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FFD: What forgotten ideas would you like to see revived?

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Sometimes, tech and ideas are a little ahead of their time – coming out years before the general populace is ready for them. One such technology that could finally break through the niche is Virtual Reality, which is set to become commercially available on a large scale this year.

Of course, it’s not new. We’ve been sold the VR dream in cycles, and every decade somebody tries to come along and convince the world that Virtual Reality is the next big thing.

It’s something we saw with the Wii’s motion control, which kicked off a wave of similar products, other motion-sensing peripherals and me too’s – like PlayStation Move and of course, Kinect. But motion control isn’t new either. Nintendo’s powerglove dabbled with it in the times of the NES, and SEGA’s ill-fated Activator had kids kicking and punching their way through Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter decades ago.

It’s not just ahead-of-its-time tech itself that’s in for a resurgence – we see it in games and ideas too. Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen are bringing back a genre that’s been long dead – the space sim. Telltale, Double Fine and other developers like The Odd Gentlemen have managed to rather successfully re-ignite passions for the humble old adventure game.

Tech and ideas are cyclical; they keep coming back. Which things do you think are ready for a resurgence?

Last Updated: January 15, 2016

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  1. Ottokie

    January 15, 2016 at 10:34

    Turn Based combat in RPG… I am looking at you Enix!

    Reply

    • VampyreSquirrel

      January 15, 2016 at 10:37

      One of the many reasons I didn’t like the FF series.

      Reply

      • Ottokie

        January 15, 2016 at 10:38

        I love Turn Based combat in games, if I wanted combat button massing I would play Devil May cry

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        • VampyreSquirrel

          January 15, 2016 at 10:42

          Never been a fan of turn based anything. RTS, combat, etc… another reason why Jagged Alliance, and the like, didn’t really pull me in.

          Reply

          • Ottokie

            January 15, 2016 at 10:45

            Everyone has a genre they grew up with 😛 I myself prefer anything with leveling up and progression, making me feel like I have an end point to reach. And FF was the first thing that gave me that craving for progression.

          • VampyreSquirrel

            January 15, 2016 at 10:49

            Agreed. I grew up with story based games, where no leveling was included, or FPS… so those are what I go for a lot of the time. I do like my RPG’s that I can level in though (the likes of Diablo, Torchlight, Sacred, etc), just don’t give me turn based combat 😛

          • Ottokie

            January 15, 2016 at 10:50

            I need to update my Diablo 3 to go take a look at the new patch 😛

          • VampyreSquirrel

            January 15, 2016 at 10:55

            It’s pretty cool so far… new season starts today.

        • Captain JJ 4x

          January 15, 2016 at 11:53

          Turn-based is a very specific game type. A lot of people don’t like it much.
          I’m a bit indifferent about it. I don’t usually play them but when I do I get stuck in a single game for days. (especially on 4x games)

          Reply

    • Umar

      January 15, 2016 at 10:37

      ZOMG, I was about to comment this……Have you seen this though? Grand Kingdom coming to the west 😀

      Reply

      • Hammersteyn

        January 15, 2016 at 10:40

        SOLD!

        Reply

      • Ottokie

        January 15, 2016 at 10:40

        I need a PS4 badly 🙁
        But first I need an upgrade to my current TV, the thing is so old it converts back to DEMO mode every time I switch it off

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        • VampyreSquirrel

          January 15, 2016 at 10:43

          Fancy!!! It has demo mode!

          Reply

          • Ottokie

            January 15, 2016 at 10:46

            Hahaha every time my screen changes colour and brightness by itself, I remember I forgot to change everything back

      • RinceThis

        January 15, 2016 at 10:45

        sigh

        Reply

        • Umar

          January 15, 2016 at 10:48

          Go play your witcher game

          Reply

          • RinceThis

            January 15, 2016 at 10:49

            I am playing Until Dawn, you know, a game that is not stuck in the same genre 😛

          • Ottokie

            January 15, 2016 at 10:49

            Zombies…uhg

          • Umar

            January 15, 2016 at 10:51

            ¯_(?)_/¯

          • RinceThis

            January 15, 2016 at 10:53

            You wouldn’t know would you! SIGH! LE!

          • Umar

            January 15, 2016 at 10:58

            Finished it already. You’re really behind. Catch up, RINCE

          • RinceThis

            January 15, 2016 at 11:01

            Yeah, having more than games to do in the evening sucks balls 😛

          • Umar

            January 15, 2016 at 11:02

            …it kind of does suck

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            January 15, 2016 at 11:04

            He’s lying. Rince has to wait for oVg to finish his games first before he gets to play them. trollol *run*

          • Umar

            January 15, 2016 at 11:05

            LOL yhor, leech…..

          • RinceThis

            January 15, 2016 at 11:07

            It’s called brotherly sharing. Sharing is Caring Umar, SHARING IS CARING!

          • Umar

            January 15, 2016 at 11:13

            Says the leech 😛

          • Hammersteyn

            January 15, 2016 at 11:14

            His avatar kinda makes sense 😛

          • RinceThis

            January 15, 2016 at 11:16

            OvG and I have shared games (both ways) since we were kids dude. Something that will never change. Nice to have a brother like that!

          • Umar

            January 15, 2016 at 11:17

            I’m only kidding lol I know what you mean

          • RinceThis

            January 15, 2016 at 11:21

            You know nutting John Snow!

          • RinceThis

            January 15, 2016 at 11:06

            Don’t trip over that ego!

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            January 15, 2016 at 11:11

            Unlikely. I live inside it, kinda like a hamster ball.

          • RinceThis

            January 15, 2016 at 11:12

            Explains the cheek, I mean cheeks…

          • Hammersteyn

            January 15, 2016 at 11:08

            Never saw a red leech in my life before

          • Hammersteyn

            January 15, 2016 at 11:02

            You suck balls in the evening? O_o

          • RinceThis

            January 15, 2016 at 11:03

            0_O Wow man, wow…

          • Hammersteyn

            January 15, 2016 at 11:04

            Meh, I was reaching on that one.

          • Hammersteyn

            January 15, 2016 at 10:54

            Still need to play that. My backlog is getting too damn big!

          • RinceThis

            January 15, 2016 at 10:55

            Stop playing Destiny then 😛

          • Hammersteyn

            January 15, 2016 at 10:56

            Last I played was in October I think XD

          • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

            January 15, 2016 at 11:02

            When are you playing Dying Light? I need a co-op buddy!!!

          • RinceThis

            January 15, 2016 at 11:03

            Can bots play with real people? 0_O

          • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

            January 15, 2016 at 11:05

            Yes, but I have to warn you our AI is atrocious!

          • RinceThis

            January 15, 2016 at 11:06

            Can’t be worse than Fallout 4!

          • Cyberats

            January 15, 2016 at 23:09

            You are HIV Aladin.

      • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

        January 15, 2016 at 11:08

        I want this so badly!

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        • Umar

          January 15, 2016 at 11:13

          I want so many games this year badly lol

          Reply

    • Original Heretic

      January 15, 2016 at 10:47

      I was thinking this exact same thing. Them good ol’ JRPG’s were brilliant back in the day.

      Reply

    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      January 15, 2016 at 11:00

      Turn based combat in RPGs uber alles!!!

      Reply

  2. VampyreSquirrel

    January 15, 2016 at 10:37

    Entire games being released ON release day!! XD

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    • Ottokie

      January 15, 2016 at 10:39

      That’s never gonna happen again, ever xD

      Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      January 15, 2016 at 10:39

      And not requiring a day one patch.

      Reply

  3. Hammersteyn

    January 15, 2016 at 10:39

    24 check in and always online for XBOX. Best feature ever, can’t believe the whiners got their way

    Reply

    • VampyreSquirrel

      January 15, 2016 at 10:43

      LOL

      Reply

    • RinceThis

      January 15, 2016 at 10:45

      You get in the corner!

      Reply

    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      January 15, 2016 at 11:02

      Entitled gamers and gamergate ruined one of the greatest attempts at Capitalism ever! Death to Marxist gamers and their entitlements!!!

      Reply

      • Hammersteyn

        January 15, 2016 at 11:03

        XD

        Reply

    • oVg

      January 15, 2016 at 11:23

      lol now its always on single player games bwahahahaha

      Reply

      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        January 15, 2016 at 11:25

        Remember the days when “you play” actually meant you are playing, and not DRM that stops you from playing.

        Reply

  4. Alien Emperor Trevor

    January 15, 2016 at 10:40

    Honesty and respect for customers from AAA publishers.

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    • VampyreSquirrel

      January 15, 2016 at 10:42

      ^ This

      Reply

    • RinceThis

      January 15, 2016 at 10:42

    • Hammersteyn

      January 15, 2016 at 10:44

      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        January 15, 2016 at 10:48

        Hey now, the question was what you’d like to see, not what you think you’ll see.

        Reply

        • RinceThis

          January 15, 2016 at 10:49

          Then why didn’t you say something like ‘Olivia Wilde serving me strawberries?’

          Reply

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            January 15, 2016 at 11:03

            There’s ridiculous flights of fantasy, and then there’s just completely insane. Also, I never thought of that and now I wish I had.

        • Hammersteyn

          January 15, 2016 at 10:50

          True, but their reaction is the same

          Reply

    • Umar

      January 15, 2016 at 10:49

      100

      Reply

    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      January 15, 2016 at 11:03

      +10 000 Power Points!

      Reply

    • Captain JJ 4x

      January 15, 2016 at 11:46

      Take away the “AAA” designation and it’ll change.
      They think they’re special for having “AAA” games, so they’ll keep doing what they want.

      Reply

  5. RinceThis

    January 15, 2016 at 10:41

    Powa Glove! Bring it back!

    Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      January 15, 2016 at 10:41

      It’s bad, so bad!

      Reply

      • RinceThis

        January 15, 2016 at 10:44

        Hahaha! Man, what a piece of crap it was. How about the superscope!

        Reply

        • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

          January 15, 2016 at 11:04

          What the… that looks like one of those instruments vets use to impregnate cows… 😮

          Reply

          • Hammersteyn

            January 15, 2016 at 11:07

            HAHAHA

          • RinceThis

            January 15, 2016 at 11:08

            You’d know!

        • oVg

          January 15, 2016 at 11:07

          DONT FUCK WITH THE SUPER SCOPE

          Reply

          • RinceThis

            January 15, 2016 at 11:08

            You utter bastard. You go TOO FAR!

    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      January 15, 2016 at 11:03

      If we were at the same primary school, I would have punched you in the throat with my Powa GLOVE!!!

      Reply

      • RinceThis

        January 15, 2016 at 11:08

        Pah! I would have… I would have… I have a bigger brother than you!

        Reply

        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          January 15, 2016 at 11:10

          The Banana IS big brother!

          Reply

          • RinceThis

            January 15, 2016 at 11:25

            Pah, I’d pit OvG against ol Pixels boy any day. I mean come on, he couldn’t even get the movie right!

          • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

            January 15, 2016 at 11:27

            Pixels boy? Wow dude… that hurt.. 🙁

  6. Sageville

    January 15, 2016 at 10:43

    I miss Star Control II – those type of games – can’t describe what it was…

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  7. Alien Emperor Trevor

    January 15, 2016 at 10:44

    When it comes to games I think we’re actually in a really good place – space sims are back, isometric RPGs are back, story-based games are back, there’s so much variety to choose from. It’s great. We’re no longer at the mercy of AAAs, telling us what we do & don’t want to play.

    Reply

    • RinceThis

      January 15, 2016 at 10:46

      Um… Are you being… Optimistic? 0_O Will the real Trev, please stand up, please stand up!

      Reply

      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        January 15, 2016 at 10:53

        I am, generally, an optimistic person. It’s just not really all that fun to talk shit about. ;P

        Reply

        • RinceThis

          January 15, 2016 at 10:54

          Lies! LIES! Everyone, he is LYING!

          Reply

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            January 15, 2016 at 10:59

    • Original Heretic

      January 15, 2016 at 10:51

      Yeah, I’m sitting here thinking about all the old games that I loved playing, trying to think of something of the same type that isn’t really available these days, but there’s so much variety now, something pretty much has it covered.
      About the only thing I can think of is a Fallout game that hearkens back to Fallout 1 and 2. Good ol’ isometric turn based action.

      Reply

      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        January 15, 2016 at 10:53

        Wasteland 2 & UnderRail. There you go! 😀

        Reply

        • Original Heretic

          January 15, 2016 at 10:56

          I got Wasteland 2, but damn, I want a new Fallout game like that!

          Reply

  8. Hammersteyn

    January 15, 2016 at 10:45

    I’d like to see forgotten games revived like C&C, Wing Commander, Tie Fighter vs. X-Wing, Earthworm Jim, and many many more

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    • VampyreSquirrel

      January 15, 2016 at 10:51

      Any dev would kill Earthworm Jim right now, because they’d try make another 3D version of the game… and it’s made to be a sidescroller.

      We need a new C&C Generals game though… I might actually play an RTS again if that happened.

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      • Hammersteyn

        January 15, 2016 at 10:52

        I think they’ve learned their lesson, 2-D platforming has come back in a big way.

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        • VampyreSquirrel

          January 15, 2016 at 10:55

          Yeah it has, and hopefully those keep coming in… I love 2D platformers

          Reply

          • Hammersteyn

            January 15, 2016 at 10:56

            Shovel Knight! So good

          • Ottokie

            January 15, 2016 at 10:57

            Shovel Knight is probably the best 2D game of 2015

          • VampyreSquirrel

            January 15, 2016 at 10:59

            On my wishlist. Castle Crashers is awesome fun, especially with friends. Dust: An Elysian Tale is awesome too.

            There’s so many!!

      • RinceThis

        January 15, 2016 at 10:53

        Totally what you said.

        Reply

    • Captain JJ 4x

      January 15, 2016 at 11:55

      I’d like a new Tiberian Sun.
      Earthworm Jim can be done, but Trine style 3d-side scroller.

      Reply

    • R1ker

      January 15, 2016 at 12:14

      I would love to see a new space sim in the line of x-wing alliance based on the new movie that came out.

      Reply

  9. Jan Prins

    January 15, 2016 at 10:45

    I would love to see Whiny 4.0 uninstalled from gamers the world over and have LetsHaveFun 1.2 reinstalled

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    • VampyreSquirrel

      January 15, 2016 at 10:52

      That’ll only happen when YourMom 5.2.13 gets flagged as a virus and wiped from the world.

      Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      January 15, 2016 at 10:54

      But why do they whine?

      Reply

      • Jan Prins

        January 15, 2016 at 11:00

        Because they/we are a bunch of entitled little dogs of the female persuasion.

        Reply

        • Hammersteyn

          January 15, 2016 at 11:01

          I think you may have turned to the EA side of the force

          Reply

  10. PestControl

    January 15, 2016 at 10:49

    I would LOVE to see a remake/sequel to Omikron: The Nomad Soul.

    Reply

  11. RinceThis

    January 15, 2016 at 10:50

    How about a remake of Mario 3? Bwahahahah Fuck off, it don’t NEED a remake!

    Reply

    • Ottokie

      January 15, 2016 at 10:51

      It’s called Mario Maker now

      Reply

    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      January 15, 2016 at 10:51

      Doesn’t that glorified pokemon plumber have a new game every year?

      Reply

      • RinceThis

        January 15, 2016 at 10:53

        Ouch man, ouch. Geoff has feelings heard of feelings man.

        Reply

  12. Hammersteyn

    January 15, 2016 at 10:52

    I’d like the idea of games not being exclusives to be revived

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    • Jan Prins

      January 15, 2016 at 11:02

      Yeah. Like how the arcade games operated back in the 80’s. They did not discriminate against my 20c. They all loved getting my money.

      Reply

      • Hammersteyn

        January 15, 2016 at 11:03

        Those days were awesome!

        Reply

  13. Hammersteyn

    January 15, 2016 at 10:57

    LAN gaming! Bring it back damn you!

    Reply

    • Ottokie

      January 15, 2016 at 10:58

      PC’s are heavy these days. Back in the GT8800 nvidia days, things were different xD

      Reply

      • Hammersteyn

        January 15, 2016 at 11:00

        LOL puny human!

        Reply

      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        January 15, 2016 at 11:00

        lol yes. I don’t want to pick up my case. I’d rather try benching in the gym.

        Reply

        • VampyreSquirrel

          January 15, 2016 at 11:15

          Yeah… my PC is heavier with my new stuff in it than it was before… and that’s saying a lot. I think it’s the GTX 970 though

          Reply

        • RinceThis

          January 15, 2016 at 11:16

          *try* You said it.

          Reply

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            January 15, 2016 at 11:17

            I know I said try. It wasn’t an accident, unlike you! BOOM

          • RinceThis

            January 15, 2016 at 11:22

            The about of research and pain staking experimentation that went into making me was NO ACCIDENT… I mean 0_O

    • oVg

      January 15, 2016 at 11:21

      Split screen Ya I never dreamed that even the Halo franchise would scrap it.

      Reply

  14. Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

    January 15, 2016 at 10:59

    Xbox fanboism – Life feels empty without rabid xbots quoting sales figures, lauding gears of war and how Kinect is the best thing since Lord Emperor Gaben.

    I really miss the fundamentalist xbots. Pieter doesn’t count, because he’s like the lone bergie outside a Solie Kramer liquor store. I demand my xbots back! Damnit Microsoft, get your act together!!

    Reply

    • RinceThis

      January 15, 2016 at 10:59

      Yeah, where is Pieter? 0_O

      Reply

      • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

        January 15, 2016 at 11:00

        Pieter is like lans – never here when you need him 🙁

        Reply

      • Jan Prins

        January 15, 2016 at 11:01

        Still having fun with his Xbone?

        Reply

        • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

          January 15, 2016 at 11:08

          He might have been killed when the xbone rolled over and fell on him. That thing is massive. You could kill a man with it.

          Reply

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            January 15, 2016 at 11:08

            Rolled over? But how? Is there even a lever long enough on the planet to tip one over?

          • oVg

            January 15, 2016 at 11:09

            In then some with the power adapter 🙂

          • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

            January 15, 2016 at 11:11

            I heard that the gods punished Sisyphus by having him try to roll the xbone’s power adapter up a hill, but whenever he gets to the top, it slides down…. 😮

          • oVg

            January 15, 2016 at 11:20

            tee hee hee so much fanboy I love it

    • Hammersteyn

      January 15, 2016 at 11:00

      Bwahahaha!

      Reply

    • oVg

      January 15, 2016 at 11:04

      Ya, this next gen war has been very one sided.

      Reply

      • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

        January 15, 2016 at 11:06

        These days I have to find my LULZ elsewhere (on lolcow forums), trolling SJWs and MRAs. 🙁 I miss the days of trolling xbots, nintendofags and Sony Ponies on lagz

        Reply

      • Hammersteyn

        January 15, 2016 at 11:07

        I wouldn’t call it a war, exactly. That suggests both sides stand an equal chance of winning.

        Reply

        • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

          January 15, 2016 at 11:07

          It’s been a massacre! GENOCIDE!!! 🙁

          Reply

  15. Milesh Bhana

    January 15, 2016 at 10:59

    AAA PSN+ Games, we had those as recently as 2 years ago.

    Reply

  16. Hammersteyn

    January 15, 2016 at 11:01

    Revive the days without MOBAS!

    Reply

    • Ottokie

      January 15, 2016 at 11:01

      Dota All stars would come back then

      Reply

    • VampyreSquirrel

      January 15, 2016 at 11:07

      Death to MOBAS! XD

      Reply

    • hairyknees

      January 15, 2016 at 11:18

      O_O

      Reply

    • hairyknees

      January 15, 2016 at 11:18

      NEVER!

      Reply

      • Hammersteyn

        January 15, 2016 at 11:24

        XD

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        January 15, 2016 at 11:26

        But without MOBAs just think of how much time you’d be able to devote to FNAF lets-plays and Farming Sim games!

        Reply

    • RinceThis

      January 15, 2016 at 11:21

      Yes!

      Reply

  17. oVg

    January 15, 2016 at 11:02

    Full motion videogames need to come back like the X-Files and Wing Commander games. I would love Mass Effect with real actors considering they just stand around talking most of the time.

    Reply

  18. Hammersteyn

    January 15, 2016 at 11:08

    Bring back cartridge games as well. Blowing is fun

    Reply

    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      January 15, 2016 at 11:12

      That’s how many a young geek learnt how to kiss. Screw oranges, a real man learnt how to kiss while blowing on a cartridge.

      Reply

      • RinceThis

        January 15, 2016 at 11:13

        I… I… 0_O

        Reply

      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        January 15, 2016 at 11:15

        Wow, that explains my failures. Growing up I only had a tape deck.

        Reply

        • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

          January 15, 2016 at 11:18

          Uh………

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        • oVg

          January 15, 2016 at 11:19

          So your ideas of sex are warped 😛

          Reply

          • RinceThis

            January 15, 2016 at 11:22

            Stretched we could say teheeh

          • oVg

            January 15, 2016 at 11:32

            Just use a pencil 😛

    • RinceThis

      January 15, 2016 at 11:13

      0_O

      Reply

      • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

        January 15, 2016 at 11:19

    • oVg

      January 15, 2016 at 11:18

      They dont need to come back lol. They made shit to last in the old days. I bet half of those 1988 Nintendos all hiding in storage still work to this day. Mine does.

      Reply

  19. Lardus-For the Emperor!

    January 15, 2016 at 11:09

    Game demos…games without day 1 patches…games that WORK ON RELEASE!

    Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      January 15, 2016 at 11:09

      As long as the internet is around we can forget it

      Reply

      • Loftus

        January 15, 2016 at 11:11

        Because piracy

        Reply

        • oVg

          January 15, 2016 at 11:17

          lol

          Reply

      • Lardus-For the Emperor!

        January 15, 2016 at 11:51

        You lie! #cryface

        Reply

  20. RinceThis

    January 15, 2016 at 11:11

    How about playable demos? Or is that too whack?

    Reply

    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      January 15, 2016 at 11:11

      These days games (on release) are playable demos….

      Reply

      • RinceThis

        January 15, 2016 at 11:12

        Yeah, I meant without paying. Use to love buying NAG with the DVD attached!

        Reply

        • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

          January 15, 2016 at 11:13

          You bought NAG? Dear heavens man… you have my utmost sympathies.

          Reply

          • RinceThis

            January 15, 2016 at 11:14

            Don’t be mean! They had a kak year least, you souless app.

          • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

            January 15, 2016 at 11:14

            Pfftt I don’t need an emotion chip like Data from Star Trek. I keep it real! Like a young OG.

          • oVg

            January 15, 2016 at 11:15

            Emotions AKA David Cage

          • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

            January 15, 2016 at 11:16

            Emotions are for emo kids, One DIrection fans, Republicans, Jacob Zuma’s advisors and Geoffrey Tim!

          • RinceThis

            January 15, 2016 at 11:17

            So says the JRPG fan? *runs

          • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

            January 15, 2016 at 11:17

            JRPGs made me the man I am today!

          • RinceThis

            January 15, 2016 at 11:20

            *You’re a real boy!

          • oVg

            January 15, 2016 at 11:31

            or girl

          • RinceThis

            January 15, 2016 at 11:32

            Let’s just call him a JRPG character and leave it at that. That way he can be one, the other, or both, all at the same time.

          • oVg

            January 15, 2016 at 11:37

            Like David Bowie 🙂

          • Hammersteyn

            January 15, 2016 at 11:37

            lol

          • RinceThis

            January 15, 2016 at 11:40

            TOO SOON

          • oVg

            January 15, 2016 at 11:15

            He also bought Nintendo Power 🙂 He is safe.

          • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

            January 15, 2016 at 11:15

            Good! I used to buy EGM from Paper Weight (back when you could get a kilo of magazines for R10)

          • Hammersteyn

            January 15, 2016 at 11:17

            same again!

          • Hammersteyn

            January 15, 2016 at 11:15

            Same here, so that I could see pics of all the SNES games I could never play.

          • RinceThis

            January 15, 2016 at 11:21

            Remember when Cliffy B was in one?!

          • oVg

            January 15, 2016 at 11:27

            Ya, he was in the highest scores at the back of the mag. Back then people had to take a photo of the screen and then develop the fucking film and send it via post to Nintendo Mag.

            Kudos to those kids.

          • RinceThis

            January 15, 2016 at 11:28

            Kudos, yeah, KODAK, no longer bwahaha

    • oVg

      January 15, 2016 at 11:12

      Free demos. It was the developers privilege to have us play their games in the old days. It was free advertising to them. Now its the other way around lol.

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      • RinceThis

        January 15, 2016 at 11:13

        Very few remember that…

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        • Hammersteyn

          January 15, 2016 at 11:14

          I do!

          Reply

        • oVg

          January 15, 2016 at 11:14

          The SEAL OF QUALITY needs to come back.

          Reply

          • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

            January 15, 2016 at 11:15

            OH MY WORD… dude the SEAL OF QUALITY!!!! :O YES!!!

      • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

        January 15, 2016 at 11:14

        Listen to this man, he is wise and he speaks the Truth!

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  21. Original Heretic

    January 15, 2016 at 11:11

    I know they’ve recently redone the Kings Quest games, but what about the other Quest games? Heroes Quest? Space Quest? Have there been remakes of those?

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    • Hammersteyn

      January 15, 2016 at 11:13

      I bet they will if Kings Quest sells well enough

      Reply

    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      January 15, 2016 at 11:14

      The people who made Space Quest had a Kickstarter for a game called SpaceVenture.

      Reply

      • Hammersteyn

        January 15, 2016 at 11:15

        Venture sounds like a business. Should have called it adventure

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    • Loftus

      January 15, 2016 at 11:15

      I loved me Quest for Glory!

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  22. oVg

    January 15, 2016 at 11:11

    I would love the option to turn off ALL VOICE ACTING in the next Final Fantasy game 🙂 Just subtitles thank you very much.

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    • Umar

      January 15, 2016 at 11:13

      Old school. Was playing Rogue Galaxy and some scenes have no voice acting…Actually miss it.

      Reply

    • RinceThis

      January 15, 2016 at 11:15

      But Venille! What a voice!

      Reply

  23. Loftus

    January 15, 2016 at 11:18

    I would like to see a lekker Age of Empires 2 game again. but i think it might have been all those lan sessions with buddies

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    • oVg

      January 15, 2016 at 11:25

      MMMMMmmmmm EA rub hands together in gleeful thought.

      Reply

      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        January 15, 2016 at 11:26

        A mobile F2P game!

        Reply

  24. Hammersteyn

    January 15, 2016 at 11:19

    Bring back Fresca!

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    • oVg

      January 15, 2016 at 11:24

      ???

      Reply

      • Hammersteyn

        January 15, 2016 at 11:26

        I miss it and I was too young to see if I could mix it with Vodka or something

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    • Jan Prins

      January 15, 2016 at 11:25

      But Fresca tastes like nothing

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      • Hammersteyn

        January 15, 2016 at 11:25

        Other way around

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        • Jan Prins

          January 15, 2016 at 11:27

          Nothing tastes like Fresca = Fresca Tastes Like Nothing

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    • Ottokie

      January 15, 2016 at 11:29

      Vanilla Coke!

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      • VampyreSquirrel

        January 15, 2016 at 11:43

        You can get that at most Checkers and Spars at R10 a can.

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        • Ottokie

          January 15, 2016 at 11:45

          Damn, I don’t go to those dumps 😛

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    • VampyreSquirrel

      January 15, 2016 at 11:44

      Yeah, I need my original Vodka mix back.

      Though… you can get Fresca in the states… in 2 or 3 flavors.

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      • Hammersteyn

        January 15, 2016 at 12:04

        O_o

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        • VampyreSquirrel

          January 15, 2016 at 12:10

          IKR!?

          Reply

  25. BacchusZA

    January 15, 2016 at 11:20

    Well, looking at the header image, I’d start with proper CPR technique……..

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    • oVg

      January 15, 2016 at 11:24

      Depends how hot the chick is.

      Reply

  26. Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

    January 15, 2016 at 11:26

    I wish Sega would revive the Dreamcast! Sony needs real competition!

    Reply

  27. The Sten

    January 15, 2016 at 11:32

    Most of these old games/ideas that people say they’d like revived never actually died. You just have to look harder for them because media stops reporting on it and other games advertising budgets eclipse them.

    For example, you mentioned Elite dangerous and Star Citizen bringing back the space styled sim, when EVE Online has been going for 12 years and by all means is a grand game.

    Its more about whats in the spotlight and what isnt.

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      January 15, 2016 at 11:41

      EVE isn’t a space sim, it’s space Excel. 😉

      Reply

  28. konfab

    January 15, 2016 at 11:36

    Light guns.
    In VR they will be a killer

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  29. Captain JJ 4x

    January 15, 2016 at 11:44

    Like we all know, EA “innovated too much” with the mobile Dungeon Keeper game, so I don’t think EA should try something new or old ever again.

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  30. Aries

    January 15, 2016 at 11:49

    Games that work on day 1

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  31. Dane

    January 15, 2016 at 12:14

    Imagine the room for activity on Empire Earth 4.

    Reply

  32. Ghost In The Rift

    January 15, 2016 at 12:40

    KOTOR an not online, but i’m wasting my breath on wishful thinking.

    Reply

  33. Cyberats

    January 15, 2016 at 23:07

    Engaging story lines and not MMOs, like TSR’s Forgotten Realms (Pool of Radiance), KoToR 1&2, Dragon Age 1&2, Mass Effect 1-3, Neverwinter Nights. Less button mashing more auto-fighting by specs..

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