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What computer games should be on Steam, but aren't?
- Thread starter DocSeuss
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Of course, but if you take a look at the batches of approved titles over the past few months or so you'll notice that Japanese titles aren't exactly uncommon. There's strong demand because up until recently it was a hopelessly underserved market.
Rawket Lawnchair
Member
Yes. What a shame everyone forgot about this game.
Baloonatic
Member
Kind of surprised Capcom haven't released the PC versions of the early Resident Evil games, along with Dino Crisis 1 and 2. As far as I know they are easy to get working on modern systems using compatibility mode.
I don't know at all how hard it would be to port a 360 game like Downpour to PC. Serious answer.
ThatsMytrunks
Member
Not necessary for Steam.
People have already mentioned lots of good choices. I wanted to agree with one -- my personal top wishes would probably be Grim Fandango (never played it, presumably really difficult to find now), Day of the Tentacle (come on, the other games are already on Steam), and the X-Wing series (if it were possible to do any sort of even basic HD remaster that would be awesome).
BinaryPork2737
Unconfirmed Member
Lego Racers 1 & 2 (As well as all of the old Lego games)
Oregon Trail (Preferably the 5th edition)
Paca Plus
Oregon Trail (Preferably the 5th edition)
Paca Plus
Sir Ilpalazzo
Member
I'm still hoping Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim makes it over eventually. After seeing how awesome Oath in Felghana and Origin are, I'm excited to play it.
falconxcrunner09
Member
Halo CE and Halo 2
I don't know either, but the fact that every single game ISN'T ported from 360 to PC tells me that there is probably some cost to doing so that prevents companies from porting.
Battle for Middle-Earth 2. It's not even on Origin despite being an EA game.
Its expansion, Rise of the Witch King, is also unavailable anywhere (and also fetches absurd prices). I guarantee you that BFME2 hasn't been released digitally because EA no longer has the rights to The Lord of the Rings and WB can't be bothered to work with EA to get it out of distribution limbo. Which sucks, because it's a fantastic game
I desperately want WB to make a new Middle-earth RTS (Guardians of Middle-earth doesn't count -_-).
Its expansion, Rise of the Witch King, is also unavailable anywhere (and also fetches absurd prices). I guarantee you that BFME2 hasn't been released digitally because EA no longer has the rights to The Lord of the Rings and WB can't be bothered to work with EA to get it out of distribution limbo. Which sucks, because it's a fantastic game
I desperately want WB to make a new Middle-earth RTS (Guardians of Middle-earth doesn't count -_-).Ooooh, cool.
Yeah, I've heard Valve kinda prefers to think it doesn't exist.
I was going to mention Swat 4, but you already got that covered. I wouldn't mind seeing this one, though.
Hnnng.
As far as I know, that game is either completely abandoned, or stuck at Star Insurance with Flight Unlimited and British Open Championship Golf.
Wait, seriously, Quake Wars could be released? Wtf, Bethesda, are you more allergic to money than Capcom?
Possibly, but he's never returned my emails.
I can't tell if it's serious or not, because that's literally the most common "what games should be ported to PC" post.
Hm. We really need a more comprehensive list.
Thanks!
Many, many people.
Mass Effect
Member
Has Star Wars: Rogue Squadron been mentioned yet? If not, then Star Wars: Rogue Squadron.
Of course this will never happen as Factor 5 is dead and now so is LucasArts.
Of course this will never happen as Factor 5 is dead and now so is LucasArts.
Rickenslacker
Banned
Armored Core if we're talking non-PC. Makes no sense when they're doing PC ports of the Souls series now. From PLZ. PLZ From.
As for PC: Halo 1/2. Makes no damn sense they aren't on there when Halo Spartan Wars or whatever that F2P title thingy is.
As for PC: Halo 1/2. Makes no damn sense they aren't on there when Halo Spartan Wars or whatever that F2P title thingy is.
Broken Sword 4 should be there too. I guess it can't be so much worse than Broken Sword 3.
You'd guess wrong
Tis terrible
eot
Banned
Someone just needs to release the NOLF games on Steam already. Anyone. I mean, who can stop it?
That reminds me, sharing the Lithtech engine, I could really go for TRON 2.0.
Aside from that I really want all the Infinity Engine games on Steam, and not in any state of "enhancement".
Give me Blood as well.
And everything Bungie developed released for PC; Marathon: Durandal, Myth, Myth 2, Oni, Halo, Halo 2. Mostly Myth 2 and Oni.
Also I really wish Sega would get their hands on the Ferrari license again, missing OutRun 2006 on Steam has been one of my biggest Steam regrets.
Myth II needs to be made available online. There are compatibility patches and everything.
Buried somewhere on the Acti Assist Facebook page is a question from late 2011 asking why Quake Wars was pulled; Acti said "the game is now licensed by id Software".
Edit: https://www.facebook.com/ActivisionAssist/posts/10150448047164311
Trust me, you do not want the wrath of god brought down on you in this case, because you're more likely to make a precarious situation worse than it already is.
The best thing to do now would be to work on an indie spiritual successor to the series.
WHICH, FUNNILY ENOUGH, I ACTUALLY WANT TO DO. GOOD GOD, GAF, SURELY OUT OF YOUR ENTIRE MEMBER BASE, I AM NOT ALONE IN THIS?
Ahem.
Anyways.
If ya'll want to maybe get on this and 'encourage' him to make it a priority, the tweet is here.
-Empire Earth Series: 1&2 were great, 3 was crap but nevermind. They're on GOG but not on Steam
-Planetscape Torment: Don't know if Inxile owns it but it would make sense for it to become available on Steam when Tides of Numerara hits Early Access, pretty much what happened with Wasteland
Rise of Nations: I'm pretty confident this will eventually find it's way to Steam like AoE and AoM.
Shogun TW & Medieval TW: I think EA owns them both but it would be awesome if they came to Steam. I need to complete my TW collection
The Movies: Awesome game, a remastered edition would do it a lot of justice.
-Planetscape Torment: Don't know if Inxile owns it but it would make sense for it to become available on Steam when Tides of Numerara hits Early Access, pretty much what happened with Wasteland
Rise of Nations: I'm pretty confident this will eventually find it's way to Steam like AoE and AoM.
Shogun TW & Medieval TW: I think EA owns them both but it would be awesome if they came to Steam. I need to complete my TW collection
The Movies: Awesome game, a remastered edition would do it a lot of justice.
Trust me, you do not want the wrath of god brought down on you in this case, because you're more likely to make a precarious situation worse than it already is.
The best thing to do now would be to work on an indie spiritual successor to the series.
WHICH, FUNNILY ENOUGH, I ACTUALLY WANT TO DO. GOOD GOD, GAF, SURELY OUT OF YOUR ENTIRE MEMBER BASE, I AM NOT ALONE IN THIS?
Ahem.
Anyways.
If ya'll want to maybe get on this and 'encourage' him to make it a priority, the tweet is here.
You know what's going to happen, right? The original Enemy Territory will release on Steam but Quake Wars won't follow. Because that's just how my luck tends to unfold.
3 has an entry on the Steam DB.
Owned by Hasbro, published on Steam by Hasbro.
According to posts earlier in the thread, it's somehow owned by both BHG (which... might mean Rhode Island now?) and Microsoft.
What, seriously? That's WEIRD. Sega's done a pretty good job tracking down stuff they should own, but don't, and fixing that.
...I have no idea what's going on with this. Isn't it just trapped at EA?
You know what's going to happen, right? The original Enemy Territory will release on Steam but Quake Wars won't follow. Because that's just how my luck tends to unfold.
You could always tweet a correction and point out that there are multiple Enemy Territories games.
Mr. Poolman
Member
Sexy Beach games.
PetriP-TNT
Member
Silent Hill 2-4 are pretty obvious at this point, they are even in OP.
Wolfenstein 2009 was removed, bring that back.
Westwoods Blade Runner is excellent choice, I want to play that..
Wolfenstein 2009 was removed, bring that back.
Westwoods Blade Runner is excellent choice, I want to play that..
Seriously, gotta tweet at Hines to make it happen.
old manatee
Banned
Oregon Trail
Raptor: Call of the Shadows
Adventures of Willy Beamish
Sim Ant
Lode Runner
Raptor: Call of the Shadows
Adventures of Willy Beamish
Sim Ant
Lode Runner
The Empire Earth listings never went anywhere, though (e.g. no icons are specified). All the games are in the registry, including the expansions, but the details are incomplete and none of them have their own subs (rather they're all tied to the Rebellion employee sub).
There was a 38 Studious liquidation auction late last year. Rise sold but we've no idea to whom.
Activision published the game, including on Steam, but Lionhead retained ownership of the IP. My guess is it reverted back to Lionhead after a number of years and MS is sitting on it.
I was joking... mostly. I'm sure Bethesda is aware that there are two Enemy Territory games, haha.
Glad to see Grim Fandango in the OP.
Game actually deserves a slight update too, at least with proper modern resolution and OS support. It'd be a great fit for GoG and/or Steam if the IP owners ever get things sorted out, such a classic. Looking back, 1998 was a crazy year for game releases.
Game actually deserves a slight update too, at least with proper modern resolution and OS support. It'd be a great fit for GoG and/or Steam if the IP owners ever get things sorted out, such a classic. Looking back, 1998 was a crazy year for game releases.
Sucks because it could do well on Steam.
Battle for Middle-Earth 2. It's not even on Origin despite being an EA game.
Its expansion, Rise of the Witch King, is also unavailable anywhere (and also fetches absurd prices). I guarantee you that BFME2 hasn't been released digitally because EA no longer has the rights to The Lord of the Rings and WB can't be bothered to work with EA to get it out of distribution limbo. Which sucks, because it's a fantastic game
We lost some solid Lord of the Rings games when EA didn't renew the licencing.
Return of the King is up there as well with a PC version.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
ive had the biggest urge to go back and play myth 1 and 2 again but i want to get it digitally if i end up buying a boxed version thats going to lead me down a dark road of recollecting pc games
if i end up buying a boxed version thats going to lead me down a dark road of recollecting pc games
Snacks the sober sea lion
Member
Wolfenstein isn't even on Steam? What were they thinking?
Freedom Fighters needs to be made available somehow. But since it was published by EA and IO is owned by S-E now, I don't see it happening.
Freedom Fighters needs to be made available somehow. But since it was published by EA and IO is owned by S-E now, I don't see it happening.
Dog Problems
Banned
A couple more games popped into my head.
ToonStruck: Easily one of my top five favorite adventure games. I played through it again last Summer via ScummVM and it still holds up today. The humor and animation are both fantastic and the puzzles are a lot of fun.
Turok: The one that came out in 2008. There is a PC version and it would be nice if one day it appeared on Steam. I wouldn't mind going through the single player again as I enjoyed my time with it.
I did a quick search on eBay and copies of it seem to sell for around $30. It runs well in ResidualVM (for me, at least) plus there is a mod to give it proper point-and-click control. Or you can load up a profile in Pinnacle Game Profiler and use a controller which also feels really good to play with.
ToonStruck: Easily one of my top five favorite adventure games. I played through it again last Summer via ScummVM and it still holds up today. The humor and animation are both fantastic and the puzzles are a lot of fun.
Turok: The one that came out in 2008. There is a PC version and it would be nice if one day it appeared on Steam. I wouldn't mind going through the single player again as I enjoyed my time with it.
I did a quick search on eBay and copies of it seem to sell for around $30. It runs well in ResidualVM (for me, at least) plus there is a mod to give it proper point-and-click control. Or you can load up a profile in Pinnacle Game Profiler and use a controller which also feels really good to play with.
It's JUST like Quake IV. Activision owns the Raven-made games, but not the IP, so they can't distribute. This appears to be the case with Aliens vs Predator 2 (Sega has the rights to distribute), Wolverine (not sure who has the Marvel rights, actually; Capcom and Activision have both had them, and Activision's still pushing Spidey games), and a bunch of other stuff.
Green Wiggly
Member
I'd love to be able to play the Heavy Gear or Mechwarrior games again.
Alcoholikaust
Member
likedamaster
Member
Would have sold a boatload more on steam. I still want it on Steam, with perhaps the graphics updated, but physics untouched.
Acti abandoned its Marvel licences at the beginning of the year (its financial year follows the calendar), however Spider-Man survived due to Sony's partnership with Acti to release a tie-in to The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which was still in development at the time.
Bruh, I still got the disc and can't install it on anything beyond Windows 98 or something.
But don't they still have the license?
This looks like a job for... Night Dive! And/or Gog. Both provide services in this regard.
But Fury3 will still run. I haven't tried it on 7 but it runs flawlessly on Vista. Just can't run it at high res.
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 3
Silent Hill The Room
Resident Evil
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 3
Dino Crisis
Dino Crisis 2
Grandia 2
Laura Bow 1: The Colonel's Bequest
Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra
The Adventures of Willy Beamish
Outrun 2006 Coast to Coast
Virtua Fighter 2(not Genesis version)
Panzer Dragoon
Blade Runner
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
Gunship 2000
Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow w/fixed lighting pls
This, and Ys VII pls
Silent Hill 3
Silent Hill The Room
Resident Evil
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 3
Dino Crisis
Dino Crisis 2
Grandia 2
Laura Bow 1: The Colonel's Bequest
Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra
The Adventures of Willy Beamish
Outrun 2006 Coast to Coast
Virtua Fighter 2(not Genesis version)
Panzer Dragoon
Blade Runner
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
Gunship 2000
Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow w/fixed lighting pls
This, and Ys VII pls
I'd ask Terminal Reality what's up, but they died.