Wish

I am passionate of pc gaming and one aspect I like is the huge availability of retro-games on this platform.

Unfortunately, a lot of games are simple not easily available, either because the company that made them went bankrupt, or because they don't care about re-relasing them, or because they are in a legal fight on who owns the IP.

In recent years, there has been a big push for the preservation of old titles and a lot of good work has been done, but there are still a lot of games not available.

These lists are not complete by any means, it's just a bunch of games that to me look interesting/fun/thought "Sure, why not?".

I did not include games based on non-gaming original IPs since licensing rights are too much of a problem, so highly coveted games such as Battle for Middle-Earth 2 are not present. 

From Capcom:
  • Mega Man Legends 1 (Technically, 2 got a windows release, but only in Japan)
  • Breath of Fire 4
  • Dino Crisis 1 + 2
  • Chaos Legion
  • Onimusha 3
From Bandai Namco:
  • Pac-Man world 2 + 3
From Taito:
  • Taito Legends 1 + 2
From Electronic Arts:
  • Black & White 1 + 2
  • American McGee's Alice
  • Future Cop: LAPD
  • Syndicate (2012)
From Ubisoft:
  • Tonic Trouble
From Microsoft:
  • Freelancer
  • Crimson Skies
  • RoN: Rise of Legends
  • Fable 3
  • Viva Piñata
  • Starlancer
From Konami:
  • Frogger 1997 + 2: Swampy's Revenge + Frogger Beyond
  • Silent Hill 2 + 3
From Square Enix:
  • Gex: Enter the gecko It's going to be released as part of the Gex trilogy
From SEGA:
  • Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg  
  • Sonic Heroes 
  • Universe at War: Earth assault
From Bethesda:
  • Prey (2006)
  • Wolfestein (2009)
From other developers:
  • Fallen Lords: Condemnation (From Novarama)
  • Yager/Aerial Strike (From Yager) 
  • Claw (1997) (From Monolith)
  • Myth trilogy (From Bungie)
  • Dynasty Warriors 5: Special, Japan only release (From Koei Tecmo)
  • Kingdom Under Fire: A War of Heroes Gold Edition (From blueside) Re-released
  • NetStorm: Islands At War (from Activision)

From which its exact copyright holder is unknown:

  • Dark Colony + Dark Colony: The Council Wars (possibly Rockstar/Take two)
  • Project Nomads
  • Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War (possibly THQNordic)
  • The Gladiators: Galactic Circus Games (very possibly Eugen Systems)
  • Atrox (2001)
  • Lords of EverQuest (possibly Darkpaw Games or Daybreak Game Company)
  • Paraworld (possibly Deep Silver)(a game made by the same developer, Diggles: the myth of Fenris, has been re-released by SNEG)
  • Oni (2001) (either Take Two or Bungie) 
  • Nightmare creatures (possibly Activision)
  • Armies of Exigo (possibly the defunct Black Hole Entertainment)
  • Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (possibly THQNordic of Warner Bros) 
  • No One Lives Forever 1 + 2 
  • Croc: The legend of the gobbos + Croc 2
  • Heart of Darkness 
  • Drakan: Order of the Flame 
  • Advanced Battlegrounds: The Future of Combat 
  • Agharta: The Hollow Earth
  • Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles 
  • Castle Strike (2003)
  • Area 51 (2005) 
  • Nocturne (1999)
  • The Devil Inside (2000)
  • Dead Man's Hand (2004)
  • Asghan: The Dragon Slayer
  • Recoil (1999) 
  • Dark Earth (1997)
  • I-Ninja
  • Ascendancy (1995)
  • Army Men: Sarge's War
  • Heretic II
  • The Fate (2003)
  • Pył / Dust (1999)
  • Vivisector - Beast Within 
  • War World: Tactical Combat (2006)
  • Urban Assault (1998)
  • Starlancer (2000)
  • Three Kingdoms: Fate of the Dragon (2001)
  • Space Rangers 2: Dominators
  • Asghan: The Dragon Slayer
  • Conan (2004)

    Fixing/remastering a game is easier said than done, it would be no surprise if anyone would simply not be interested on working on such projects.

    Luckily, there are companies that are specialized on doing such jobs.

    These are the ones I know:

    The most popular and well known, as of now they are busy with the System Shock remake.
    Company focused on re-releasing older games.
    They hold several IPs, exact number (possibly around 140) and which ones specifically unknown.
    Nowadays they are working mostly behind the scenes, but they have done decent work in the past, such working on the modern release of Warlords Battlecry 3.

    • SNEG (steam, no official site yet, community manager here)

    This team is quite new, they have released only few titles, but two of them are the classics Severance:Blade of darkness and Chasm: the rift.

    Might deliver a lot of good remasters or re-releases. 

    Details pending.
    Details pending.
    Details Pending

    I did not include games based on non-gaming original IPs since licensing rights are too much of a problem, so highly coveted games such as Battle for Middle-Earth 2 are not present. 

    The big question is "What can I do?" and I think the only thing is to spread the word.

    If you by any chance know the IP owners of any of these games, please contact them and ask them to re-release/remaster them.

    Even if they are unwilling to work directly, they may cooperate with one of the aforementioned software houses.

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