10
Quote from: CaptainD on Fri 19/06/2020 11:39:05
I would like Zak McKraken remade with no dead-ends and full voice acting and original orchestral music score.
I can dream can't I?!?!
...and Maniac Mansion. Preferably with visuals matching DOTT.
In fact, there is a Maniac Mansion version with the style of DOTT, being developed in AGS by *insert user here*, and retitled as "The night of the meteor". There is an old trailer in youtube about it, but theorically it still under development, as I see in his Facebook's official page.
Quote from: Crimson Wizard on Wed 15/07/2020 18:06:35
Quote from: doimus on Wed 15/07/2020 17:58:30
I would definitely love to see a proper text adventure made with today's technology. And by that I mean the text parser input but with all the computing power, deep learning, neural networks and all that googly jazz...
Have you see this topic?
https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=58222.0
Wow, this is ridiculously cool... tried it a few times and got some nice results out of it... it reminds me of a vastly improved version of Facade (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjxk8u519bqAhWBmIsKHXSWB7MQFjAJegQIAxAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFa%25C3%25A7ade_(video_game)&usg=AOvVaw3tCd1OHefMCg9W2OPQKZfw).
Quote from: Joseph DiPerla on Sun 21/06/2020 13:46:38
Future Wars would be cool too.
Yeah, that would be really cool. And Cruise for a Corpse. :)