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[hassaland]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Frodo @ Nov 23 2006, 05:04 AM) [snapback]268341[/snapback]</div>

There was an old Spectrum game called A Rockstar Ate My Hamster. I would LOVE to see a pc remake of that.
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kinda freak name for a game <_<

[levethian]

I'm not sure I have much respect for face-lifts.. Take Heroes of Might and Magic 2 vs 5 - a face-lift adds nothing in the long-term.

In my old age I have just begun to recognise that graphics (in games and movies) are advancing to the detriment of everything else games are about - in many cases.

Are you talking about face-lifting games which are really unplayable in their current state, but contain admirable gameplay features.. or something?

[Panthro]

I would reckon a remake is only neccesarry if there can be a significant update with regards to visuals, sound and interface (e.g. ultima series), or if the original was a great game but bugged and flawed and just needs to be made more user-friendly (e.g. daggerfall).

Also, please check out some fantastic people with regards to sierra remakes...

http://www.agdinteractive.com

http://www.infamous-adventures.com

[Blood-Pigggy]

I think remakes are generally a bad idea and I hate "update" remakes even more because they tend to ruin the things that made the original great.

Take for example the Dracula X remake on the PSP, the new 3D graphics and voice overs make it feel sooooooo generic, it also sucks major ass that you have to unlock the original game, especially when it's actually ten times better than the remade one because of the style alone.

[_r.u.s.s.]

a lot of people don't want to play original simply cause they are lazy to set it up running or they are too hypocrytical and hate graphics. so i don't think that remakes are bad idea. people have chance(and will) to play the games at least in newer form

[Blood-Pigggy]

Remakes ARE a bad idea, and people that think they're great are the ones who've never played the original or who are shallow losers who can't tell a good game from bad.

[_r.u.s.s.]

that you'r not in to gaming doesn't make you a shallow loser, lol

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Blood-Pigggy

Remakes ARE a bad idea, and people that think they're great are the ones who've never played the original or who are shallow losers who can't tell a good game from bad.

AHAHAH...look what you have written here about Turrican remake

http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=15815

[CorruptMylar]

Originally Posted by _r.u.s.s.

a lot of people don't want to play original simply cause they are lazy to set it up running or they are too hypocrytical and hate graphics. so i don't think that remakes are bad idea. people have chance(and will) to play the games at least in newer form

This is true. A lot of these games would be just fine graphically and gameplay "as is". Just cleaned up and debugged, maybe with a better user interface. I'm grateful for DOSBox, but I don't think anyone enjoys fiddling with it or bugs.

[The Coop]

I've never been that big a fan of remakes. Sure, it's nice to get prettier graphics, or possibly get a redone musical sure that sounds amazing, but there's something about playing the game in its original form that's always appealed to me more. You know, the "simpler" graphics, the synthesized tunes, seeing what the programmers could pull off with the limited amount of data storage they had at their disposal, stuff like that. I can appreciate the new titles and the level of realism they bring with the graphical, aural and gameplay improvements that've come to pass in the last twenty-plus years, but when it comes to throwing high res and insane polygons counts at classic DOS and console games... well, it's like some of the charm gets lost amongst all the added realism.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not the "OMG ITZ NOT LIEK TEH ORGINAL!" type. I thoroughly enjoy Doom 3's retelling of the original Doom, Super Castlevania IV's retreading of Castlevania, and I'd love to get the Another World remake. But I gotta say, if given the choice? I'd rather experience games like Wing Commander, Karateka and Thunder Force IV as they were, and not as they were visually/aurally re-envisioned.

I don't know. Guess I'm just too set in my pixelated, old school ways :amused: