I was pretty excited when the new Bionic Commando: Rearmed was announced. The old NES game was a classic (to me) and I really could never figure out why they never revisited the franchise. Problem is that got me to thinking (and that’s never good).

To put it simply there are some classic games that have been criminally slept on when it comes to releasing a proper sequel/remake. How is it an IP like James Pond gets multiple games to it’s credit while out and out classics are left to gather dust? It boggles the mind. And that’s where this post comes in.

It didn’t take long to think of a pretty hefty list of games that seemed to deserve… nay, demand an update of some kind. Whittling that list down was the hard part. What we’re left with is 4 games that rose to the top of my list. And with that, I present what I believe to be the top 4 games begging for proper sequels or fresh remakes.

Feel free to disagree or throw other games in for mention in the comments. But if you do, give us a reason… not just “I can’t believe you didn’t include game X!!!!!! ZOMG1!”
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Oh thank the gods, one of my favorite frakkin’ games is coming to the Wii VC. I’m actually excited about this one because I don’t have a cartridge for it anymore, and I’ve been wanting to play it for quite some time. I’d prefer a Genesis controller in my hands but I’ll have to make do with the Wii classic controller.

We’re also going to see some other Interplay classics, such as Earthworm Jim 2, Boogerman, and Clayfighter in addition to the aforementioned Earthworm Jim.

It’s worth noting that this news is printed on Yahoo’s finance page. I think the financial sector here in North America is finally looking at games as a viable market to talk about. Just a few days ago my mom told me they were talking about Grand Theft Auto on one of the money cable stations, and not cause it was a murder-simulator. No, they were interested in the money it was going to make for the stockholders. Weird.