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What's the best video game that's never been remade or ported in any form?

Exellus

Exellus

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Oct 30, 2017
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Separate region versions for initial release - fine. But besides that, what games only exist in their initial release form, and no other?

And the best game of this kind?

- In other words - what NEEDS a port/remake the most?

Edit: Any game that has an official digital release on hardware other than the initial release hardware is counted as a port.

Edit 2: The intention here was games that require old consoles, in working condition, to be able to play. Games that have recent ways of accessing skirt this intention.
 
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StallionDan

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Oct 25, 2017
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Rogue Squadron 2+3 (The first is the best IMO but is PC and N64).

Forbidden Siren 2 for an amazing horror game.

Unirally because it was just great (and this one will 100% never be ported, remade or get a sequel).
 
nin

nin

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No one lifes forever
 
Noogy

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First one that comes to mind would be Demon's Souls. I don't really need a remake, but I'd love to keep playing it when my PS3 kicks the bucket.
 
Kneefoil

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Oct 25, 2017
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Klonoa 2 still hasn't been re-released, right?

Shatterhand on the NES still holds up, too, and that thing's never getting a re-release or a remake because the original Japanese version was a licensed game.
 
RedSwirl

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Exellus said:
Edit: If it's a downloadable PS Classic - Port. If it's just popping the PS1 disc in an old PS3 - no, it's the original.
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Really? What's the difference though I'd say it's analogous to when old PC games get re-released on Steam and GOG.

The save files are even inter-compatible between the PS1 disc and the digital version.
 
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Exellus

Exellus

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RedSwirl said:
Really? It's more of a re-release. I'd say it's analogous to when old PC games get re-released on Steam and GOG.

It's literally a PS1 ISO you run on an emulator. The save files are even inter-compatible between the digital version and an actual PS1 disc.
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I think playing a PS1 disc in a PS3 that supports it is basically just the same as playing on an actual PS1. But playing a digital downloaded PS1 game on a slim PS3 that otherwise can't play PS1 games - I'd treat that as a port. You're playing it on hardware it wasn't initially designed for.

The PS3 backwards compatibility is weird.
 
The Argus

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Oct 28, 2017
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Bully. It's an open secret that Bully 2 is coming. But a Next (or this) Gen would be sublime. Really hoping for a college take next with a totally custom lead (boy, girl, trans, do it all). Rockstar can nail it especially after the writing we saw in RDR2.
 
RedSwirl

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The Argus said:
Bully. It's an open secret that Bully 2 is coming. But a Next (or this) Gen would be sublime. Really hoping for a college take next with a totally custom lead (boy, girl, trans, do it all). Rockstar can nail it especially after the writing we saw in RDR2.
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Bully got ported to Wii, 360, PC, and iOS didn't it?
 
Evil Lucario

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Fucking KID ICARUS: UPRISING

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Screw the haters. The controls were excellent and super slick, allowing for the most precision in aiming aside from a mouse + keyboard. Easily one of the GOATs and deserves to be in the discussion for top 10 Nintendo games ever made.
 
Cronogear

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Low key one of the absolute best GBA games.

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Also, basically no one talks about the Metal Gear Acid games anymore. I thought they were fantastic.

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Clowns

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Exellus said:
I think playing a PS1 disc in a PS3 that supports it is basically just the same as playing on an actual PS1. But playing a digital downloaded PS1 game on a slim PS3 that otherwise can't play PS1 games - I'd treat that as a port. You're playing it on hardware it wasn't initially designed for.

The PS3 backwards compatibility is weird.
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All PS3s could play PS1 discs, fyi.
 
Fugu

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I'm going to say Diablo 2, and the odds are good that it will never be rereleased since it would basically require remaking the game from the ground up.
 
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