POSTED BY

Brandon Boyer

AT 7:35 AM
Friday September 25, 2009

GamesRetro

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Retro Remakes: What Offworld readers want

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No one emerged a clear winner in our straw poll to see which games Offworld readers would like to see remade, though a common thread did appear to emerge. System Shock was actually the first game to garner more than one vote, which is hard to disagree with: Looking Glass's brand of sci-fi horror has yet to be matched in the 15 years now since its original release.

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The second game to come in with multiple votes is Apogee's shareware classic platformer Commander Keen (re-released via Steam), alongside the original 2D Duke Nukem games, both minor ground-breakers for bringing console-style platforming to the PC.

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And finally, the no-brainer of the bunch: there's almost no one who wouldn't like to see a Monkey Island revival of more classic LucasArts adventures, particularly Ron Gilbert's Maniac Mansion.

Check the comments in the original thread for dozens more suggestions.

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