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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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PappaDukes's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 12:45
PappaDukes
Snaileb, you are right, I also downloaded it, and tried to run it, and it doesn't work. My video card couldn't initialize full screen mode...whatever the fuck that means.
streetmunster's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 12:47
streetmunster
Id like to see Project Journeyman worked into something awesome. I just like the idea behind the game. That and a new version of Joe and Mac. Word son.
Brandon Undead's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 12:48
Brandon Undead
Night Trap?

-Credibilty x 4EVA
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 12:54
Mxyzptlk
There was a port of the arcade version of Super Dodge Ball to the TGFX, and a Japanese only SNES version of the game. But yeah, where the hell is our Dodgeball sequel? I'd be stoked just to get the original on VC. I'm pretty sure Technos is dead though. World Cup Soccer was a blast too.

SNES Aladdin was more fun, even if the animation wasn't as good as the Genesis version.

In Night Trap your goal was to set off traps to take out the vampire ninja guys before they could kill Dana Plato. Too bad you didn't warn her what happens when you take too much Vicodin.

Didn't a Crazy Taxi game just come out for the PSP a few months ago?
charliesuh's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 12:59
charliesuh
BUBBLE BOBBLE WAS THE SHIT!
i played that game nonstop with my friends, best co-op of the time.
genesis aladdin rocked as well
bhive01's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 13:04
bhive01
@ Mabec, do you mean Little Big Adventure. Twinsen, Twinsun? That was actually one of my favorite games on the PC that and it's sequel Twinsen's Odyssey. The controls were a bit clunky because of the use of a keyboard, but it was a quality title with some humor.

I liked how you selected your mood in order to accomplish different things. Seriously, I still have my discs. I doubt they work on XP though. LBA was a DOS title, and Twinsen's adventure was like Win 95, maybe...

Scurvey Dog's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 13:13
Scurvey Dog
Hah, my wife would dress like criss cross in Jr. High, ive got pics.

if someone does make a dodge ball game i really hope it has nothing to do with the ben stiller movie.
trydizon's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 13:15
trydizon
the lava level in Aladdin had some pretty bad ass music.
Fronz's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 13:31
Fronz
If there's one thing the Dtoid readers need to know about me, it's that I LOVE BUBBLE BOBBLE!!!

Greta list, glad to see Aladdin on there as well.

And I agree with those who said Grim Fandango and Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers too. We grew up with some great games.
kakusei's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 13:31
kakusei
Flashback, baby!
KyleGamgee's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 13:35
KyleGamgee
Super Dodge Ball = Awesome. I still have my top-loading nes w/ bone controller and that game. I may play it when I get home today.

I loved playing 2 player in Kenya, 'cause no one else could pull off the special throws.
crveck's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 13:35
crveck
I still remember the code to get past that damn level in aladdin where you had to out run the lava...

Genie Jeffar Aladdin Abu

That game was amazing
AngelsDontBurn's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 13:40
AngelsDontBurn
SPLATTERHOUSE! I'm honestly surprised that noone has remade Splatterhouse yet. I used to play that game nonstop on Turbografix! You were right though, that definitely is an epic number one.

Oh and for the record I saw the Summa figure a Toys R Us yesterday.

PappaDukes's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 13:50
PappaDukes
alright, my THC-ridden brain just had another awesome flashback of Baseball Stars for the NES. THAT game needs to be remade right now.
Scape's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 13:54
Scape
Megaman Legends 3...please Capcom
C4Vicious's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 13:55
C4Vicious
The Lunar series
Maniac Mansion
Pangloss's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 14:09
Pangloss
You kids had to go and remind me of the old Sierra adventure games. Remember Quest for Glory? Do you? An awesome combo of point/click adventure with action/rpg. I have all the old King's Quest games sitting on my hard drive for me to play whenever I feel up to wrangling with my old DOS emulator.

Incidentally, did Sierra make any humorous point-and-click adventures without "Quest" in the title?
Brandon Undead's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 14:51
Brandon Undead
Pangloss: Police Quest?
JVB's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 14:58
JVB
Battle Toads and Earth Worm Jim need to make a good comeback.
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 15:04
Necros
I assume the first three choices are jokes?
destroda's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 15:57
destroda
Where's my Burn: Cycle sequel, damn it! I've been waiting 13 long years for it. :(
Katana's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 15:57
Katana
Our prayers almost went unanswered with Sam and Max, but that's definitely one of the best blasts from the past; in some ways I think the comedy exceeds the TV show, and possibly even the DOS game.
I want Jet Force Gemini though. It was my favorite combination of 3rd person and 1st person shooting. You moved around like Super Mario 64 or anything, and when you held the magic button, R, all the controls went to FPS mode, and your character went to 10% opacity. Best part is, there's no more "Am I behind cover, or is my arm sticking out?" Nice array of weapons and such made it one of Rareware's last great titles.
Coolio McAwesome's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 16:15
Coolio McAwesome
I can only assume the first three are jokes. PLEASE tell me the first three are jokes.

In any case, my list would be radically different (and much better) and would include games like Kid Icarus, Punch-Out!!, River City Ransom, Rock & Roll Racing, Bionic Commando, Wonder Boy, and Blast Corps.
snotrocket's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 16:41
snotrocket
I must agree that dodge ball is in my TOP 10 games ever played.
Snoopbob2006's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 17:04
Snoopbob2006
Shenmue should be revived... and after we get shenmue III hopefully someone slaps Yu Suzuki for making us wait so long
mightygstyper's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 17:18
mightygstyper
There is a newer Dodgeball on the neo geo home console and mvs. its a blast to play.
zaqu's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 17:39
zaqu
dodgeball and rock and roll racing
Civnerd's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 17:43
Civnerd
Dodgeball was the best one in your list Summa, and I could actually see them making that for the Wii.... Another old school game that would work great for the Wii would be M.U.L.E. Now that was an awesome game! Oh yeah, and if they ever did civilization for the DS, I'd probably die of sleep deprivation.
xX Hollow Tip's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 19:12
xX Hollow Tip
bubble bobble was the shit. nuff said.
SourceDecay's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 20:12
SourceDecay
netrunner bbs door game!

uplink gets close, but no pie.

and gunstar heroes. nearly anything by treasure deserves a rehash, really.
streetmunster's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 20:48
streetmunster
Oh, i forgot one old gem. JET FORCE GEMINI baby! That shit is classic and if done right for current-gen...fuck yeah. Cmon Rare.... make it happen.
Subcon's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2007 22:07
Subcon
road rash 64!!!!!! that was a really fun game; they should bring it back.
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/12/2007 04:06
Im OK
Gabriel frickin' Knight.

Sadly, though, if Vivendi ever did decide to make another GK game, they'd almost assuredly do it without Jane Jensen and it would almost assuredly end up being ass, just like Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude did (which, in turn, didn't involve Al Lowe, the creator of the LSL series).
RJG's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/12/2007 05:53
RJG
Totally agree with you about Bubble Bobble. In fact, my brother and I just got copies of the new one on DS just so we could play through the original again, and it was a blast.

Sometimes all the world needs is a little love and a pair of bubble blowing dinosaur brothers.
SourceDecay's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/12/2007 07:04
SourceDecay
gabriel knight! definitely!
Remoraz's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/12/2007 14:29
Remoraz
Point and click games... Full Throttle! MOST bad ass.
Crunshii's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/15/2007 11:43
Crunshii
My top 3 for remakes would be:
- Mike Tyson Punch Out (wii)
- Little Nemo the DreamMaster (PS3. ala LBP style)
- Bad Dudes (same plot, just diff Dudes >_>)(xbox or PS3)

I wouldnt mind these:
- skate or die
- Adventures of Lolo 1-3
- DuckTales
- Spy vs Spy
- Zen intergalactic Ninja
funkmasterbeat's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/15/2007 11:48
funkmasterbeat
Shenmue and Ducktales. Only then I can die as a happy man.
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