What's the best video game that's never been remade or ported in any form?
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Lots of good answers in here already.
Just wanted to add the Shadow Hearts series, especially Covenant.
Just wanted to add the Shadow Hearts series, especially Covenant.
Oddly enough the Gameboy version and both Lion King versions got in, as well as something called the Final Cut version for Aladdin
Yeah, he sucks.
The game itself still gives me the creeps in the best way. That puppet fight is straight out of my nightmares as a kid.
Shining Force 3, Shining Force CD, Dragon Force, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Rocket Knight Adventures. Basically half the Sega Saturn library.
F-Zero GX fits here. the game has never been re-released beyond the original release on Gamecube. you can play it on Wii because the Wii has full BC with GC but that's it.
also, F-Zero X's Expansion Disk for 64DD has never been re-released. it's still trapped on 64DD which makes it very expensive to play legit (this is more like DLC than a full game but there's lots of DLCs that are also in a similar situation).
there's also the Satellaview BS F-Zero games that have never been re-released either. the one floating around is just the first one but there was another one that seems to have been completely lost to time since no one ever dumped it and there's almost no traces of it outside some of the track's names.
(if only they did a collection and put all the games together...)
also, F-Zero X's Expansion Disk for 64DD has never been re-released. it's still trapped on 64DD which makes it very expensive to play legit (this is more like DLC than a full game but there's lots of DLCs that are also in a similar situation).
there's also the Satellaview BS F-Zero games that have never been re-released either. the one floating around is just the first one but there was another one that seems to have been completely lost to time since no one ever dumped it and there's almost no traces of it outside some of the track's names.
(if only they did a collection and put all the games together...)
Omg I didn't realize it was on the genesis mini. Not quite the same as the arcade version but it's better than nothing.
One of my favorite 3D platformers ever made. Disney has greenlit ports of many of the classic Star Wars games over the last few years, so perhaps they'll start looking more at their non-Star Wars gaming catalog and do something big with Toy Story 2. After how well Crash and Spyro turned out, a remake would be stellar.
My personal choice is the Sega CD version of Snatcher, which is the only version of the game that was localized for English markets. Even if you have a Sega CD laying around, owning a physical copy of Snatcher is another matter entirely. I wish it had happened during Kojima's years of good grace at Konami, as the chances of it happening now are pretty much zero.
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You can play it on PS3 and Vita though, so /shrug. OP even clarified in an edit.no xenogears mention yet? i'm disappointed era
It should not have taken this goddamn long for someone to post this.I'm still waiting for Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder...
Three games come to mind.
The Outfoxies, a 2D platformer fighter that predates Smash Bros and is exclusive to arcades.
Cosmic Smash, a Dreamcast exclusive game that's like squash tennis meets Breakout and it rules.
Ninja Five-O, some GBA ninja game that has a pretty sweet grappling hook mechanic and will cost you way too much damn money to get a copy of nowadays (all hail the physical past).
Mischief Makers is so mistreated. How good would a Wii game have been? It was practically made for waggle.
Put Marina in Smash.
The Outfoxies, a 2D platformer fighter that predates Smash Bros and is exclusive to arcades.
Cosmic Smash, a Dreamcast exclusive game that's like squash tennis meets Breakout and it rules.
Ninja Five-O, some GBA ninja game that has a pretty sweet grappling hook mechanic and will cost you way too much damn money to get a copy of nowadays (all hail the physical past).
In threads like these my answer will always be this.
Never ported or remade, no sequel, no prequel, no Virtual Console release, not even a passing mention on, well... anything. Marina made an appearance on the Japan-only Rakugaki Showtime but I think that's it. It's not even clear who has the rights presently (Squeenix?).
Mischief Makers is so mistreated. How good would a Wii game have been? It was practically made for waggle.
Put Marina in Smash.
Not really. The PC version has all of those options, they're just significantly turned down for consoles, so what I'd like is a port of what the ultra version that PC offers. Of course, a modern 64-bit executable would be appreciated as well, since both games are 32-bit.
Probably Breath of the Wild (which counts because it came out same day on two systems, even if the Wii U version was the lead platform).
But in the spirit of what the thread was intending... It's a little hard because there's just soooooo many virtual console releases on the Wii, but I would probably say F-Zero GX or Super Smash Bros. Melee for me.
But in the spirit of what the thread was intending... It's a little hard because there's just soooooo many virtual console releases on the Wii, but I would probably say F-Zero GX or Super Smash Bros. Melee for me.
Highly unlikely. Saga's code was lost long ago, it would be a ground-up rebuild. There's no way Sega spends that kind of money on it.
They could pull the info from a rom. It's not ideal, but hopefully hey would release it the way they're doing with the Switch Remake
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GameCube games; the tread.
Mario Sunshine, F-Zero, Melee, Eternal Darkness, Paper Mario, Four Swords Adventures, Jungle Beat, Path of Radiance, and so on and so on.
Maybe none of them on their own are quite "the best", but as a collection stuck on the original console? Unbeatable!
Mario Sunshine, F-Zero, Melee, Eternal Darkness, Paper Mario, Four Swords Adventures, Jungle Beat, Path of Radiance, and so on and so on.
Maybe none of them on their own are quite "the best", but as a collection stuck on the original console? Unbeatable!
Oh yeah, didn't they say that'd be out this summer???
Also I know it's probably not on many people's lists but Legend of Legaia was my first JRPG and I loved the hell out of it, would really like an easier way to play it nowadays.
Wouldn't say this is the best by any means, but just what I'm personally pulling for the most:
Xenoblade Chronicles X.
Borrowed my friend's Wii U once to play it and got like 40 hours in. Absolutely loved it, but I never found time to finish it and now I don't have a Wii U to play it on. Praying for a Switch remaster eventually.
Xenoblade Chronicles X.
Borrowed my friend's Wii U once to play it and got like 40 hours in. Absolutely loved it, but I never found time to finish it and now I don't have a Wii U to play it on. Praying for a Switch remaster eventually.
wow treasure actually translated that artsyle pretty accurately to later gamesIn threads like these my answer will always be this.
Never ported or remade, no sequel, no prequel, no Virtual Console release, not even a passing mention on, well... anything. Marina made an appearance on the Japan-only Rakugaki Showtime but I think that's it. It's not even clear who has the rights presently (Squeenix?).
i just guessed the game was by them when i saw this and i was right
Hell yes! It's such an overambitious gem for its time that deserved far more polish than it got. Imagine if the series got the same popularity as Mega Man or Street Fighter.
I'm still waiting for Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder...
You are good people.
Fuck knows why the Sega Saturn never got this, instead we got Golden Axe: The Duel which was as average as they come
The only correct answer.
This might not only be the greatest game never ported, but also the greatest racing game ever made.
