VIDEO GAME REMAKE

In video games, an 'enhanced remake' (also called 'updated classics') is an updated version of a game that was originally developed for a less advanced system. Remakes with resolution upgrades are called 'high-resolution remakes'. A remake with revisions in the plot, gameplay, and overworld is called a 'reimagined remake'. The practice of updating old games began in the 16-bit era but was popularized during the Sixth Generation Era.
The basic features of an enhanced remake are graphical and audio enhancements (or "facelifts"). The methods of graphical enhancement include re-touching, decompression, polygon upgrade, texturization or texture resolution upgrade, additional animations, and two-dimensional to three-dimensional transformation (hence three-dimensional remakes, or the "'' format"). Audio enhancements include new music, better sound quality, and remixes of the old music. Sometimes extra levels or other features are added, and the game engine may be improved. In most cases, however, the majority of gameplay itself is left unaltered.
Enhanced remakes occur mostly on video game consoles. They have occurred mostly during the 128-bit era. The system that the game is being enhanced from is called the source system, and the system it is been enhanced for is called the target system. The earliest enhanced remakes are 16-bit remakes of 8-bit games. Also, occasionally games that were originally released only in Japan are remade and re-released in the West, most notably '', ''Final Fantasy II'' of ''Final Fantasy Origins'', and ''Final Fantasy III'' for the ''Nintendo DS''. (See also Fan translation.)
Some examples of enhanced remakes include ''Super Mario All-Stars'' (from NES to Super NES) and ''Final Fantasy Origins'' (from NES to WonderSwan Color to Sony PlayStation). The enhanced remakes of ''Dragon Quest I''-''V'' were Japan-only, but some were unofficially translated into English, and ''Dragon Quest I-III'' remakes ported to Game Boy Color were officially translated into English but did not sell well outside Japan. The original version of ''Dragon Quest V'' was also Japan-only. The enhanced version still has a chance to be localized to North America.

Contents

Controversy

List of enhanced remakes

See also

External links

Controversy

Often changes made in remakes are scrutinized, by the purist or traditionalist, as being unnecessary or frivolous, such as the addition, alteration, or removal of plot elements, characters, voice acting, or new features. With 2D to 3D remakes, such as '', some feel 3D doesn't effectively convey the same artistic style or feeling as 2D. Arcade games are thought of as arcade perfect if all effects are as they were in the original. Such are called 'direct ports'.
Conversely, some gamers believe that these remakes give the games more vitality, and welcome new content. Purist gamers can perhaps believe that the enhanced version lives up to the original's quality, but typically do not accept it as canon, unless future games reference it as such. Although the original game is usually not included with their remakes, some enhanced remakes do include their respective original versions. For example, '' for the Game Boy Advance includes the original ''Metroid'' for the NES as an unlockable.

List of enhanced remakes

This list does not include reissues (or direct ports) of original games, nor does it include clones ( = "Japan only"):

Game Title	Original Platform(s)	Remake Title(s)	Remake Platform(s) & Notes
''Animal Forest''	Nintendo 64	''Animal Crossing''	Nintendo GameCube
''Bad Mojo''	PC	''Bad Mojo Redux''	PC
''Bubble Bobble''	Arcade/Various	''Bubble Bobble Old and New''	Game Boy Advance
''Castlevania''	NES	''Akumajō Dracula''	Sharp X68000
		''Castlevania Chronicles''	PlayStation
		''Super Castlevania IV''	Super NES
		''Vampire Killer''	MSX
		''Haunted Castle''	Arcade
''Comic Party''	PC, Sega Dreamcast	''Comic Party DCE''	PC
		''Comic Party Portable''	PSP
''Command & Conquer''	PC	Sega Saturn (internationalization enhancement)
		Playstation (internationalization plus an additional 5 exclusive missions. ''The Covert Operations'' expansion set is also included)
		''Command & Conquer 64''	Nintendo 64 (utilises 3D rendered models. Includes ''The Covert Operations'' expansion set)
		''Command & Conquer: Gold''	PC (enhanced graphical engine for Windows 95)
''Conker's Bad Fur Day''	Nintendo 64	''	Xbox
''Counter-Strike''	PC	''	Xbox, PC
'' (''Uncharted Waters IV'')	PlayStation	''Daikoukai Jidai IV: Rota Nova''	Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable
''Dead or Alive 2''	Playstation 2, Dreamcast	''Dead or Alive Ultimate''	Xbox (with enhanced graphics, extra costumes, an extra character and online play)
''	Macintosh, NES	''Déjà Vu I & II: The Casebooks of Ace Harding''	Game Boy Color, PC
''	NES	''Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei''	Super Nintendo
''
''Dinosaur''	Various popular Japanese computer systems (such as the NEC PC8801, PC-9801, and FM Towns)	''Dinosaur: Resurrection''	PC, for Windows
''Doom''	PC	''Doom 3''	PC, Xbox
''Double Dragon''	Arcade/Various	''Double Dragon Advance''	Game Boy Advance
		Xbox Live Arcade (includes enhanced HD graphics and sound as well as the original game)
''Dr. Mario''	NES, Game Boy	(part of) ''Nintendo Puzzle Collection''	Super NES, Nintendo GameCube
		(part of) ''Dr. Mario & Puzzle League''	Game Boy Advance
''Dragon Quest (Dragon Warrior)''	MSX , NES	Super NES (released in Japan only, later fan-translated into English)
		Game Boy Color (adapted from Super NES version)
		Java ME
''Dragon Quest II (Dragon Warrior II)''	MSX , NES	Super NES (released in Japan only, later fan-translated into English)
		Game Boy Color (adapted from Super NES version). Bundled with the precedent entry when remade.
''Dragon Quest III (Dragon Warrior III)''	NES	Super NES (released in Japan only, later fan-translated into English)
		Game Boy Color (adapted from Super NES version)
''Dragon Quest IV (Dragon Warrior IV)''	NES	Sony PlayStation . Enix America, Inc. wanted to release the remake in North America also, but was unable to complete localization due to the developer's exit from the industry.
''Dragon Quest V''	Super NES	PlayStation 2 (Resolution upgrade due to the traditional resolution of the new platform. Remake has an orchestrated soundtrack, performed by NHK Symphony Orchestra.)
''Dune 2: Battle For Arrakis''	PC''	''Dune 2000''	PC (This was a DOS-based RTS game made by Westwood before ''Command & Conquer''. Westwood remade the game with improved graphics, more units and a deeper storyline).
		''Emperor: Battle for Dune''	PC (This could be considered a remake of the remake)
''Earthworm Jim''	SNES, Sega Genesis	''Earthworm Jim PSP'' (working title)	PlayStation Portable (2D/3D remake)
''Final Fantasy''	NES, MSX		WonderSwan Color
		(part of) ''Final Fantasy Origins''	PlayStation (enhanced from WonderSwan Color version)
		(part of) ''	Game Boy Advance
			PlayStation Portable (20th anniversary edition)
			Java ME
''Final Fantasy II''	NES		WonderSwan Color
		(part of) ''Final Fantasy Origins''	PlayStation (enhanced from WonderSwan Color version)
		(part of) '')	Game Boy Advance
			PlayStation Portable (20th anniversary edition)
''Final Fantasy III''	NES	Nintendo DS (Fully 3D remake)
''Final Fantasy IV''	SNES	Nintendo DS (recently announced 3D remake)
''Final Fantasy Adventure'' (''Seiken Densetsu'')	Game Boy	''Shinyaku Seiken Densetsu'' ''Sword of Mana''	Game Boy Advance (All ''Final Fantasy'' elements have been removed)
		Java ME (visual upgrade)
''	NES	''	Super NES (included as the first chapter)
Various Game & Watch games	Game & Watch	''Game & Watch Gallery'' series	Game Boy, Game Boy Advance (includes the original & remake versions of the games)
''Gradius 2''	MSX	''Nemesis '90 Kai''	Sharp X68000
''GripShift''	PlayStation Portable	PlayStation 3 (as a downloadable content game)
''Jade Empire''	xBox	PC Jade Empire Special Edition
''	Game Boy Advance	''	Nintendo DS
''	Game Boy Advance	''	Nintendo DS
''	Game Boy Advance	''	Nintendo DS
Head Over Heels	MSX, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC	Soon after the initial release a hi-res port was made for the Commodore Amiga, Commodore 64, and Atari XL/XE.
		An enhanced remake was released in 2003 for Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, BeOS. This remake was voted the 2nd best remake ever by PC Zone maganize.
''	PC	''	PC, PlayStation 2. While not a game remake in the strictest sense of the phrase, of the 13 missions in ''Contracts'', 6 of them were graphical, aesthetic and structural remakes of missions which had appeared in ''Codename 47''.
''The Journeyman Project	Macintosh, PC	The Journeyman Project: Pegasus Prime	Power Mac , Apple Pippin and PlayStation .
''The King of Fighters '94''	Neo-Geo	''The King of Fighters '94 Re-bout''	PlayStation 2, with 3D backgrounds and high-resolution sprites. ''Re-bout'' is the suffix for enhanced remakes of SNK fighting games.
''	Game Boy Advance	''	PlayStation 2 (fully 3D remake)
''	Various Home Computer Systems	The original animated adventure game, produced by Sierra On-Line in 1984, it was re-released in 1987 with enhanced graphics (EGA) and sound.
		A fan re-remake was released by AGD Interactive in 2001.
''	PC	'' A fan re-remake was released by AGD Interactive in 2002.
''Kirby's Adventure''	NES	''	Game Boy Advance
''The Legend of Zelda''	NES	''BS Zelda no Densetsu''	Super Famicom Satellaview
''Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards''	Various Home Computer Systems	The original was produced by Sierra On-Line in 1987 (itself a re-make of their previous text-only 'Softporn Adventure'), and was re-released in 1991 with enhanced VGA graphics and sound, and a point-and-click interface.
''	Sega CD	''	Sega Saturn, PC
		''	PlayStation
		''Lunar Legend''	Game Boy Advance
''	Sega CD	''	PlayStation
''	Game Gear	''Magic School Lunar!''	Sega Saturn
''Makaitoushi SaGa'' (''Final Fantasy Legend'')	Game Boy	WonderSwan Color (original version also included, graphics made over from monochrome 8-bit to color 16-bit)
''Mario Bros.''	Arcade	''Kaettekita Mario Bros.''	Famicom Disk System
		''Super Mario Advance''	Game Boy Advance (as a bonus game on both games)
		''
''MDK 2''	PC	Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
''Mega Man Classic'' series	NES	''Rockman Complete Works''	PlayStation
''Mega Man	NES	''Mega Man Powered Up'', ''Rockman Rockman''	PlayStation Portable
''Mega Man X''	SNES	''Mega Man Maverick Hunter X'', ''Irregular Hunter X''	PlayStation Portable
''Metal Gear''	MSX2, NES	(part of) ''	PlayStation 2 (the first English localization of the original MSX2 version)
			Java ME
''	MSX2	(part of) ''	PlayStation 2 (also, the first English localization of the game)
			Java ME
''Metal Gear Solid''	PlayStation	Direct port to PC with barely enhanced graphics.
		''	Nintendo GameCube
''Metal Slug 2''	Neo-Geo, PlayStation	''Metal Slug X''
''Metroid''	NES	''	Game Boy Advance (graphics, audio, and gameplay elements vastly improved to the standards of sequels ''Super Metroid'' and ''Metroid Fusion'')
''Myst''	PC, Macintosh	''	PC
		''RealMyst''
''Mythri''	Game Boy Color	Game Boy Advance
''Ninja Gaiden''	Xbox	''Ninja Gaiden Sigma''	PlayStation 3
''Panel de Pon'' (''Tetris Attack'')	Super NES	(part of) ''Nintendo Puzzle Collection''	Nintendo GameCube
		(part of) ''Dr. Mario & Puzzle League''	Game Boy Advance
''Pengo''	Arcade/Various	Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis (The original arcade game is included in this remake)
''Phantasy Star''	Sega Master System	''Phantasy Star Generation 1''	PlayStation 2
''Phantasy Star II''	Sega Genesis	''Phantasy Star Generation 2''	PlayStation 2
''Phantasy Star IV''	Sega Genesis	PlayStation 2
''Pokémon Blue''	Game Boy	''Pokémon LeafGreen''	Game Boy Advance
''Pokémon Red''	Game Boy	''Pokémon FireRed''	Game Boy Advance
''Police Quest''	Various Home Computer Systems	The original was produced by Sierra On-Line in 1987, and was re-released in 1991 with enhanced VGA graphics and sound, and a point-and-click interface.
''Prince of Persia''	Apple II	''Prince of Persia Classic''	Xbox Live Arcade (Remade with 3D graphics)
''	PC	Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
''Quest for Glory 1'' (''Hero's Quest 1'')	Amiga, Mac, PC (VGA)	The original was produced by Sierra On-Line in 1989, and was re-released in 1991 with enhanced VGA graphics and sound, and a point-and-click interface.
''Quest for Glory II''	PC	A fan re-remake is currently in development by AGD Interactive.
''Rayman 2''	PC, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Sega Dreamcast	''Rayman 2 Revolution''	Sony PlayStation 2
		''Rayman DS''	Nintendo DS
''Resident Evil''	Sony PlayStation, Sega Saturn, PC	Nintendo GameCube.
''River City Ransom'' (''Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari'')	NES	''River City Ransom EX'' ''Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari EX''	Game Boy Advance
''Romancing SaGa''	SNES	''	PlayStation 2
''Shin Megami Tensei''	Super NES	PlayStation , Game Boy Advance
''Shin Megami Tensei II''
''Shin Megami Tensei: If...''		Sony PlayStation
''Sid Meier's Pirates!''	Various Home Computer Systems	PC for Windows, Xbox.
''Snatcher''	NEC PC-88, MSX2	''Snatcher CD-ROMantic''	PC Engine, Sega CD, PlayStation, Sega Saturn
''Space Quest I''	Various Home Computer Systems	The original was produced by Sierra On-Line in 1986, and was re-released in 1990 with enhanced VGA graphics and sound, and a point-and-click interface.
''Star Ocean''	Super NES	''	PlayStation Portable (with new graphics)
''	PlayStation	''	PlayStation Portable (with extensive audio enhancements)
''Super Mario 64''	Nintendo 64	''Super Mario 64 DS''	Nintendo DS
''Super Mario Bros.''	NES	(part of) ''Super Mario All-Stars''	Super NES
		''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe''	Game Boy Color
''Super Mario Bros. 2'' (''Super Mario Bros. USA'')	NES	(part of) ''Super Mario All-Stars''	Super NES
		''Super Mario Advance''	Game Boy Advance
''	NES (original version released as a Disk Card)	(part of) ''Super Mario All-Stars''	Super NES
		(part of) ''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe''	Game Boy Color
''Super Mario Bros. 3''	NES	(part of) ''Super Mario All-Stars''	Super NES
		''Super Mario Advance 4''	Game Boy Advance
''Super Mario World''	Super NES	''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''	Game Boy Advance
''	Super NES	''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''	Game Boy Advance
''Super Street Fighter II Turbo''	Arcade	''Super Street Fighter II Turbo Revival''	Game Boy Advance
		''Super Street Fighter II Turbo for Matching Service''	Dreamcast (with added online play)
		''Hyper Street Fighter II: Anniversary Edition'', (part of ''Street Fighter Anniversary Collection'')	PlayStation 2, Xbox
''Tales of Phantasia''	Super Famicom (has been fan-translated into English, and several other languages)	PlayStation , Game Boy Advance, PlayStation Portable
''Tales of Destiny''	Playstation	''Tales of Destiny''	PlayStation 2
		''Tales of Destiny Director's Cut''	PlayStation 2
''Tengai Makyou II''	NEC TurboGrafx-16/PC-Engine	PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS all
''To Heart''	PC, PlayStation	''To Heart PSE''	PC
''ToHeart2''	PlayStation 2	''ToHeart2 X-Rated''	PC (Includes adult scenes not present in the original, two mini-games and a new character)
''Tomb Raider''	Playstation, PC	''	PlayStation 2, PC, PlayStation Portable, Wii
''Turrican''	C64, Amiga	''Hurrican''	PC A Freeware effort from the German group Poke53280.
''Unreal Tournament''	PC''	Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
''Warhawk''	Commodore 64	Remade for PlayStation and remade again for PlayStation 3 with updated graphics and tilt compatibility.
''Wild Arms''	PlayStation	''	PlayStation 2. Remade as a 3D graphics game, a controversial remake idea.
''WinBack''	Nintendo 64	PlayStation 2
''Yoshi's Cookie''	NES, SNES, Game Boy	(part of) ''Nintendo Puzzle Collection''	Nintendo GameCube
''Ys''	NEC PC-88		NES, MSX
		''Ys Eternal''	PlayStation 2, Windows
''Ys II''	NEC PC-88		NES, MSX
		''Ys II Eternal''	PlayStation 2, Windows
''	NEC PC-9801		NES, MSX, NEC TurboGrafx-16/PC-Engine, Sega Genesis, SNES
		''	PlayStation 2, PC
''	Super NES	PlayStation 2
''	Super NES	PlayStation 2

See also

★ Clone

★ cover version (music)

★ Eye candy

★ Emulator

★ fan translation

★ film remake (motion pictures)

★ Source port

★ Total Conversion

External links

★ http://www.retroremakes.com/ - A site dedicated to fan made remakes of classic games. (also at remakes.org)

★ http://retrospec.sgn.net/ - A site that makes remakes.

★ http://www.agdinteractive.com - A site dedicated to remakes of classic Sierra games.

★ http://cezgs.computeremuzone.com/eng - A site that makes remakes for classic and actual systems.