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Resurrecting Old Games, What Works?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the waiting-for-a-daikatana-sequel dept.

There has definitely been a resurgence of old games being made new again through various methods. Unfortunately, any time you reinvent an old classic you risk either alienating the original audience or not making it appealing enough for the a new audience. "Capcom has been at the forefront of the recent remake boom, re-imagining a number of their classic titles as downloadable games. Bionic Commando, for example, was given a high-definition 2.5D makeover, and a rockin' remixed soundtrack with Bionic Commando: Rearmed. Capcom also re-released a new version of Street Fighter II on the way, with the lengthy new title Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. Interestingly, both games are coming out near new entries in their respective franchises: Street Fighter IV and Bionic Commando. But the question remains, how do you decided what games will still appeal to the current gaming audience? " What games can be counted amongst the success stories, and which can be chalked up as utter failures?

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  1. Street Fighter? by acehole · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pfft, I'm holding out for Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix-Remix.

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  2. Need I say more? by Neil+Blender · · Score: 5, Funny

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    1. Re:Need I say more? by hedwards · · Score: 5, Funny

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      Hmm, looks like that one got by you.

    2. Re:Need I say more? by webgrappa · · Score: 5, Funny

      Is that an HD version? (-:

  3. Re:Working my third shift by binarylarry · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yet you still find time to post on ol' Slashdot.

    You're right, that is a bad analogy.

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  4. Desert Bus by Captain+Spam · · Score: 5, Funny

    We need Desert Bus resurrected. Only this time, in full 3D, rendering the entire trip at once, requiring a ton of RAM and video power in addition to six hours of time for the trip from Tuscon to Vegas.

    Plus a more photorealistic bug splattering on the windshield after five hours.

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  5. How about hanging them on a cross? by erroneus · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have heard somewhere that it might result in resurrection a few days later. Not tried is myself though.... but there is this old indian graveyard too.

  6. Re:ask a 12 year old by Jorophose · · Score: 4, Funny

    32-bit Playstation wiped the floor with the Nintendo 64

    I wouldn't
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