
By now, most game fans are well aware of a childhood game that they loved and that has been recreated. Remakes can give a game enthusiast graphics, or even additional content and a slightly revamped story. Much less well-known, however, are the video game demakes, where fans or a group of fans take a modern game and try to make it look like it belongs on an older console.
By their very nature, video game demakes usually don’t get very far. They’re fan-made, so sometimes they may not get past the concept stage until they’re told to stop. But for anyone who wants a burst of nostalgia without always playing a game they beat years ago, video game demakes are a great change of pace.
10 SplatooD turned its game into a top-down multiplayer game
In 2015, a group of developers created a splatoon demake designed to make the title look like a NES game called SplatooD (pronounced “Splat 2D”). It was a fully functioning game that vaguely resembled Pac-Man in level design and even ran on an NES flashcart for people who knew how to make their own game. SplatooD was a surprisingly accurate representation of what the actual game looked like.
During SplatooD, two players competed across a small stage to cover it with their color paint. If a player encounters another player while controlling a larger portion of the map, he can splash that player and start over.
9 Resident Evil retains all the horror, even as an 8-bit game
Demakes have been around long before the advent of retro gaming. The original Resident Evil got a demake that made it look and play like a classic NES game. called Biohazardthe Japanese name for Resident Evilturned out to be a fully functioning version of the PlayStation 1 classic.
The Biohazard make turns Resident Evil in a top-down experience, but everything else is intact, including Resident Evil’s suitcase inventory system. Combat encounters go from action to a challenging mini-game, making every bullet count more than ever.
8 Disco Elysium: Game Boy Edition retains the feel of the original, but like a Game Boy game
Disco Elysium is widely regarded as one of the greatest video games of all time. A game with that kind of pedigree will no doubt inspire other developers, and that’s exactly what happened. Colin Brannan and GB Studio made a version of Disco Elysium which resembles the original Nintendo handheld, the Game Boy.
The demake takes the first part of Disco Elysium and makes the most accurate adjustment possible, taking into account the limitations of the system. People who like the series can play Disco Elysium: Game Boy Edition now, assuming they’re willing to download a Game Boy emulator.
7 Low Mem Sky was made in just 12 days
Science fiction fans have tried it everywhere No Man’s Sky now a game with seemingly infinite galaxies to explore. But in 2018, game developer Paul Nicholas made a way for retro fans to still get a similar solution. The game Low Mem Sky was made during a Demake Jam in just twelve days. Like the original game, it relies on procedural generation to create over 180 . to create billion galaxies, each containing eight procedurally generated planets.
Players can fly from system to system, land on planets and even explore. The only thing it is can not do is keep adding features like No Man’s Sky as the game simply can’t fit more content into the PICO-8 cartridge it was designed for.
6 Left 4K Dead condenses Left 4 Dead to four kilobytes
When Valve was still making video games, Left for dead was a huge hit thanks to the incredible co-op gameplay that fans are still asking for Left 4 Dead 3 up to the present day. The series was such a huge success that Minecraft creator Markus Persson made a demake of it not long after the game was released.
4K left dead was part of an annual competition known as Java4K, targeting games no larger than four kilobytes. Despite such strict restrictions, the game is still fun and challenges players to fight zombies as they fight their way through a level.
5 The Border Lands is a 16-bit demake created by Gearbox itself
Just before the release of Borderlands 2Gearbox Software has made a demake of the original itself Border areas. The demake faithfully recreates as much of the game as possible, just in a 16-bit format. For a while it was available to play for free, although people may have to search for it a little harder these days.
The border areas demake turned the game into a top-down shooter, where players could shoot enemies as they level up and occasionally pick up newer, more powerful weapons. It’s not a perfect version of the game, but they have the spirit of border areas. Unfortunately, the game lacks comedic relief ‘bot Claptrap.
4 Pixel Force: Halo turns Halo into a classic 8-bit adventure game
Developer Eric Ruth has created a series of video games known as Pixel power, where modern classic games received 8-bit demakes. The creator has been working on several of these, including one that allowed players to control Master Chief.
In this version of Halothe game plays more like a contrary then play the Halo people are used to. But it’s not quite a simple shooter either. There are also a few vehicle sections to play through, giving Master Chief a chance to continue fighting this insurmountable threat.
3 Genshin Impact has turned into a Pixel Art JRPG
Genshin impact is one of the most popular games of the moment, not only because of its characters and all its hilarious memes, but also because of its beautiful environments. Perhaps the only way to improve the visuals is the beautiful 2D pixelated version of pixel artist OhoDavi.
At the moment this is Genshin impact demake lives on Twitter in the form of a twenty-two second clip that looks like something from a Game Boy Advance game from the 2000s. There, the Traveler teams up with Keqing and Ningguang to defeat a Ruin Hunter in a beautifully rendered version from Liyue.
2 Super Smash Land Offers Game Boy Style Super Smash Bros
It says something about how strong Nintendo’s visual identity is Super Smash Bros could get a Game Boy style demake and it doesn’t look out of place. This demake features four main characters: Mario, Kirby, Link, and Pikachu. But there are also a few hidden characters that can be unlocked in Mega Man and Vaporeon for a total of six characters.
There are also a handful of unlockable stages, so players have plenty of content to have fun with. Curious players can still play the game on PC, but the controls have been simplified to match the Game Boy’s two-button options, so be warned.
1 Bloodborne PSX gives fans another way to fall in love with the game
Bloodborne is considered by many to be the greatest PlayStation 4 game of all time, and it’s the first game to have fans begging for a port to PC. But while the regular version of the game may not be available, PC players can play Bloodborne PSX. As the name suggests, this demake makes the game resemble classic PlayStation 1 titles.
It’s not just the graphics that are being downgraded, but also the UI and controls, which resemble a title straight out of the 1990s. While the game isn’t a perfect recreation, with ten different weapons and multiple customization options available, Bloodborne PSX is a good reason to return to the game for people who have already played it a dozen times. However, the game is not complete, so players who Bloodborne endings in PSX graphics are still unlucky.
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