Though when I hear what EA is doing with Battlefront, I fear any 'update' would consist of removing 70% of the content, replacing the remaining 30%, and just making better graphics.
Unfortunately your numbers are off. There's also the roughly 20% content that's already been developed alongside the game and sold as DLC for about 50-100$ over the following 6 months.
Tops on my list would be the "Gold Box" AD&D games. Since the collection of 9 "more or less" share the same engine (this was back before the days where they compartmentalized their games by engine & content), it shouldn't be a terribly difficult task to build one "modern" engine and port the 9 games over...
Though for my "strategies" to remain intact, it'd have to have the option of running under first edition rules, not 5th (or whatever they're up to now...)
It was "sort of done" with the ancient "Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures" construction kit - but they couldn't replicate the special cutscenes as well as the originals did...
Second up on the list is Starfleet Command I. Back of manual copyright date is 1999, so it qualifies, right?
"Nice to see but not mandatories" would be the "General" series of games, especially Panzer General and Star General, the old school Warcraft games (I and II), and the Wing Commanders...
Detecting big-time "anti-old-school" bias here. NX? Lobi. TOS/TMP Connie? Super-promotion-box. (aka the two hardest ways to get ships) Excelsior & all 3 TNG "big hero" ships? C-Store. Please Equalize...
To rob a line: [quote: Mariemaia Kushrenada] Forum Posting is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever. However, opinions will change upon the reading of my post.[/quote]
Though when I hear what EA is doing with Battlefront, I fear any 'update' would consist of removing 70% of the content, replacing the remaining 30%, and just making better graphics.
Unfortunately your numbers are off. There's also the roughly 20% content that's already been developed alongside the game and sold as DLC for about 50-100$ over the following 6 months.
Eh, if we're going to go that route, I can cite the various half-decent to excellent mods that EA is (AFAIK) explicitly preventing from being created, turning the game into 1% of its predecessor.
Infinite possibilities have implications that could not be completely understood if you turned this entire universe into a giant supercomputer.
Heavy Gear from '95. Yeah there was HG II and DP9 is remaking it as Heavy Gear Assault ... but there was something fun and beautiful in it's simplicity of play and graphics.
@dareau: At least one of the Gold Box games was remade as a mod for Neverwinter Nights 2. You might dig through NWN's insanely huge modding community and see what you come up with. (Hell, there's even a fan sequel to Zork in there.)
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HELLO! NO Brainer, it must be Birth of the Federation! Give it a galactic civilizations 3 make over, and you got a winner in my book.
I made a mod for Space Empires 5 that gives it a Star Trek theme. One major advantage SE5 has is that the possibilities for main race are limited only by the size of your hard drive. It's not coded to have only 5 main races. It can only have up to 20 in one game, chosen from whatever you have on disk.
SE5 has a pretty robust engine, but it's a TBS with no story... then again, so was BotF.
We get a little taste of it in STO's ship tailor, but I wouldn't mind seeing what could be done with the old Star Trek "Starship Creator" games with today's technology.
Anyone else remember some of the designs we could create in that game - like the Galaxy-class with four nacelles and a notched-triangle saucer section?
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^Words that every player should keep in mind, especially whenever there's a problem with the game...
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Dang it... someone already mentioned the Wing Commander games, WarCraft 1 and 2, and the X-Wing games.
Hm... how about we bring back...
Really enjoyed those games. But frankly Sarge's War was a low point IMO, and was really the end of the series I guess.
I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
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If we're redoing Army Men, I want the Worms games added to the list, especially Worms Armageddon.
"If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross; but it's not for the timid." -- Q, TNG: "Q-Who?"
^Words that every player should keep in mind, especially whenever there's a problem with the game...
@dareau: At least one of the Gold Box games was remade as a mod for Neverwinter Nights 2. You might dig through NWN's insanely huge modding community and see what you come up with. (Hell, there's even a fan sequel to Zork in there.)
I've got the Pool of Radiance "mod" for NWN. I think Curse of the Azure Bonds was around 80% done - thing with both is that while you get to "touch base" on the various story concepts, the execution was... modified... to roll with the single player & henchman 3rd edition based system over the original "6 player party" system with first edition rules...
And that's part and parcel of it. It's less the "see the story", more the "tactical combat" that the 6 player party would encourage...
Detecting big-time "anti-old-school" bias here. NX? Lobi. TOS/TMP Connie? Super-promotion-box. (aka the two hardest ways to get ships) Excelsior & all 3 TNG "big hero" ships? C-Store. Please Equalize...
To rob a line: [quote: Mariemaia Kushrenada] Forum Posting is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever. However, opinions will change upon the reading of my post.[/quote]
I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
The nut who actually ground out many packs. The resident forum voice of reason (I HAZ FORUM REP! YAY!)
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Blast! Now I've got that theme song stuck in my head...
"If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross; but it's not for the timid." -- Q, TNG: "Q-Who?"
^Words that every player should keep in mind, especially whenever there's a problem with the game...
I'd love to see Ocarina of time and Majora's mask get a complete graphics makeover, same architecture and stuff but in HD redoing lava textures and the like with today's technology, not like the 3d versions they did that made things look horrible by comparison and dumbed down gameplay...
Failing that, FF7 although that's already in the works... Hope they don't change it overly much.
Command and Conquer Red Alert, just keep the classic gameplay and just update the graphics.
Though I'd rather have another publisher do it instead of EA
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-Lord Commander Solar Macharius
I'd like to play first person VR for titles such as "Day of the tentacle" and "Monkey Island"
This program, though reasonably normal at times, seems to have a strong affinity to classes belonging to the Cat 2.0 program. Questerius 2.7 will break down on occasion, resulting in garbage and nonsense messages whenever it occurs. Usually a hard reboot or pulling the plug solves the problem when that happens.
Oh, come on, we all know what the ultimate game to get a 'New Millenium' update is...
Pacman!
"If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross; but it's not for the timid." -- Q, TNG: "Q-Who?"
^Words that every player should keep in mind, especially whenever there's a problem with the game...
"If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross; but it's not for the timid." -- Q, TNG: "Q-Who?"
^Words that every player should keep in mind, especially whenever there's a problem with the game...
I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
The nut who actually ground out many packs. The resident forum voice of reason (I HAZ FORUM REP! YAY!)
normal text = me speaking as fellow formite colored text = mod mode
Is Electronic Arts even doing anything besides sports games these days?
"If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross; but it's not for the timid." -- Q, TNG: "Q-Who?"
^Words that every player should keep in mind, especially whenever there's a problem with the game...
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Unfortunately your numbers are off. There's also the roughly 20% content that's already been developed alongside the game and sold as DLC for about 50-100$ over the following 6 months.
Though for my "strategies" to remain intact, it'd have to have the option of running under first edition rules, not 5th (or whatever they're up to now...)
It was "sort of done" with the ancient "Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures" construction kit - but they couldn't replicate the special cutscenes as well as the originals did...
Second up on the list is Starfleet Command I. Back of manual copyright date is 1999, so it qualifies, right?
"Nice to see but not mandatories" would be the "General" series of games, especially Panzer General and Star General, the old school Warcraft games (I and II), and the Wing Commanders...
To rob a line: [quote: Mariemaia Kushrenada] Forum Posting is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever. However, opinions will change upon the reading of my post.[/quote]
Eh, if we're going to go that route, I can cite the various half-decent to excellent mods that EA is (AFAIK) explicitly preventing from being created, turning the game into 1% of its predecessor.
Infinite possibilities have implications that could not be completely understood if you turned this entire universe into a giant supercomputer.
My character Tsin'xing
I can still remember the DN3D cheat code I sometimes used - dncornholio, basically god mode.
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SE5 has a pretty robust engine, but it's a TBS with no story... then again, so was BotF.
My character Tsin'xing
Anyone else remember some of the designs we could create in that game - like the Galaxy-class with four nacelles and a notched-triangle saucer section?
^Words that every player should keep in mind, especially whenever there's a problem with the game...
Hm... how about we bring back...
Really enjoyed those games. But frankly Sarge's War was a low point IMO, and was really the end of the series I guess.
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colored text = mod mode
^Words that every player should keep in mind, especially whenever there's a problem with the game...
I've got the Pool of Radiance "mod" for NWN. I think Curse of the Azure Bonds was around 80% done - thing with both is that while you get to "touch base" on the various story concepts, the execution was... modified... to roll with the single player & henchman 3rd edition based system over the original "6 player party" system with first edition rules...
And that's part and parcel of it. It's less the "see the story", more the "tactical combat" that the 6 player party would encourage...
To rob a line: [quote: Mariemaia Kushrenada] Forum Posting is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever. However, opinions will change upon the reading of my post.[/quote]
normal text = me speaking as fellow formite
colored text = mod mode
^Words that every player should keep in mind, especially whenever there's a problem with the game...
Failing that, FF7 although that's already in the works... Hope they don't change it overly much.
Though I'd rather have another publisher do it instead of EA
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My character Tsin'xing
Pacman!
^Words that every player should keep in mind, especially whenever there's a problem with the game...
^Words that every player should keep in mind, especially whenever there's a problem with the game...
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Depends on who develops it. What if... EA develops the new Pong?
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On its way.