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Virtual Vox Pop: Which Games Should Be Next To Receive The ReBirth Treatment?
By Jeffrey L. Wilson On 14 Oct, 2009 At 11:20 PM | Categorized As Virtual Vox Pop | With 2 Comments

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Virtual Vox Pop is a weekly open mic in which we ask you, the reader, to sound off on a particular topic. This week, it’s neo-retro games.

Konami’s ReBirth series has seen the company apply updated visuals and gameplay (and even entirely new series entries done in a 16-bit style), to the likes of Contra, Gradius, and Castlevania: The Adventure. These neo-retro titles offer sidescrolling gameplay and muisc which defined the classics of long ago, but benefit from 15 to 20 years of programming knowledge and advancement.

Bonk, Rocket Knight, and Mega Man are also member of the neo-retro club, but what should be next? If you had the say to greenlight a game remake/reimagning, which titles would you place in line to for a makeover? Any company, any era.

Personally, I’d love to see River City Ransom go that route, simply so that I can have Alex and Ryan mix it up with punk high schoolers on my HD display. Considering that Miracle Kidz, a developer staffed by some of Technos’ original programmers, has released Downtown Smash Dodgeball, an unofficial HD update of Super Dodgeball for the XBLA Indie Marketplace, I’m hoping for what would be  a beat ‘em up miracle.

Thoughts!

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About - Founder and Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey L. Wilson’s love of all things shiny/digital has lead to jobs penning gadget- and video game-related nerd-copy for E-Gear, Laptop, LifeStyler, Parenting, PC Magazine, Sync, Wise Bread, and WWE. Besides overseeing the editorial content at 2D-X.com, the Brooklyn College grad hosts New York City’s monthly Bits and Bytes video game media and public relations meetup. You can find him at a bar sampling foreign beers, or on Twitter doing twittery things.

  • Bill Williams

    I agree with you, Jeff. It’s all about RCR. Who has the rights to the license now? Is it Atlus?

  • Richard Head

    I third River City Ransom, and raise you one Renegade. NES version, of course.

  • http://www.theflatness.com Justin Bailey

    I would love to see a new game in the Battle Clash/Metal Combat series for the Wii. Seems like a revival of a light gun game would work perfectly with the Wii control scheme–it could play like a cross between Virtual On and Sin & Punishment 2. Think about it, a modern shooter, with “bullet hell” elements, but first-person, and with awesome mecha designs. Wouldn’t that rule?

  • Sam Mash

    Justin, that’s a really good idea. Has anyone attempted that?