Remastering classic games is a big trend these days.
It makes perfect sense – rejuvenating classics that gamers had growing up or never even had
the opportunity to play is a great way to celebrate the video game industry.
From a publisher’s standpoint, it’s also one hell of a way to make a profit off of
old properties that once upon a time were successful hits.
So today, we’re looking at one publisher and developer who are known for their library
of classic hits, with our list of the top 10 video games sega needs to remaster.
10 Shenmue 1 & 2 Ever since the announcement of a new Shenmue
game, the internet has been buzzing with talks of Sega remastering the first two Shenmue
games.
Which it is!
But more on that in a sec.
In the game, you play as a martial artist in 1980s Yokosuka, Japan, who is seeking revenge
for the murder of his father.
It was one of the first open world video games, and incorporated a lot of realism into its
world which attracted a cult following to it.
In April of this year, Sega announced it would be releasing high definition ports of the
first two games for Windows, PS4 and Xbox One, but that’s left one branch of fans
rather disappointed – those who own a Nintendo Switch, which has led to some backlash online.
Here’s hoping that Sega might listen to their fan base.
9 Medieval 2: Total War Sega’s partnership with developer Creative
Assembly for the Total War franchise is one of their longest running successful relationships.
Fans of the series have been treated to several Total War games in the past few years, including
the likes of Warhammer and Warhammer 2.
But there’s a pretty big demand online for older games in the series to be remastered,
with many people enjoying the simpler gameplay mechanics of the earlier titles, especially
Medieval 2: Total War.
Released in 2006, and consists of medieval warfare, religion and politics in Europe,
North Africa and the Middle East.
There’s hope yet for a remastered version though – back in 2016, a revamp was released
in 2016 for OS X and Linux.
8 NiGHTS NiGHTS was never a franchise that had the
following as some of Sega’s other classics, but it still has a loyal fan base out there.
Crafted by Sonic Team, which may or may not be a bad thing depending on how you feel about
the developers, the series was always known for being imaginative and fun.
These days, many of its fans feel it’s a franchise that could use a revamp; it has
potential to be really interesting.
The plot of the game follows two teenagers who end up in Nightopia, and must fight through
a series of nightmares in order to progress.
7 Mega Bomberman ‘94 One of the more beloved titles in the Bomberman
franchise, Mega Bomberman, also known as Bomberman ’94, was a single and multiplayer game,
where you play as Bomberman trying to reassemble Bomber Planet after it was split into five
pieces after the invasion of the evil Bagular and his robot army.
The five spirits who protected the planet have had their power sources destroyed, and
you must reassemble them.
The game was re-released in 2011 for the PS3 and the Playstation Portable, and a brand
new Bomberman title was released in 2017, called Super Bomberman R, that received mixed
reviews.
This has led some fans to want a new version of Bomberman 94, or even one of the older
more popular Bomberman titles
6 Sonic Adventure Released in 1998, Sonic Adventure was one
of the first sonic 3D games.
By 2006, the game had sold over 2 million copies, and followed the story of Sonic and
his pals trying to stop Robotnik from unleashing an ancient evil known as Chaos.
It also was the introduction of Big the Cat and his pointless fishing mini game.
There was a revamped version released for the GameCube, PC, Xbox 360 and PS3, but wasn’t
received well – critics felt the game had not aged well, and ran at an inconsistent
frame rate.
Damnit Sega, stop half ass-ing!
Here’s hoping that one day Sega will revisit it again, but do it right this time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISjP0eC0xwc – big the cat
5 Altered Beast This 1988 beat em up arcade game follows a
centurion in Ancient Greece who is resurrected by Zeus in order to save his daughter Athena.
Sounds cool, right?
In addition to this, you could collect orbs that would transform you into various beasts,
including a werewolf, a thunder were dragon, a were tiger, a werebear, and a golden werewolf
who was super powerful.
Each transformation had its benefits and gave you special abilities.
The arcade game was praised by critics, but the home port for the Sega Genesis was panned.
A remastered version seems fairly unlikely because of that last point, but considering
the success other games wrapped in ancient mythology have, taking a shot at revamping
the Altered Beast franchise could be pretty promising for Sega – if they gave it a decent
shot, that is.
4 Skies of Arcadia Skies of Arcadia was a 2000 RPG for the Dreamcast
that was later released on the Gamecube in 2003.
You play as a young air pirate trying to stop an Empire from reviving ancient weapons that
have enough power to destroy the world.
You get to fly around in an airship, too, which is pretty cool, and the game heavily
focuses on exploration.
Critics called it one of the best games visually for the Dreamcast at the time, and for how
detailed it was considering how large of a world the game had to offer.
While there’s been no announcement or acknowledgement from Sega about the game being remastered,
fans have been wondering why the company has been sitting on a story world so full of fantastic
material.
3 3D Power Drift Back in 2015, a remastered version of Power
Drift made its way onto the market for the Nintendo 3DS.
Great, but kind of limiting for the rest of us who prefer other consoles.
The game was one of Sega’s earlier arcade classics, crafted under Yu Suzuki, who was
also responsible for the likes of Out Run and After Burner 2.
This remastered version introduced a new difficulty level – Easiest, for all of you who have
a tough time with racing games.
There was also the option of choosing between automatic and manual controls, along with
some other aesthetic deviations.
Currently, there’s a mod kicking around the interwebs that lets you play the game
for PC, but it’s just not the same.
2 Sonic Generations Considering Sega’s track record with Sonic
3D games, hell, they should remaster every under developed bug ridden Sonic game that’s
come out from 2000 onwards and ACTUALLY FINISH THEM.
But realistically, that won’t happen.
But Sonic Generations is still a pretty solid contender - it has been hailed as the best
Sonic 3D game by many a critic, and it’s popularity even to this date proves that fans
would be inclined to buy it.
We’d hope that if it was remastered, we’d see extra levels, and multiple playable characters.
In the meantime, there’s been rumours kicking around of Sonic Heroes being remastered, so
perhaps if that’s true, that’ll hold you over for your Sonic 3D craving.
1 Sonic 3 There’s a handful of petitions online to
see Sonic 3 remastered.
One even boasts that two members of the fan community had remastered the games themselves,
and wanted to get Sega’s attention so that they’d publish it.
The likelihood of a remastered Sonic 3 is a bit fickle – after the release of Sonic
Mania, it seems unlikely that the game would get the remastered treatment anytime soon.
That being said, just a quick google trip down the internet rabbit hole and you’ll
find that there’s a slew of fan made versions of the game that have not only remastered
it, but added their own unique touches to the game to make it more immersive.
So why wait for Sega to release a new version when you can get one online for a tiny percentage
of the cost, and even free in many cases?
There we have it friends!
Which of these games do you wish Sega would remaster?