{"id":124959,"date":"2022-05-10T16:05:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T14:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=124959"},"modified":"2022-05-10T16:05:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T14:05:17","slug":"five-of-the-coolest-video-game-demakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/124959-five-of-the-coolest-video-game-demakes","title":{"rendered":"Five of the coolest video game demakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While anyone with gaming for a hobby appreciates extremely high fidelity graphics and buttery-smooth framerates, sometimes the past&#8217;s nostalgic siren song beckons us back to the games of our childhoods.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily for us, there are a bunch of highly talented game developers who have remade popular modern titles to resemble the video games of the 80s and 90s.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the best retro demakes that you can play on PC.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">1. Bloodborne PSX<\/h3>\n<p>Bloodborne PSX is a PS1 demake of the critically acclaimed FromSoftware PS4 title.<\/p>\n<p>It took developer Lillith Walther only 13 months to complete the project, which is impressive considering that you get to fight two early game bosses and a hunter NPC.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t an artist&#8217;s rendition either but mimics the original game down to the tiniest details, including the opening cutscene.<\/p>\n<p>Although it&#8217;s not exactly how I wanted to play Bloodborne on PC, it&#8217;s a surprisingly fun way to pass a couple of hours.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you are not a fan of the Souls series, this demake is a must-play since it&#8217;s free on <a href=\"https:\/\/b0tster.itch.io\/bbpsx\"><strong>itch.io.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YbOy8GpuKA4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">2. Low Mem Sky<\/h3>\n<p>Low Mem Sky is a parodical demake of No Man&#8217;s Sky, the space exploration and survival game that had a less than stellar launch in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the original game, though, Low Mem Sky was released to praise from retro gamers for its technical accomplishments and use of procedural generation techniques.<\/p>\n<p>Developer Paul Nicholas <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexaloffle.com\/bbs\/?tid=32724\">stated<\/a><\/strong> that his goal with Low Mem Sky was to see how much gameplay and content he could get onto a single PICO-8 cartridge.<\/p>\n<p>Low Mem Sky has 180,383,121,450 unique star systems, with each system containing up to eight planets and one space station.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GyUKdpMqyoQ\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">3. Super Smash Land<\/h3>\n<p>Super Smash Land is a demake of Super Smash Bros. and is intended to look and play like a Nintendo Gameboy title.<\/p>\n<p>While the game has a much smaller character roster than the Smash franchise&#8217;s modern titles, Super Smash Land&#8217;s developer Dan Fornace included similar features.<\/p>\n<p>PC players who haven&#8217;t tried out a Super Smash Bros. title yet or simply want to see what this demake has to offer can download Super Smash Land from the game&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supersmashland.com\/\">website<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/351CO5_8fbM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">4. Soundless Mountain 2<\/h3>\n<p>Soundless Mountain 2 is an NES demake of the influential PS2 horror game Silent Hill 2.<\/p>\n<p>The game is set in the same town of Silent Hill but is from a top-down perspective and features low-polygon 2D graphics.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/destructoid-interview-soundless-mountain-iis-jasper-byrne\/\">Destructoid<\/a><\/strong>, developer Jasper Byrne said that at the start of the project, he realised how well some of Silent Hill 2&#8217;s mechanics could work as a 2D NES title.<\/p>\n<p>Byrne spent approximately 15 hours analysing the first fifteen minutes of Silent Hill 2 to recreate the visual and audio cues that made the original game so eerie.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KwPUnopuqSs\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">5. Pixel Force: Halo<\/h3>\n<p>Pixel Force: Halo is an 8-bit NES demake of the famous first-person shooter game, Halo.<\/p>\n<p>The gameplay is similar to fast-paced action platformers like Contra and doesn&#8217;t feature a first-person view.<\/p>\n<p>Halo&#8217;s original soundtrack has also been remixed to fit the retro arcade feel, and Pixel Force: Halo even contains top-down Warthog driving segments.<\/p>\n<p>If players find the demake too easy, developer Eric Ruth has included a &#8216;Legendary&#8217; difficulty mode that appears only after completing the game.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jq_zTaXN10g\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/124960-the-best-souls-likes-to-play-when-you-eventually-finish-elden-ring\">The best souls-likes to play when you eventually finish Elden Ring<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some of the best retro game demakes of popular titles that you can play on PC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249,"featured_media":124962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,20,3],"tags":[26162,26161,26166,26163,26167,26164,26165],"class_list":["post-124959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-features","category-pc","tag-bloodborne-psx","tag-demakes","tag-low-mem-sky","tag-pixel-force-halo","tag-retro-games","tag-soundless-mountain-2","tag-super-smash-land"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}