The recent Dooms and Wolfensteen (that’s the plural of Wolfenstein, right?) are worth a shout.

Geometry Wars RE, which I've started playing again on a daily basis. I have this fantasy of of beatinig a very close friend's high score which he set maybe 15 years ago, and when I do I'm going to screen grab the leaderboard, have it printed off onto a custom jigsaw puzzle, and then mail it to him for Christmas

This is looking good:

The Shredders Revenge devs are apparenty ex-Ubisoft employees who worked on the GBA TMNT and Scott Pilgrim.

monkey wrote:

Very much hoping Return to Monkey Island is going to do the business on this front.

I'm struggling with the art direction on it. Need to see it in motion but would've much preferred something closer to monkey 2

JonB wrote:

This is looking good:

Aw man awesome. Loved the SNES games. I had super mint like new copy of 2 which was one of my most regretted sales. Did get over £200 for it though.

RedDave2 wrote:

Does outrun 2 count? If so, outrun 2.

The PS2/Oldbox era Outrun games are on my shortlist of best example of an old game redone for modern audiences.

The Tempests are hot too - T2K is retro I suppose now but T4K is a cracker.

Cave created a whole new way to approach the ancient 2D up the screen shooting game. It's high time they got back to that.   Treasure kicked Gradius up the arse big time.

Virtua Tennis, Wii/Switch Tennis realise the original vision of the Activision Tennis game on the old 2600 and various ropey upgrades through the years (and Pong for that matter) They are quite something.

Quite a good job was made of those later released Megaman games.

Pacman CE (and the Dx upgrade) is a triumph

monkey wrote:

The Shredders Revenge devs are apparenty ex-Ubisoft employees who worked on the GBA TMNT and Scott Pilgrim.

Ah good. I saw a video where one of them said they worked on the GBA Ninja Turtles game, was hoping it was the Ubisoft one.

Davy got in ahead of me with Pac Man CE.

Dotemu are obviously doing great work in this area, and will be doing more sequels and revivals rather than remakes going forward. They're also now looking more at 3D and the late 90s/early 2000s for inspiration, so Saturn, PS1, PS2 etc., and lead designer Jordi Asensio is a huge Sega fan, so there's probably going to be more of their stuff to come.

JonB wrote:

Dotemu are obviously doing great work in this area, and will be doing more sequels and revivals rather than remakes going forward. They're also now looking more at 3D and the late 90s/early 2000s for inspiration, so Saturn, PS1, PS2 etc., and lead designer Jordi Asensio is a huge Sega fan, so there's probably going to be more of their stuff to come.

Outrun 3 confirmed.

Top tier

Streets of Rage 4
DOOM 2016/Eternal
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Monster Boy in the Cursed Kingdom
Sonic Mania
Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection
Pacman Championship Edition/DX
Hard Corps Uprising
Metroid Dread

Second tier

Megaman 11
Windjammers 2
Space Invaders Extreme
Pang Adventures
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Blaster Master Zero Series
Castle of Illusion

All great for existing fans looking to inhale nostalgia or retro leaning newbies looking to play something genuinely good.  Unlike, say, Toejam & Earl: Back in the Groove, which couldn't be enjoyed without an affinity for the series imo.  Or Sonic 4, which surely can't really be enjoyed by anyone.

Golden Axe would be great

Moot_Geeza wrote:

A 2D Shinobi could potentially trump everything for me, although I wouldn't say no to a proper NIGHTS revival. With Yuji Naka employed as office mascot of course.

If a game needs a proper modern treatment it is Nights. And no effing walking around either.

Fightcade2.