Games I would like to see cloned (basically make a game very similar to the original with new open source graphics, but very similar game play
Also, my list of (closed source) favorite games of all time.
1) Ultima Online (okay, well I'm currently working on this one myself, I can't get to them all alright, so I'm just doing one and changing the parts of the game I hated the most like too much client side, the way too many things got dumped into the magic skill etc. It has all new lore of course, not based on the ultima series, but its also a 45 degree isometric multi-player rpg.) The game is called Wograld, and it is at
www.wograld.org 2) Heroes of Might and Magic (any of them really, but 2 was my favorite, I loved the map editor, I would love a free software version with all new graphics and better game balance.
3) Master of Magic, its like civilization, but with magic, I haven't played it in a long time, but I always loved it. Someone could fork that sim or civilization clone to make this.
4) Final Fantasy Five ( I loved the job system too) I liked final fantasy in general up through number 7. Eight had horrid game mechanics though. So did number 10, I never tried 9.
5) Ultima 7 and Ultima 7 serpents isle, similar games, but I would love an open source game with a very similar "feel" to those two, without all the issues like being optimized for dos, having items disappear and of course all new graphics, story. I thought maybe the code base for the original Exult engine could work, but really that whole this is a pain to work with, at least last time I tried (as far as adding new graphics and stuff.
6) I liked the Castlevania series, basically a Gothic horror plat former with rpg elements. I don't think about this one quite as much though.
Notice I'm not listing strait up plat formers like the mario series or the diabalo series, because we already have clones of them, super tux and flare respectively.
