Well, M.U.L.E. has been remade lots of times (e.g. Space HoRSE; see also a list of M.U.L.E. clones) with various degrees of success and originality, and the game itself works fine on lots of emulators.
I guess an official updated version (same or highly similar gameplay, carefully updated graphics/sound) is what you want, Brain? Otherwise, I don't see what you're missing (apart from easy and legal access to the original).
I guess an official updated version (same or highly similar gameplay, carefully updated graphics/sound) is what you want, Brain? Otherwise, I don't see what you're missing (apart from easy and legal access to the original).
Well, yes. Apart from the necessary changes (DirectX for WinXP, for example), I want the games brought back to life under their own titles, properly crediting the original creators.
My Plan B after winning the lottery is to buy the rights for some of the titles and then 'public domain' them once and for all. That way even those games which might not sell well enough to warrant an outright commercial revival can still be available for anyone wanting to start an UQM-like project - this time without the fear of C&D hate mail from corporate lawyers.