Videogame Demake: Difference between revisions

* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120905084817/http://amon26.site11.com/1_5_Games.html MooD]'', an arena shooter. The game it refers to is [[Sdrawkcab Name|quite obvious]].

* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130929014745/https://mojang.com/notch/j4k/l4kd/ Left 4K Dead]'', another mini-demake by [[Minecraft|Notch]].

* Another [[Game and Watch]] demake: ''[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/535548 Greek and Wicked]''.

* ''[[Donkey Kong Country (video game)|Donkey Kong Country]]'', the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6agVJf-Ew8 NES bootleg.] The graphics are actually ported well.

* ''[[Counter-Strike]] [http://www.cs2d.com/index.php 2D]''.

* ''[[Wolfenstein 3D]] [http://wonder-tonic.com/wolf1d/ 1-D]''. Wait, what?

* ''Codename Gordon'', a Flash platformer made to resemble the first phases of ''[[Half Life]] 2'', back when the latter was still in production — in fact, some of those sections were removed in the final product. It's also a humorous take on the game — faithful to his [[Silent Protagonist]] role, Gordon Freeman has only emoticons to use in dialogues, and characters tell him [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|the world has lost a dimension]]. Originally a fangame, it impressed Valve so much they used it as an official promotional product. The official site is defunct but the game is still among Steam's free games.

** There's also ''[http://www.moddb.com/games/half-life-2d Half-Life 2D]'', but it's quite a lousy game.

* ''[http://cutstuff.net/blog/?page_id=26 ZPortal]'', the gameplay of ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'' brought in the ''[[Doom]]'' engine through the GZDoom source port. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGzjvifGb4c See a trailer.] Interestingly, the project started before the actual release of the original ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'' and was based on how the game appeared in the first videos released by Valve. The authors are the same as ''[http://cutstuff.net/mm8bdm/ Mega Man 8-bit Deathmatch]''.

* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20110424235034/http://www.hpfun.com/flash-games/shooting/doomparody.html Doom Parody]'', a Flash [[Choose Your Own Adventure]]-esque take on ''Doom'' with static images and limited animation.

* ''[http://www.textadventures.co.uk/review/112/ King's Quest V - The Text Adventure]''. Which is...well...a [[Text Adventure]] version of ''[[King's Quest V]]''.

* ''[http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/Wolfendoom_%28Wolfenstein%29 Wolfendoom]''. Instead of being just ''Doom'' backported into its predecessor for better or worse, it has an original and long storyline narrated in the internal "Read This!", putting B.J. Blazkowicz's [[Identical Grandson]] as a military consultant for UAC.

* ''[[Pac-Man|Pac]]-[http://www.pac-txt.com/ Txt.]''

* Even if not a straight demake but a spin-off of the main game, ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20111030044909/http://gigasdrop.jp/game/sg8bit/ Steins;Gate: Henikuukan no Octet]'' aka ''[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Steins;Gate 8 Bit]]'' is more than worth a mention. An extension of the True End of ''[[Steins;Gate]]'', it is made to emulate the style of the Japanese adventure games of the 1980s on [[PC-88]] computers. So, commands entered with a text parser (and like in the old games, they have to be written in English while the rest of the text is in Japanese), FM synth music, simple line art, few and somewhat gaudy colors, even scanlines. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7hpNM6Z34o Look at a clip to get a better idea.]

* ''[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/548516 Runman GB]'' is a simplistic one-button game based on ''[[Run Man Race Around the World]]''. However, beside the lack of color the graphics are oddly better than the original in some ways.

* ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'' may be [https://web.archive.org/web/20111007050105/http://allahweh.wordpress.com/2011/10/05/this-weeks-world-of-unlicensed-games-focuses-on-a-rare-famicom-treat/ the most well-known] among Chinese NES bootlegs, due to its replicating many elements of the original. Interestingly, the bootleg has a prototype which saw mass release and a finished version only found on one cart.

* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]] 2D'', a 2D version of ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 video game)||Sonic the Hedgehog 2006]]''. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDELNiml8Jk Currently, only Sonic's story is playable.]

* A group of Japanese fans is working on a ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' NES demake to put the Chinese bootleg to shame. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LplytE0UaY Some footage has circulated] and already shows a much better look – the sprites are redrawn or at least well-edited, for a start, and seems to have implemented most of the mechanics, like Materia. Unfortunately, it may never see the light of the day due to [[Square Enix|Squenix]] putting an eye on it. Crossing fingers that it manages to reach completion and a translation (hey, someone translated even the Chinese bootleg!).

* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20110731133528/http://www.metroid-database.com/fanapps.php Minitroid]'' (scroll down a little), only a tech demo so far.

* ''[[Ocarina of Time]]'' [http://www.zfgc.com/forum/index.php?topic=1568.0 for Game Boy Color.] Never went beyond the demo.

* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131025063742/http://roflgames.com/gamePageFableous.htm Fableous]'', a ''[[Fable]]'' demake. May not progress further than the demo.

* [http://uk.gamespy.com/articles/101/1011636p1.html Atari 2600 covers] of "old classics" like ''[[Resident Evil 5]]'' and ''[[God of War (series)|God of War]] 3''.

* Among the best and most popular mock-ups are [http://www.geekosystem.com/8-bit-game-demakes/ the works] of Swedish artist Junkboy (alias Markus Toivonen, art director at [[Minecraft|Mojang]], also with useful comparisons with the originals. Among them: ''[[Brutal Legend]]'' running on the SCUMM engine, ''[[Bayonetta]]'''s arcade shmup, ''[[Dead Space (video game)|Dead Space]]'' on the original [[Game Boy]], and ''[[Metal Gear]] Solid 4'' like the series never left the [[MSX]].

** [http://www.destructoid.com/scope-this-halo-pixel-demake-from-mojang-s-art-director-219219.phtml Latest additions]: ''[[Halo]]'' and ''[[Shadows of the Damned]]''.

* In 2007, Pixelation held a competition based on [https://web.archive.org/web/20131002053239/http://wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/index.php?topic=5016.0 mock-up renditions of known games] on the old [[Game Boy]]. (You have to click each pic several times to make it big enough). Of note is ''S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'' as a free-roaming RPG with turn-based battles.

* The first ''[[Monkey Island]]'' on the earliest Nintendo portables: [http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/28278.htm Game Boy] (notice the great pun in the title) and [http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/54631.htm Virtual Boy.] Also, ''Curse of [[Monkey Island]]'' [http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/62154.htm on the Game Boy.]

* ''7th Dragon'', [http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/47006.htm GB edition.]

* ''[[Portal 2]]'' on the [http://playtime.tumblr.com/post/4873743961/agentportalani NES.]

* From a community manager of the Lionhead forums, ''[[Fable]] III'' [http://lionhead.com/forums/p/302132/3652618.aspx#3652618 in 1985.]

 

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