Fan Remake: Difference between revisions

A special type of [[Video Game Remake]].

 

 

There are many reasons why fans might opt to do so. The most common reason is to port a game from one system to another (for instance, creating a "Windows-friendly" version originally found on an older operating system or porting from console to PC). Another common scenario involves games that were once popular but are now out of print or difficult to find. Naturally, these two may overlap.

 

 

'''(Note: This doesn't count games where the creator has been granted official access to the source code. Those probably fit better under [[Game Mod]].)'''

** "Shiny Gold" is a hacked version of Fire Red (which, funnily enough, is an official remake of the first game) that was tweaked into a remake of ''Pokemon Gold''. What makes this interesting is that the original game allowed you to visit the Kanto region, making the hack a lot easier. And what makes this even MORE interesting is that Game Freak eventually released legitimate remakes of Gold and Silver, on the DS.

** Also, [[Moe Anthropomorphism|Moemon]].

** ''[[King's Quest III]]'' [http://www.infamous-adventures.com/kq3/ by Infamous Adventures]. The group is also doing a ''[[Space Quest]] II'' remake.

* The umpteen-million free remakes of games such as ''[[Tetris]]'', ''[[Pac-Man]]'' and ''[[Space Invaders]]''.

* [http://www12.atwiki.jp/rockman7/ Rockman 7 FC] and [http://www31.atwiki.jp/rockman8/ Rockman 8 FC] are [[Retraux]] remakes of two non-8-bit games, ''[[Mega Man 7]]'' and ''[[Mega Man 8]]''. These stick more closely to the NES formula than the originals (no intro stage, all eight bosses available instead of four at a time, no shop in RM7FC, etc.), and RM8FC is a composite of the [[Sony Playstation]] and [[Sega Saturn]] versions of the game (Tengu Man's stage theme from both versions take turns playing). Most interestingly, RM8FC replaces the Saturn-only Cut Man and Wood Man with Time Man and Oil Man from ''[[Mega Man Powered Up]]'' (you even get their weapons from them, unlike the original bosses). Interestingly, Capcom made their own 8-bit renditions of the final boss area backgrounds of both games (and ''[[Mega Man and Bass]]'') for the [[Overly Long Gag]] scene in ''[[Mega Man 9]]'''s ending.

* [http://osu.ppy.sh/ osu!] is a PC remake of the Nintendo DS games [[Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan]] and [[Elite Beat Agents]]. With over a quarter of a million players and almost 100 million ranked plays, what more proof does Inis need to see that we want a sequel.

* After two and a half years of development, the point-and-click remake of ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (video game)|The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'' [http://www.bigbluecup.com/games.php?category=&action=detail&id=1312 has finally been released]. The dialogue's a little cheesy in places, the graphics are even cheesier in places and the music is a bit weird... so it's pretty much equivalent to the TV miniseries, and thus better than the movie in most fans' eyes. Unlike most Infocom games, there's no chance of a cease-and-desist order from Activision because the game's rights reverted to Douglas Adams years ago, and the game's already been released for free twice.

* [http://www.renegade-x.com/ Renegade X], a remake of [[Command & Conquer|C&C Renegade]] on the [[Epic Games|Unreal Engine 3]]. A singleplayer demo was released to show off the new engine and all of the changes made, with the multiplayer still in beta, but due to be out soon as well. This mod ain't free though; it costs around $20 USD to purchase.

* [http://www.openttd.org/ OpenTTD], an upgraded and expanded remake of [[Transport Tycoon Deluxe]].

* [[Streets of Rage]] [http://www.bombergames.net/sorr_project/ Remake] skirts the line between this and a [[Fan Sequel]]: it not only remakes all three games in the series, it also fuses them together via branching paths, adds a massive amount of completely new content (including a ''[[Level Editor]]''), and [[Moment of Awesome|was made entirely from scratch!]] Although ''SORR'' was taken down from the creator's website, others got their hands on the game, and it can be downloaded easily if you Google it.

* ''[[Advanced Strategic Command]]'' is more of a [[Spiritual Successor]] to ''Battle Isle'' series, but with BI resource mode and a special unitset (Mk4) can more or less emulate these games. Obviously, an original data cannot be attached or converted due to copyright, but ASC source seems to include functions loading ''Battle Isle 3'' maps and working with BI data formats if you already have the game.

* ''[[Freedroid RPG]]'' is a remake of ''Paradroid'' (1985, for Commodore64), with improved graphics... and Linux mascot as the hero.