The remake of monkey island got me thinking

RogueAgent wrote:There are some great games that were made a long time ago when graphics were very basic. I would love to see a remake of some of those. I would love a remake of some of the old kings quest games, or Countdown by lucas arts. Imagine how awesome Tex could be with today's graphics.

There actually was a freeware remake of KingsQuest. It's called KingsQuest VGA (you can google it).

I downloaded it and gave it a go. It won't blow you away in terms of graphics/sound, but it's been updated to the point of definitely being playable on modern PCs.

Depending on your nostalgia factor you'll either love it or you won't. For me, I have great memories of those old games, but I forgot how frustrating those early interfaces can be. I find, spoiled by modern games, that the interface detracts too much from the experience.

That's one reason I love the Tex games so much. The interface still easily holds up to modern games. A graphics and sound update (7.1 dolby?), a little added content, a little editing, and it would be awesome.

Sierra redid All the King's Quest, Police Quest, Space Quest, and Leisure Suit Larry games, so they all play on Modern PCs... You can get the King's Quest collection for under 20 bucks, along with the rest of them, each under 20 bucks...
I play through them every now and then just like I do with Tex...

I recently downloaded the iPhone version of my first ever computer game: Wolfenstein 3D!

-Cub. =o)

I remember Wolf 3D, still have the Floppies along with the Original DOOM...

A new wolfenstein game is actually coming out.

Looks pretty good.
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/retu ... lt;title;2

Hoping it runs on XP.

one more to 200 posts!!!

BTW, Prey just came out on iphone.
Now that looks awsome!!!.

I can't believe the graphics quality of that game for a cell phone

http://www.3drealms.com/

there are screenshots in either the first or second news post.