Shack Chat: What FPS game from the 1990s should Nightdive remake next?

Nightdive Studios has been on a tear when it comes to remakes and remasters from the 1990s. What should come next?

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The output of Nightdive Studios continues to amaze the staff at Shacknews. We've seen the studio put out remakes and remasters of beloved 1990s hits like Quake, Doom, Turok, and Star Wars: Dark Forces. We've also seen the team come to bat for lesser appreciated gems like Killing Time, PO'ed, and The Thing.

This has the Shacknews staff wondering what 1990s FPS Nightdive could potentially tackle next? The 90s was a wonderful era. We continue to appreciate Nightdive's efforts to remake it for a new generation.

Question: What FPS game from the 1990s should Nightdive remake next?


Heretic - Ozzie Mejia, Senior Boomer Shooter

Nightdive has been spending a lot of time revitalizing classic id Software shooters. There's still one series that the team hasn't quite gotten to yet. Heretic is remembered as a slight side step for the old Doom engine, taking players into the realm of magic. Picture Doom as a magical world, but one that retains all the ultraviolence.

Originally a collaboration between id and Raven Software, Heretic went on to become a full-blown series, becoming Hexen: Beyond Heretic, Hexen 2, and Heretic 2. While Heretic was re-released on Steam back in 2007, a full remaster is worthy of cracking the Nightdive agenda. Hopefully, Nightdive can ultimately bring the Phil Spencer T-shirt prophecy to pass.


Unreal Tournament - TJ Denzer, Remembers when Epic made more than one game

I think with the remasters and remakes of the Quake games up to this point, it’s probably time to give their greatest competitor ever some love. I refuse to take part in the Quake vs Unreal Tournament debate because I have a lot of love for both franchises, but come on. Unreal Tournament has been languishing in the gutter for way too long while Quake fans have at least had remasters of the first and second game.

There are a lot of fun weapons and maps in that original Unreal Tournament, making for some of the best Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, and Domination game modes ever set to an FPS. If we’re going to keep having this silly argument about what’s better between Quake and Unreal, can Unreal fans at least have a good refresher of what we’ve been missing?


Redneck Rampage - Asif Khan, CEO/EIC/EIEIO, Was at home on January 6, 2021

Since Nightdive Studios probably has the less obscure 90s FPS games taken care of, I thought I would suggest they give the Quake 2 remastered treatment to Redneck Rampage. They could even include a new episode that features an assault on the capital building with players having to defend Congress and freedom.


Wolfenstein 3D - Bill Lavoy, Sakhal Wanderer

I’m not asking for this because I remember it fondly. I actually don’t remember it well at all. I played a little, but that was a long time ago. If Nightdive could take this on and give us a proper remake, I’d be in for sure. My only Wolfenstein experience comes from the newer games, and it would be nice to go back in time a bit.


Marathon - Sam Chandler, Durandal’s nightmare

I never played much of the original Marathon titles. I dabbled in Durandal when it was released on the Xbox Live Arcade on the Xbox 360, and I’ve even got the trilogy downloaded now thanks to its freeware status. And yet I’ve still never played enough to dig deep into the lore. I’ve read the wiki pages, sifted through information about the AIs, and poured over spreadsheets that show the game’s complex timeline. And yet, here I am, with maybe an hour’s worth of playtime.

Now that Bungie is in… whatever position it’s currently in… I think it’s time Sony looks to revitalize public interest in Bungie’s games with some remasters and remakes. Now, I’ve previously said that Bluepoint should take the lead here, but I think Nightdive is the ideal choice.

Bring players a modern remake of the original Marathon trilogy. Get us all excited about the lore before Bungie releases whatever Marathon ends up being.


Goldeneye 007 - Donovan Erskine, Secret agent

I know that modern conversation has slightly soured on Goldeneye, with many claiming the game wasn’t as good of a shooter as we recall. That may be true, but you can’t deny the nostalgia and childhood memories caught up in the iconic shooter. A remake would not only sell plenty of copies, but would likely be Nightdive’s most high-profile remake to date.


Those are our selections. What would you like to see Nightdive Studios take on next? Join the conversation and let us know in the comments or jump into the Official Shacknews Community Discord.

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?

From The Chatty
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    October 26, 2024 9:00 AM

    Ozzie Mejia posted a new article, Shack Chat: What FPS game from the 1990s should Nightdive remake next?

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      October 26, 2024 9:10 AM

      Strife

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      October 26, 2024 9:15 AM

      Preferably a short one, so they can finish it with less than 7 years of development time.

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      October 26, 2024 10:41 AM

      Trespasser

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        October 26, 2024 1:03 PM

        While I'd agree, that's beyond the scope of a remaster.

        The ones I want are unlikely due to rights issues. Alien's Vs Predator and The Terminator: Skynet.

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        October 26, 2024 2:43 PM

        I want a VR version. It’d be perfect for motion controls.

      • rms legacy 10 years legacy 20 years mercury super mega
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        October 26, 2024 9:20 PM

        Keep in mind there is already a very good patched version out, at trescom.org. (Think that url is right)

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          October 26, 2024 9:21 PM

          Sounds ripe for their plucking then! ;)

          I wonder if the patched version runs on Steam Deck….

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      October 26, 2024 11:47 AM

      Well they were working on a SiN remaster which is now on indefinite hiatus… so probably that.

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        October 26, 2024 12:08 PM

        Maybe they got stuck on that one stealth level.

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      October 26, 2024 12:45 PM

      Undying.

      I'd also settle for Team Beef releasing a VR port.

      • rms legacy 10 years legacy 20 years mercury super mega
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        October 26, 2024 9:21 PM

        Man I loved that game so much at the time

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      October 26, 2024 1:31 PM

      SHOGO: Mobile Armor Division

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      October 26, 2024 2:14 PM

      Terra Nova
      Cybermage
      TekWar
      Dark Forces 2
      Terminator SkyNET

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      October 26, 2024 2:42 PM

      Deus Ex

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      October 26, 2024 2:43 PM

      Interstate ‘76
      Giants: Citizen Kabuto

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        October 26, 2024 2:44 PM

        Whoops, just saw the FPS qualifier. (Interstate ‘76 still counts, in my mind. Sort of.)

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      October 26, 2024 2:46 PM

      Comanche (basically a helicopter FPS)

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        October 26, 2024 10:12 PM

        I haven't thought about this game for years! It was a lot of fun when it came out. I remember the maps were super small and the flight dynamics questionable, but flying down a voxel canyon at max speed was always a blast.

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      October 26, 2024 10:24 PM

      Not an FPS but I hope they get to Azrael's Tear.

      I actually managed to find a boxed copy of it a couple years ago - for original retail price, on Amazon; I think it might actually have just been sitting in inventory for 20+ years:
      https://i.imgur.com/AulDmyv.jpeg

      But the original engine runs very differently depending on how much is going on in a given screen; playing with dosbox requires constantly changing values to keep performance acceptable.

      Night Dive tweeted that they were going to do it, but that was years ago.

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      October 26, 2024 11:34 PM

      No One Lives Forever.

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        October 26, 2024 11:35 PM

        They've talked about their struggles with the legal side of that. They clearly want to do it but the rights are a nightmare.

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      October 26, 2024 11:39 PM

      Ultimately Underworld pls

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      October 26, 2024 11:46 PM

      Amen: The Awakening

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      October 27, 2024 5:04 AM

      I'm with Sam, Marathon would be awesome. That's what Bungie should have done instead of whatever multiplayer game they're making.

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      October 27, 2024 6:22 AM

      Your staff picked all my picks** haha! Barring those, I remember Star Trek: Klingon Honor Guard (1998) feeling like it had a lot of missed potential.

      I owned it for the Mac, which came out a few months later in 1999.


      ** I was going to say Redneck Rampage or Marathon right off the bat.

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      October 27, 2024 6:27 AM

      Tron 2.0 is from early 2000 and deserves a remake.

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      October 27, 2024 8:07 AM

      Hexen

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        October 27, 2024 8:38 AM

        Heretic and Hexen getting the Doom Remastered treatment would be fantastic

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      October 27, 2024 8:26 AM

      Realms of the Haunting !

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      October 30, 2024 4:02 PM

      The Operative: No One Lives Forever and the follow up A Spy in HARM's way. Those games were so damn good. The rights are apparently a bit of a nightmare after changing hands a bunch of different times, but I want it.

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