Old games often suffer from DRM and technical issues that make them unplayable on modern hardware. This is particularly true of the nineties, which were the Wild West of PC gaming. Unless a developer with the right skill set and connections remasters a title, it's likely to be forgotten with time, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:no matter how popular the series. As far as video games have come in terms of being considered art, the medium has a very pꦫoor track record in preservation.
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While remasters (and remakes) are expected nowadays, there are some titles that we never thought we were goiꦑng to see making a comeback.
In recent years, however, some developers have made pos❀itive changes. NightDive Studios was founded on the principle of preserving old games and making them available for new generations to enjoy. Their remasters tend to be high-quality, and they've resc💝ued games from being abandonware. Here are some of their greatest achievements.
8 I Havꦫe No Mouth And I Must Sܫcream
I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream is based on the Harlan Ellison short story of the same name. It w🦄as censored in several countries on release, with an entire chapter of the game removed outright. The game seemed destined to fade away as abandonware, until NightDive Studios gained the rights.
The updated re-release of I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream is fully compatible with modern PCs♛, and is also available on mobile pho✅nes. The cut content has been restored, allowing you to experience the game as it was meant to be played.
7 Harvester
- Released
- October 1, 1996 ꦏ
- ESRB
- m
- Platform(s)
- PC
- Developer
- 🧸 DigiFX Interactive
- Publisher
- ꦍ Merit Studios 🥃
- How Long To Beat
- 7 Hours
Harvester isn't a particularly beloved game, being an FMV adventure title. The genre is treated as an embarrassing moment in gaming's history - best left forgotten. But NightDive doesn't want you to forget. The spirit of preservation is that all video games should be accessible in the modern era, not just 🍰the popular ones.
Now that Harvester is far removed from the controversy that once dogged it, it's a much more intriguing game. It's hilariously campy, viol🎃ent and over-the-top. With point-and-click experiencing a small resurgence, curious people would be well served checking this game out - if they have the patience.
6 Blood: Fres⛦h Supply ✱
- Released
- May 9, 2019
- ESRB
- m
- Developer(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:NightDive Studios
- Publisher(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:NightDive Studios
- Platform(s)
- PC
Blood is 🏅a cult classic where you shoot cultists. You know it's a good Build engine game when the first level starts and you can kick skulls around. The game has received a few fan-made ports and remakes, but NightDive's Fresh Supply aims to be the definitive edition and let Caleb live again.
Blood: Fresh Supply comes with improved visuals, vertical mo🌠uselook, and rewritten netcode for multiplayer. The quicksave syst🐬em is a bit overwrought, with saves taking several seconds to generate, but this remaster is still the easiest and most accessible way to experience one of the Build engine's last hurrahs.
5 Turok: Dinosaur Hunter 😼
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
- Released
- February 28, 1997 🔯
- ESRB
- t
- Developer(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:NightDive Studios, Iguana Entertainment, Acclaim Entertainment ♉
- Publisher(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:NightDive Studios
- Engine
- kex engine ⛎ ☂
- Franchise
- Turok
- Platform(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 4, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Nintendo 64, Linux, Microsoft Windows, macOS 🏅 🃏
- How Long To Beat
- 8 hours
Based on 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:an obscure comic book, Turok came out at a time when a subtitle like 'Dinosaur Hunter' alone could sell a game. The game was primarily ♌designed with the Nintendo 64 in mind, and as such has a low draw distance and tank controls. It's a good game, just one that aged.
The NightDive Studios remaster fixes Turok's issues without compromising the game's original design. Distance fog can be reduced, but not eliminated, to hidꦆe unfinished areas that players were never meant to see. Modern controls have been implemented, turning the game into a faster, tighter experience.
4 𝕴 Powersla🐲ve: Exhumed
PowerSlave: Exhumed
- Released
- September 19, 1996 🌟
- ESRB
- m
- Publisher(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:NightDive Studios
- Engine
- 🉐 Build, KEX Engine
- Multiplayer
- Localℱ Multiplay🌄er
- Platform(s)
- PC, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Xbox Series X
- Developer
- 🌟 Lobotomy Software 𒈔
Powerslave was a fun PC game with a unique premise, but as a Build engine title it ๊often feels like Blood set in ancient Egypt, even if it came out first. The game was originally designed for the Sega Saturn, and there was a PlayStation version with its own differences.
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NightDive Studios worked to cohere these thre🐭e different ports into a singular, definitive version. Powerslave: Exhumed includes updated visuals and all the different content sca💫ttered across the PC, Saturn and PlayStation ports.
3 𒉰 System Shock: Enhanced Edition
System Shock: Enhanced Edition
- Released
- ✤ September 22, 2015
- ESRB
- t
- Developer(s)
- 🧸 Night Dive Studios
- Engine
- 🃏 𒁃 Kex Engine
- Franchise
- System Shock 𓆉
- Platform(s)
- PC
System Shock is a massively influential FPS that proved storyline could be important in an action game. That is, if you ever managed to figure out all the UI elements. The stiff gameplay made it all but inaccessible to new generations of potential fans, turning them away before they even reached 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the loquacious villain.
NightDive Studios did an excellent job with the enhanced remaster. The developer's earlier remasters, particularly of adventure games, were simply to make the game run on modern hardware. This, however, is a comprehen💃sive update with widescreen support, mouselook and restored content. While the game is still not as intuitive as a modern FPS, and never will be, System Shock: Enhanced Edition is still the most viable way to play this classic title today. If you really want to pretend it's 1994 again, the original version also comes included.
2 Quake
- Released
- May 22, 1996 𒁃
- ESRB
- 𝔉 M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Violence ܫ
- Developer(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:id Software
- Publisher(s)
- Bethesda, GT Interactive
- Engine
- ꧟ Qua🅠ke Engine
- Multiplayer
- 🏅 Online Multiplayer ♑
- Franchise
- Quake
- Number of Players
- 1-4
- Split Screen Orientation
- ܫ Vertical or Horizontal
- Platform(s)
- PC, Switch, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Nintendo 64, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Xbox Series X, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Xbox Series S, Sega Saturn
- How Long To Beat
- 6 Hours
- X|S Optimized
- Yes
- File Size Xbox Series
- 1🍌 GB (November 2023) ꧅
- Metascore
- 87
- Local Co-Op Support
- 1-🍌4 Players 🌌
If the most influential shooter of all time wasn't Doom, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:it would be Quake. The game had fully 3D environments and ene💛mies, and revolutionized online multiplayer. Many aspects of video games we take for granted today were either pioneered or popularized by Quake.
It's a mark of the positive reputation, and publishers' trust, that NightDive Studios had accumulated by 2021 that the Quake remaster was given to it. They rose to the occasion with better performanc♓e, improved multiplayer and new levels developed by Wolfenstein inheritor MachineGames.
1 Doom 64
168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Doom 64
- Top Critic Avg: 76/100 Critics Rec: 76%
- Released
- April 4, 1997
- ESRB
- t
- Developer(s)
- 🎉 Midway Gam🀅es
- Publisher(s)
- 𒊎♌ Midway Games
- Engine
- doom engine
- Franchise
- DOOM
- Platform(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Nintendo 64, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Nintendo Switch, PC, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 4, Xbox One
- How Long To Beat
- 7 Hours
Canonically the fourth title in the Doom series, Doom 64 languished in console exclusivity for a surprisingly long time. Unlike many console-exclusive boomer shooters of the nineties, the ⛄game was never given a PC port. Fan-made ports were the only way for PC gamers to experience the game.
NightDive Studios finally rectified this matter in 2020, officially remastꦅering Doom 64 with new missions intended to connect the storyline between classic Doom and the 2016 reboot. These guys went a long way just to prove that Doom Slayer and Doomguy are the sam𒊎e person.
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Before rolling into the nostalg🎐ia trip that is Doom 64, you should know a few important tips and bits of information✨ about this classic title.
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