Check this article out over at bit-tech.net:

There are some games that just shouldn’t be messed with. You know the ones - the kind that you play through with a visceral zeal. Maybe they got you into gaming. Maybe they happened to be found along the way. Whether they confounded you, challenged you, or made you cry “Mommy!”, some games just stick in the subconscious…and even as we look at our mighty 185W graphics cards and our quad-core CPUs, we dream of playing them again.

It makes for a good read and I’m pretty stoked that they picked out System Shock, Descent and TIE Fighter, some of my all-time favourite games. There’s a couple on there that I don’t agree with at all (Myth and Return to Zork especially) but overall it’s a good read and got me thinking about games I’d really like to see remade…

Beneath a Steel Sky
Well, any of the classic point-and-click adventures - especially those from LucasArts - would do me. Beneath a Steel Sky is pretty much my favourite of that genre though, and in fact I’ve been playing it again recently thanks to ScummVM. Keep everything the same, just give us super high-res graphics on a par with live animation. That’s doable now, right?

Magic Carpet
Seriously, this could be remade in no time at all. There needn’t be any changes to the gameplay as it was pretty much perfect, but modern multiplayer capabilities and a snazzy new graphics engine would make this a serious blast again.

Motocross Madness
This on LAN was absolutely piss-funny hilarious. Surely it’s about time it was revamped, given the recent popularity around Freestyle MotoX? Same gameplay, maybe a few more tricks (flips!), updated multiplayer support, and you’re away.

Likelihood of any of this happening? Pretty much nil :(