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Dimensional Traveler <dtr...@sonic.net> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

>On 7/28/2013 3:44 PM, Xocyll wrote:
>> Warewolf <warewol...@shaw.ca> looked up from reading the entrails
>> of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>>
>>> What are some of your 'old school' favorites? (These can include games for
>>> the Apple ][, C=64, Amiga and other personal computers)
>>
>> I didn't really use any of those, since I used TRS-80 computers, then
>> didn't touch another for years and didn't game until the 386 was out.
>>
>> But going back to the 386 and other games of the DOS era.
>>
>>> Should any of these classic titles get a(nother) remake or get tweaked to
>>> work with modern operating systems? (Note: I am aware that there are
>>> emulators available) ^_^
>>
>> I would love to see remakes of:
>> Alone in the Dark
>> Betrayal at Krondor
>> Blood
>> Carmageddon
>> Cybermage: Darklight Awakening
>> Daggerfall
>> Descent
>> Gunship 2000
>> High Octane
>> Master of Magic
>> Privateer
>> Quarantine
>> Shadow Caster
>> Star Trek 25th Anniversary
>> Syndicate
>> System Shock
>> Tie Fighter
>> Ultima Underworld
>> X-Com
>>
>>> If you'd prefer a remake, should any extra features (ie a level editor) be
>>> added?
>>
>> For the most part I'd just like to see them remade _ACCURATELY_, not
>> re-envisioned like that piece of shit Tomb Raider Anniversary that
>> changed so much stuff it was a different game (a much poorer one).
>>
>> Actually I'll add the original Tomb Raider to the list since Anniversary
>> was NOT a remake.
>>
>> Update the graphics, but leave the gameplay, the story, the interface
>> alone and stick that console controller up your ass, don't force bad
>> compromises on games that were never intended to use one just to try and
>> attract the console crowd who won't buy the games anyway.
>>
>> Xocyll
>>
>I agree with X-Com.  ESPECIALLY without trying to "improve" it like the 
>last three (?) remakes.  I'd settle for not even updating the graphics, 
>just give me the original game able to run on WinXP.

Exactly.
I've yet to see one of those "improvements" in a remade game, movie or
other that was actually an improvement in the minds of anyone but the
author.

Case in point, Quicktime events - I'd like to sledgehammer the balls of
the guy who started that trend.

I'll add one more game to the list:  Daikatana.  It had great AI,
interesting levels and some neat weapons.

Ditch the retarded, offensively stereotyped sidekicks and the leet gamer
speak, update the graphics and there could be quite a decent game once
you wipe the Romero off it.

Xocyll