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Summa's top ten games that need to be revived

11:38 AM on 04.11.2007, World Famous 90 comments

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As most of you I'm sure know by now, last night's Epileptic Gaming was pretty much off the hook. But besides our drunken tirades, one of the big things we talked about was our top 10 lists that we each created that harped on games/gaming franchises that should be brought back to next-gen consoles. I wanted to not only share with you my "script" for the show, but also wanted to hear what all my hardcore Dtoid faithful thought on the subject. 

What games/gaming franchises would you like to see reborn?  

In other Summa media news, check out my latest appearance on Podtacular.  

10. Electric Football (198?)

As a young VERY heterosexual child, I absolutely loved plugging in my electric football and trying to move that tiny foam ball down the field. I'd set up plays, scenarios, everything else a non-nerd in training would do. Hear that! I'm cooler than all of you.... EVER! Anyway, back on track. Electric football is f**king awesome. Why don't they make it anymore? Or do they? Hell, I'd even bite on a video game version of electric football. Come on EA, I know you can do it!!

9. Night Trap (SEGA CD 1992)

Again, as a young rapist in training, Night Trap was the perfect escape. I loved the idea of chasing after a buxom blonde while trying to do whatever is you had to do in that game. Come to think of it, what the hell were you trying to do in that game. All I remember is that parents hated and therefore I loved it. 2 Live Crew for the win, ya'll. Anyway, MAKE MORE RAPE SIMULATORS!!!

8. Kris Kross: Make My Video (SEGA CD 1992)

For whatever reason, as a snot nosed brat, I loved this concept and "game." Maybe it was because I walked around trying to be like Kris Kross as a young wannabe wearing my clothes backwards like an a**hole, or maybe it was because I loved the idea of making my own music video with these songs. Who knows? What I do know is that they need to make more of this shit. Hell, who wouldn't love to make their own Justin Timberlake "Sexyback" video. I know I would. Mmmmm, Timberlake.

7. Bubble Bobble (NES 1988)

Was I the only person that liked this game? Damn, it feels like it sometimes. Whenever people mention past games they really liked, noone ever mentions Bubble Bobble. Why? IT WAS AWESOME! And the co-op was AWESOME! Sure, they've made crappy versions since the original, but I want a new, spit-shined version that keeps the same, classic, basic principles. Make it work people.

6. WarCraft (PC 1990s)

Stop making millions of dollars off of World of WarCraft Blizzard! I want my RTS series back! Sure, they may be working on it right now, but I WANT IT NOW!!! Like, yesterday. But no, Blizz had to go off and dominate the MMO market. F**K YOU BLIZZARD! Us RTS players want our beloved WarCraft back. Please? Pretty please?

5. Aladdin (Genesis 1993)

As you can tell, I was a total SEGA whore once that Genesis hit. One of my ALL TIME favs was Aladdin. I remember my Mom got me the game after I had appendix surgery. It was my sort of a gift for almost dying. Lucky, for the world, I remained alive and lucky for me I got to play this great game. Thing is, the whole Aladdin genre kinda died since Disney didn't really make any more feature films of the thing. Sure, they had straight-to-video junk, but nothing major. Anyway, whoever did that Aladdin game needs to get back up and make another. EVERYONE LOVED IT!

4. Crazy Taxi (Dreamcast 2000)

I love love loved the Dreamcast. Not only cause it was the new hotness at the time, but because my buddies and I could burn illegal copies of the games and play for FREE! Well, one of the games I abolutely cherished on that system was Crazy Taxi. Where the fuck are you Crazy Taxi? I know you flirted recently with arcades again, right? Flirted with Xbox? Come back to my next gen. You guys can keep your Full Auto or Burnout or whatever, I want CRAZY TAXI!!

3. Tecmo Super Bowl (NES 1991)

I was a Tecmo Super Bowl freak. My lone friend and I used to play the fuck out of this game. We'd keep our own stats, have our own league, everything. It was truly the golden age for us. Now, while there are plenty of football games out there, frankly, they've become too complicated. Why can't we have a next-gen polished Tecmo Super Bowl with the option to just choose those few simple plays and even present it in the same, flat, sorta 2D style? Who's with me? Huh, huh?

2. Super Dodge Ball (NES 1989)

Again, as a totaly straight and vagina loving young boy, I was all about sports games or games that dealt with a ton of violence. Super Dodge Ball to me was a sort of best of both worlds. But why did it stop at the NES? Why can't I have my mindless school yard brutality on the 360 or PS3. Or hell, how perfect would the game be on the Wii??? Jesus Christ Nintendo, I swear, if you guys make a dodge ball game for the Wii, I would praise you like the golden calf.

1. Burn: Cycle (PC 1995)

I would be willing to bet that NOBODY that is watching has ever heard of this game. But for me, at my tender age, I didn't really bother so much with story-driven RPGs that dealt with elfs, orcs or fairies. No, I dealt with big boy issues cause I was a big boy. Burn: Cycle, in case you didn't know, was THE SH*T! It was abstract, deep (well, deep for a kid), and f**king cool. I still have the damn game and I'm tempted to put it back in. I want a sequel. I don't care if nobody bought the original. I want my cinematic surrealness again.

Here's the description via Wikipedia:

The game's star, Sol Cutter, is a small-time data thief whose latest steal at the beginning of the game comes with a nasty sting. The Burn: Cycle virus has been implanted in his head and has given him a two-hour realtime deadline to find a cure before his brain deteriorates completely. You, as the player, must guide Sol out of Softech and into the Televerse in order to find his cure. Various obstacles and games stand in his way, and there is the overarching realisation that Burn:Cycle has been planted by someone with malicious intent. Finding this within the time limit completes the game.


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bhive01's Avatar
bhive01 at 04/11/2007 11:43
I personally think these games have a perfect home on the Wii and DS. Hotel Dusk and Phoenix Wright proved it for the DS anyway.

I'd kill for a new Leisure Suit Larry, like LSL7 not that XBOX game. The humor was awesome in that game.
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witthaus at 04/11/2007 11:44
i like this dodgeball idea Summa. the character list should include mr. destructoid and danzig. that is all...
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bhive01 at 04/11/2007 11:46
Chip N' Dale Rescue Rangers. Kid's nowadays wouldn't really know the IP so they'd have to depend on gameplay more. Something in the style of Mario 64/Conker/Banjo Kazooie.
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World Famous at 04/11/2007 11:46
I can't think of an honest reason (except not wanting to piss parents off) that Nintendo wouldn't want Dodge Ball on the Wii. If someone is smart, they're making a game now.
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Roryzilla at 04/11/2007 11:52
Jet Set Radio, For sure. And how about...Psychonauts or sly cooper.
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pandlcg at 04/11/2007 11:54
i'm with bhive and just want to see some of the classic point and click adventures brought back.

And someone needs to finish the advent rising series since Majesco doesnt seem up to the task.
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tazarthayoot at 04/11/2007 11:54
Duck Tales. End of story.
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Roryzilla at 04/11/2007 11:54
OHHH how about chameleon twist? Haha I remember playing that game forever as a kid.
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russiaisHERE at 04/11/2007 11:54
They did make a sequel to Dodge Ball - Super Dodge Ball Advance for the GBA. It was more of a step up than River City Ransom EX, but is about as rare. Also Kriss Kross sucks, whichever group did Pass the Dutchie's where it's at.
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World Famous at 04/11/2007 11:54
True dat. Advent Rising was damn good.
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tazarthayoot at 04/11/2007 11:55
Also, I still own the GBA version of Super Dodge ball. That game was so much fun. I think I'm gonna be playing it today.
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tazarthayoot at 04/11/2007 11:57
Speaking of Podcasts, where the fuck is the new podtoid.
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Rockvillian at 04/11/2007 11:59
It's all okay Summa, I like Bubble Bobble too. Something about the repeating music (...da da daaaa, da da da daaaa, da dee da doo doo daa....) and getting fruit from monsters inside bubbles captivated me. And yes, bitchin' co-op.
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PetiePalo at 04/11/2007 11:59
Any LucasArts game or Sierra back in the day rocked.

Bubble Bobble...we were all drunk over a friends house and she pulled out her old NES and we played through Bubble Bobble again. Awesome still even after all these years.

And they DID give us Warcraft III and an expansion. Time for Starcraft II I think.
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BlindsideDork at 04/11/2007 12:00
Summa, I wonder your choice of games. One game i would LOVE to see/play again..

THE DIG

I'd be almost 100% guaranteed to buy 360 or PS3 if this came on it.
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pandlcg at 04/11/2007 12:00
Speaking of reviving franchises, is Blizzard ever going to put our another Starcraft?
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Snaileb at 04/11/2007 12:01
SPACE QUEST!!!!! 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 and 6, ALL OF THEM!!

SPACE QUEST!!!

Anyways, Aladdin is pretty much Prince of Persia now, and the sprites in DogeBall look like a River City Ranson game.

If you want a rape simulator go download the new GH2 packs.
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witthaus at 04/11/2007 12:02
TAP THE BOTTLE AND TWIST THE CAP! Young Black Teens FTW!
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RICHARD BLOCKER at 04/11/2007 12:07
DOUBLE DRIBBLE. 'NUFF SAID
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LordRegulus at 04/11/2007 12:07
Now that Dave Jones and Realtime Worlds have gotten Crackdown out of their systems, I think it's high time we saw another Space Station: Silicon Valley. Hell, I'd even settle for a remake.
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galagabug at 04/11/2007 12:07
i agree with the majority of your list, 16bit alladin was one of the best platformers ever.

i think a bubble bobble rev came out last year for the DS, but i also heard it was god awful.

i'd love a new blaster master game.
love to see the alundra franchise come over to the xbox360 (or any action/rpg worth playin for that matter)
uniracers also needs to resurface.

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yamabushi at 04/11/2007 12:08
Bushido Blade + online = messy keyboard
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bhive01 at 04/11/2007 12:08
@ BlindsideDork.

HOLY SHIT, I'm not the only one who liked that game? Quite possibly one of my favorite point n' click adventure games EVAR.

"I can't use these things together."

The biggest problem with a lot of these games is that they had complete stories. At least the serious ones would be hard to revive without either repeating the story outright, or fracturing the universe.
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Toneman at 04/11/2007 12:10
Power Stone. It's the best Dreamcast game EVER.
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yamabushi at 04/11/2007 12:11
Rape simulator? When does Madden come out? What? YOU want to do the rapeing. sorry....
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LordRegulus at 04/11/2007 12:11
And I'd like to see more of Advent Rising, but the chances of that are slim. Donald Mustard and Orson Scott Card got way shafted and have moved on to other projects.

Leaving more room for my sci-fi epic! w00t!
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World Famous at 04/11/2007 12:11
You know, this biggest thing that came out of us talking about this stuff was the fact that there are no real "silly" games anymore. With inflated budgets and everyone going for the gold, those quirky games just don't linger as much. I suppose this is where the Wii could help out, but I'd also like to see that kinda stuff on the PS3 and 360.
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Snaileb at 04/11/2007 12:15
You want silly? I'll give you silly.

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talon84 at 04/11/2007 12:16
They really need to bring back EVO - The Search for Eden. It was the only RPG for the SNES that used evolution has a theme and a mechanic.
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PappaDukes at 04/11/2007 12:18
ahhhh memories. No one's mentioned King's Quest. There is an independent company creating a new PC version. <a href = "http://www.tsl-game.com/home.php>The Silver Lining</a> Which I believe is free...<br>But I would give an arm and a leg for the franchise to be remade for a console.
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pandlcg at 04/11/2007 12:19
Did anyone play Tachyon: The Fringe? I loved that game, it was the last good space game i played. So yeah, revive that one too.
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PappaDukes at 04/11/2007 12:19
God damn fucking fat-fingered typing!!! *REPOST*
ahhhh memories. No one's mentioned King's Quest. There is an independent company creating a new PC version. <a href = "http://www.tsl-game.com/home.php">The Silver Lining</a> Which I believe is free...<br>But I would give an arm and a leg for the franchise to be remade for a console.
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PappaDukes at 04/11/2007 12:19
ok, so you can't embed anchor tags; i'm an idiot.
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Mabec at 04/11/2007 12:20
LBA
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pandlcg at 04/11/2007 12:20
Try one more time PappaDukes!
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Snaileb at 04/11/2007 12:20
PapaDUKES you can only use BBcode. Lame.

Anyways, ANYONE, please...anyone... can anyone direct me to a site where I can play EITHER of the Space Quest games for free, OR download them??? PLLEEEEEASE.

I'll be your BFF.
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Toneman at 04/11/2007 12:21
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-D- at 04/11/2007 12:22
I loved Burn Cycle. I had the t-shirt and that thermal/mood ring wannabe box was friggin awesome!
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PappaDukes at 04/11/2007 12:22
um...*cough *gasp eMule *cough *gasp
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PappaDukes at 04/11/2007 12:24
awesome, thanks Toneman and Sanileb. I noticed the message about "cool kids use BBCode", but unfortunately, I'm neither a kid, nor am I cool, so I used HTML, like the loser I am.
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Snaileb at 04/11/2007 12:26
Toneman that wasn't a link for Space Quest, sadly. I thought you fought for Justice....

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s0lesurviv0r at 04/11/2007 12:26
God, I fucking hate that cosplay pic, people say I look like a slighlty less fat version of that dude. I would love to play Super Dodge Ball on the wii, I can imagine having to actually leap as you do the throwing motion and the damage would depend on how high you are. I regret selling my gba. Tack Rival Schools/Justice Gakuen to that list.
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PappaDukes at 04/11/2007 12:32
Snaileb--this seems interesting [url= http://frostbytei.com/space/download.html]Space Quest: The Lost Chapter[/url] Other than that, just type "Space Quest downloads into a search engine, and see what pops up. I think your only avenue is going to be bit torrent or eMule. Not much for free these days.
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PappaDukes at 04/11/2007 12:33
i fucking hate you BBCode
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Snaileb at 04/11/2007 12:36
I tried searching for it, couldn't find it. I'll try that URL, thanx, but it's not an original, its a fan made link. Also, uhhh..

..cocks...I guess...
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RICHARD BLOCKER at 04/11/2007 12:37
EVO = AWESOME
I played that off an emulation CD my friend made for me to play snes games on the Dreamcast. the only thing that sucked was that I couldn't save. I would LOVE to get my hands on that game again.
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Snaileb at 04/11/2007 12:38
That download didn't work.
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skAnarky at 04/11/2007 12:43
mmmm Aladin & super dodge ball.
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