This article is flawed. There are remakes already for several of these games. Of the ones there are not, System Shock 1 (though there is System Shock Portable) and Blood probably the ones we need the most along with maybe Shogo. I'd also like a Postal 2 remake but it is still loads of fun, especially with the mod that lets you hack off limbs at precisely where you are aiming. But, Guess what, the article needed to mention there are AMAZING mods availiable NOW that really, really improve or revamp these old games. Let's see, where to start...
DeusEx: Check Moddb, there's a high resolution texture pack available for it plus a model update for it that also adds HDR/Bloom (via ENBseries). I will admit though, DeusEx was a PAIN to mod to get it all to work together. I did it though.
Descent: D2X-XL-- www.descent2.de/d2x.html
Duke3d: There is an Unreal 3 remake in progress and... for now, there is the Duke Nukem HRP project with high-res textures, models and Doom 3 level lighting/shadows etc via Polymer and Eduke32. Go get it now!
http://hrp.duke4.net/download.php (be sure to also get the remastered soundtrack via SC-55 on the page -- rename the filename for it to have a "z" as the first letter to get it to work)
Doom: Umm... Snowberry and the Doomsday engine + high res textures and 3d-models (though I prefer the sprites for things like grunts and imps and you can pick and choose). Amazing graphical update. dengine.net Also works for Heretic and Hexen...
Oh, speaking of doom, there is also the Classic Doom 3 remake of Doom 1, Episode 1 for Doom 3 (remastered soundtrack too)... : www.moddb.com/mods/classic-doom-3
Quake 1: Humm... There's Darkplaces engine for Quake and EzQuake... Darkplaces adds stuff like Quake 3 level lighting, bloom/hdr etc. Add in Rygel's Texturepack and
icculus.org/twilight/darkplaces/
ezquake.sourceforge.net/
http://games.on.net/filelist.php?searchapp=&searchfile=&searchfilename=rygel-dp-texturepack-ultra&mainoption.x=0&mainoption.y=0&mainoption=Search
Don't forget Reforged... retextures monsters (looks amazing): quakeone.com/reforged
Shameless plug: Every SUNDAY @ 22:00 GMT (adjust for your timezone), we play the original QuakeWorld Team Fortress online... every weekend, it's a great time. Just load up the browser in Darkplaces and EzQuake and you'll find us.
Quake 2: Berserker Quake 2!!!!!!! This one is totally awesome. Don't forget to pop in your Quake 2 cd to fully enjoy it with the original music by Sonic Mayhem.
berserker.quakegate.ru/
www-personal.umich.edu/~jimw/q2/
There are also weapon model updates for both Quake 1 and 2...
System Shock 2: Such an amazing game... an an amazing re-texture and remodel project. Add in Bloom support (make it subtle) and it looks great.
http://www.systemshock.org has everything you need (as you need to take steps which the hold your hand for to get it to work on modern operating systems) Oh, and if you check out www.ttlg.com/forums... there is info on modding Thief to look better, too.
Unreal: Unreal Re-texturing project. I don't know much about this one though so I can't give much info on it. www.celticwarriors.net/Website/S3TC/S3TC.htm
So there you have it. It should keep you busy all weekend. I'm an obsessive modder so why not share the love, pass this info on. Keep old gaming alive!
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