Games

As far along as emulation has come, I'd like to see a proper Little Big Planet port with multi-player and local server support.

Illusion City - MSX Turbo

A cyberpunk JRPG/CRPG that takes place in a futuristic Hong Kong.

This game actually was ported to the NEC PC-9800 computers, as well as the FM Towns which is IMO the best version. However, I bring this game up because it is language locked, being only in Japanese, and the partial, incomplete and honestly kind of poor English fan translation is only available for the MSX Turbo version which is the original version.

Bubblegum Crash - NEC PC Engine

An adventure game tie-in with the cyberpunk/scifi anime Bubblegum Crisis sequel, Bubblegum Crash!.

This game was only on the PC Engine, or in the US it was called the TurboGrafx16. It also was only released in Japan. The initial gameplay is that of a point and click adventure, which would be more fitting for a PC game. It also features other gameplay including a racing section, a puzzle game section, and a CRPG first person dungeon crawler section.

White Knight Chronicles - PS3/PSP

A Monster Hunter like fantasy RPG with giant mecha-like suits of knight armor.

I actually really like these games. It was available in English, and some were released in the US. But I can't help but think how being locked to PlayStation really limited the reach of the game. A PC port of each would be much more popular than the original releases IMO.

Red Dead Redemption

They never made a PC port

I mostly use a Linux box to play games.

• Consoles are pretty weak compared to the PC when it comes to complex simulations, stuff like Heart of Iron 4. Maybe some of that is lack of a mouse, or maybe the TV screen covers a smaller portion of the visual arc than the computer screen. Maybe user demographic preferences differ. I think that it'd be reasonable to do controller-friendly ports.

• Android and deep games. A lot of mobile gaming seems to be incredibly-shallow. When I look at mobile, it seems like a great platform for turn-based games, low battery usage games. I don't have or want a Google account for privacy reasons. Android even with the inclusion of Google's store is weak, and cutting Google Play Services out makes it a really, really weak gaming platform. I have no problem paying for games on mobile, but I have a large problem with that being tied to being tracked wherever I go. I'd like a privacy-friendly option to purchase and a collection of good turn-based, replayable games on Android.

• I'd like to see a better port of Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead to Android. This game is fundamentally tied to a keyboard interface, and someone did an admittedly-impressive job of making it actually playable with a touch interface, but it's still painful compared to using a keyboard. Needs a deeper UI overhaul.

• The one major game that I can't play on Steam/Linux due to Proton/WINE compatibility issues that I'd really like is Command: Modern Operations.

• I don't really want a modern port of AV-8B Harrier Assault on Linux -- the game is ancient -- but I'd like to see something in that rough genre, a military simulation with a dynamic campaign.

Metal Gear Solid 4.

Worlds Adrift. It was shut down by the creators partly due to funding another project but also partly because the serverside was built on a proprietary OS that isn't supported anymore so there weren't any options other than re-building it from the ground up

Follow-up: what are some of the lesser known or niche games trapped on a hardware platform you'd like to see a good port of?

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Jade Cocoon. It didn't even get the PS3 emulation port that a lot of PS1 games got.

I've been wanting to play ghost of tsushima, hopefully they port it to pc.

3D Dot Game Heroes on the PS3. Forget good ports, this poor game didn't get ANY ports.

The old Uncharted games. Every other year I forget that the "Legacy of Thieves Collection" is not a collection of legacy games.

You can't even emulate them without a proper PlayStation controller because they need the movement feature. And the Steam Deck's movement feature isn't supported by the emulators.

I'd also like to play Until Dawn but I guess that's finally coming.

Metal Gear Solid 4

I would like to play Bloodborne and Demon's Souls. But I really don't want to buy a PlayStation just for two games...

Just Bloodborne

Secret of Mana HD and Adventures of Mana HD

Zelda.

Or the entire nintendo library.

Every single Nintendo first-party title.

In the meantime, thanks Ryujinx and Yuzu.

Megaman & Bass on Super Nintendo

Sega Rally Championship 1995 on Sega Saturn

Drakengard on PlayStation 2

inFamous on PlayStation 3