Remakes you would like to see?

[mkennedy]

So if you could have any game, (preferably adventures though other games would be fine to) and have it remade with modern software, graphics, and other perks, what game would you choose and what changes would you make? A graphical version of "Colossal Caves" with a built in auto map would be nice, (is this game really based on an actual place or is that just urban legend?) And maybe graphic versions of some of the other Infocom text based adventure games.

[tzachs]

Hmmm, if I could have any game remade, I would definitely go for Infocom's HHGTTG... I wish somebody will remake this already! 

[Ali]

I was thinking that a 2D de-make of Discworld Noir would be great, particularly if it ripped the voice-work of Rob Brydon et al.

The original is so buggy that just getting it to run is the toughest puzzle in the game, and that was the case even on windows 95. A stable version was never really released, and the only available patch is basically a crack for the broken copy-protection software.

This is a real pity because it's the game that best captures the Discworld novels and features some genuinely great detective puzzles. Dave Gilbert is keeping that style of puzzles alive, but they're still a rarity.

Or if you want an Infocom game, my suggestions would be Brian Moriarty's Trinity or Douglas Adams's Bureaucracy.

[Iliya]

I'd like to see "Gold Rush" by Sierra remake with better graphics.
Edit: I like the drawing style very much, but it needs more colors.

[Igor Hardy]

I was thinking that a 2D de-make of Discworld Noir would be great, particularly if it ripped the voice-work of Rob Brydon et al.

The original is so buggy that just getting it to run is the toughest puzzle in the game, and that was the case even on windows 95. A stable version was never really released, and the only available patch is basically a crack for the broken copy-protection software.

I don't know about Win95, but I never did experience any problems on Win98. 

On XP it was indeed very complicated to get it to run.

[monkey0506]

I'd like to see remakes of Indiana Jones and the Fountain of Youth, Resonance, and By the Sword. But don't see those coming any time soon..

[Privateer Puddin']

Leave Gold Rush! the hell alone, it's so pretty.

[Iliya]

Leave Gold Rush! the hell alone, it's so pretty.

Then "Leave the remakes! The old ones are so pretty!".

[Privateer Puddin']

No, I just think adding more colours to Gold Rush! isn't going to help anything, at that point Sierra had mastered their AGI art style and if someone's going to remake Gold Rush! (or pretty much any Sierra AGI / SCI game), I need a better reason than 16 colours not being enough.

There are plenty of games that could do with merely re-done graphics, so it's definitely not "The old ones are so pretty!", look at a lot of things from the 90s, stuff with colour reduced pre-rendered 3d, much more in need of a remake than Gold Rush!, arguably the best looking AGI game.

[Iliya]

No, I just think adding more colours to Gold Rush! isn't going to help anything, at that point Sierra had mastered their AGI art style and if someone's going to remake Gold Rush! (or pretty much any Sierra AGI / SCI game), I need a better reason than 16 colours not being enough.

There are plenty of games that could do with merely re-done graphics, so it's definitely not "The old ones are so pretty!", look at a lot of things from the 90s, stuff with colour reduced pre-rendered 3d, much more in need of a remake than Gold Rush!, arguably the best looking AGI game.

If we are talking about remakes, we should increase the resolution. If we increase the resolution, we should increase and the colors. I also  think that the game is the best looking AGI game, thats why I think it deserves to be remade.

[Andail]

I think the ascii-adventure Castle Adventure deserves a remake.
It was on my family's first PC back in 86-87 and me and my father played it with much excitement. As a boy I dreamed of playing it with proper graphics.

[Igor Hardy]

Broken Sword 3. I'd like to see it in 2D, with proper adventure game puzzles and less ridiculous plot.

Simon The Sorcerer 3D. Someone just update those awful graphics, kill the terrible bugs, and make long-distance traveling easier.

Blade Runner. It would be so great if only they did a version with less compressed vids, upped the game resolution, and fixed those awfully pixelated 3D objects and characters.

Realms of The Hunting. With proper 3D engine and bigger budget, modern tech FMVs.

Gabriel Knight 3. Better 3D engine, make Madeline look hot instead of ill, re-add the scenes that were cut due to the engine's limitations, cover the plot holes, and then make GK4.

[Scavenger]

I would also like to see Simon the Sorcerer 3 remade properly, even if it's in 3D. So long as it doesn't look horribly low poly and loses the horrid bland wide open spaces and controls (replacing them with Simon 1's gorgeous visuals.) I wonder how many assets you'd have to do to get the thing right... maybe a recently released 3D adventure engine could help.

And Normality/Realms of the Haunting, too. Not change anything significant, even an engine remake would be awesome. Just clean them up a bit and maybe make Normality's animations actually animate properly instead of like floaty shapes.

[NsMn]

No, I just think adding more colours to Gold Rush! isn't going to help anything, at that point Sierra had mastered their AGI art style and if someone's going to remake Gold Rush! (or pretty much any Sierra AGI / SCI game), I need a better reason than 16 colours not being enough.

There are plenty of games that could do with merely re-done graphics, so it's definitely not "The old ones are so pretty!", look at a lot of things from the 90s, stuff with colour reduced pre-rendered 3d, much more in need of a remake than Gold Rush!, arguably the best looking AGI game.

How about an SCI remake of the AGI gold rush then? Still 16 colours  


(After all, that's what Sierra did as well)

[Privateer Puddin']

Depends on which version of SCI, it could be 256 colour

But seriously, if your focus for remaking Gold Rush! is to change graphics, then I don't really need it. There are many more things in Gold Rush! that could be improved.

[Ali]

The original is so buggy that just getting it to run is the toughest puzzle in the game, and that was the case even on windows 95.

I don't know about Win95, but I never did experience any problems on Win98. 

On XP it was indeed very complicated to get it to run.

Noir's XP problem occurred with early editions of Windows 95, which I had. It also crashed the first time it played most cutscenes, as it did when I replayed it last year on XP. Still a great game though.

I would also second a remake / de-make of Gabriel Knight 3, a terrific game in spite of its technical shortcomings.

[Radiant]

A graphical version of "Colossal Caves" with a built in auto map would be nice, (is this game really based on an actual place or is that just urban legend?)

It's real. At least, according to Wikipedia

I don't think most infocommies would work as a graphical adventure, really. They do some quite ingenious things with text that would be very hard to capture graphically.

I second Gold Rush; it's an oft-overlooked classic. Another that I'd like to see remade is Future Wars.

And hey, I even know Castle Adventure! I used to play that and want to add extra features and stuff, that's one of the things that got me into game design. Looks like it already has a remake, although it's missing now.

[m0ds]

I'd like to see those early Tex Murphy games remade. I can't remember the names, but they were free for download recently. I tried to play one and you have to fly some kind of car thing around and it was impossible for me, the graphics (earlier than early 3D) were horrific. The concept seemed awesome, flying to places which needed attention. At least, I assume so, I went a bit too far in one direction and then couldn't navigate anywhere, so I gave up and never really played the game.

[HillBilly]

I was thinking that a 2D de-make of Discworld Noir would be great, particularly if it ripped the voice-work of Rob Brydon et al.

Came to post this. Usually I think remakes are unnecessary, but a bugfree version with improved 3D graphics and animation of Discworld Noir would be wonderful.

I would also like an updated and more polished version of Theme Hospital.

[Mr Flibble]

I'd quite like a port of Future Wars, just because I can't get it to play well even under DosBox (where the animation flickers horribly).