The 8 best fan remakes of classic video games

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Sometimes fans want to see a video game remake that the original developers simply have no intention of ever making. Some of the more savvy fans take that as a sign that they need to do the work themselves, remaking their favorite games in new styles and on new platforms. The passion on display in these projects is wonderful to see, but some do stand apart from the crowd. Here are the best fan remakes we’ve seen out there, listed in alphabetical order.

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Another Metroid 2 Remake, usually shortened to AM2R, is the quintessential Nintendo fan game. Created for the series’ 30th anniversary, it reimagines the GameBoy title Metroid 2 in the style of Super Metroid on the Super Nintendo. Original designer Milton Guasti, aka DoctorM64, stopped working on the project after Nintendo sent a DMCA takedown notice, but the Metroid community took it upon themselves to finish the work.

The creators of Black Mesa had the opposite experience. For more than a decade, Crowbar Collective worked to rebuild the original Half-Life the way it was meant to be played, restoring cut content and extending other sequences while greatly increasing graphical fidelity. The result is a runaway success that the original developer Valve openly sells on Steam.

Not all remakes go forward in terms of visuals — sometimes the slickest move is to re-imagine a game on older hardware. That’s what developer Lilith did to Bloodborne, taking the modern PlayStation 4 classic and rewinding it to original PlayStation polygons. The game includes boss fights against the Cleric Beast, Father Gascoigne, and even an original monster. Next up, Bloodborne Kart.

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