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There are two board games that I loved playing over and over again. One from Victory Games the other from Avalon Hill. But outside of one or maybe two mods to try and capture these games they have never even been attempted to be made as a computer game. Both games are not really solo capable as they rely on hidden units and placements.

The first one is a Sci-Fi based game called Freedom In The Galaxy. A pure classic and based on Star Wars. Maybe that's why they never made the game due to fear of being sued by Lucas.

The other game is a Vietnam war game called Vietnam 1965-1975. No other game that I know of had captured Vietnam in such a great way.

Does anyone know if any company ever tried to make games off of these two board games? Or maybe a game that is very similar to them?
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STAR WARS™ Rebellion on GOG is similar to freedom in the galaxy.

Its as ancient as possible to be. Terrible graphic. Poor UI. But its only about £4 so worth a look.

Vietnam was done on the PC and old Atari ST. Similar game. A lot less detailed but was still fun.
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I actually own Star Wars Rebellion and did some mod work on it. And in many ways it is kind of like FITG. I also remember some very old Vietnam games from the 80's but none of them had the complexity or the various options like the board game. In other words they lacked the strategic portion of the game.

But thanks for the reply.
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There are a few games I would like to see remade...

Diablo II
Lords of Magic
Alpha Centauri
Destiny (old)
Birthright
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There are a few games I would like to see remade...

Diablo II
Lords of Magic
Alpha Centauri
Destiny (old)
Birthright

I second the first 3. [:)]
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There are a few games I would like to see remade...

Diablo II
Lords of Magic
Alpha Centauri
Destiny (old)
Birthright
Alpha Centauri was remade as Civ: Beyond Earth using the Civ V engine. Didn't measure up to the original, IMHO.
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There are a few games I would like to see remade...

Diablo II
Lords of Magic
Alpha Centauri
Destiny (old)
Birthright
Alpha Centauri was remade as Civ: Beyond Earth using the Civ V engine. Didn't measure up to the original, IMHO.

Played it and didn't like it, didn't even come close to Alpha Centauri. Just like Blizzard made Diablo III, wasn't even close. Just remake them into better graphic engines. That is all I ask!
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Avalon Hill's Rise and Decline of the Third Reich.

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Played it and didn't like it, didn't even come close to Alpha Centauri. Just like Blizzard made Diablo III, wasn't even close. Just remake them into better graphic engines. That is all I ask!
Fans won't ever be happy with such attempts. Fans wanted Final Fantasy VII for PC and they got it. They bitch it isn't any kind of improvement from PlayStation version. Now is remake under works with some promised changes. Fans are already bitching about it too. Expect to see the same about Alpha Centauri remakes and anything else sufficiently popular.

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Have we seen any bitching about recent games in Civilization and Hearts of Iron series? [8|]
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Played it and didn't like it, didn't even come close to Alpha Centauri. Just like Blizzard made Diablo III, wasn't even close. Just remake them into better graphic engines. That is all I ask!
Fans won't ever be happy with such attempts. Fans wanted Final Fantasy VII for PC and they got it. They bitch it isn't any kind of improvement from PlayStation version. Now is remake under works with some promised changes. Fans are already bitching about it too. Expect to see the same about Alpha Centauri remakes and anything else sufficiently popular.

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Have we seen any bitching about recent games in Civilization and Hearts of Iron series? [8|]

Yeah I wasn't too impress with the new Civilization VI, some features was cool. It just too silly with graphics, hardware demand and the world map isn't that big at all if you want to play the Earth World. On Hearts of Iron Series, has been going up and down, Paradox have ruined the last part. To me part three is probably the best HoI around and I have tried out the BlackIce mod, just too many details are incorrect and not accurate. Maybe someday when they add expansions, just like they did to part three. It may or may not get any better.

Right now I have several projects going on, still working on this naval board game and modding Hearts of Iron III. The Darkest Hours isn't bad either.
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i still would love to see Wargamer Napoleon 1813 remade, or even just properly fixed up so that it works also Aegis Guardian of the Fleet and 1944 Across the Rhine

of new games - M1 Tank Platoon 3 and more from Frank Hunter

i am assured though that a John Tiller Napoleonic Battles 1807

also something like Action Stations or SSI's Warship or Battle Cruiser, they would be so good to see made anew!
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Would love to see a revamped version of Star Wars Rebellion with today's graphics
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Would love to see a revamped version of Star Wars Rebellion with today's graphics

Or Birth of the Federation.
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BofF would be great - wasnt Star Wars Rebellion remade already as Star Wars Empires at War?
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wasnt Star Wars Rebellion remade already as Star Wars Empires at War?

If so, it did not master the original one. Empires at War was a RTS game with no interest to me compared to Rebellion that was truly a strategy game.
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Maybe but it is one of the best RTS I played.[&o]
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Well, was Starcraft and Dune 2 for me. Good memories
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I was too young but I heard about them.[&o][:D]
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LOL [:D]
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