Let's look at the last time Microsoft tried to make Perfect Dark their own.
id wasn't alone in making first-person shooters with the DOOM Engine for very long, though, they did publish another company's effort, with one of their key figures producing.
Nintendo went back to before Mario was a plumber for this revival sequel, and completely changed not just the game, but the genre it was in, in the process.
Another 3DS Virtual Console release that would, at the least, make sense on Nintendo Switch Online.
Softball doesn't get nearly as many video games as baseball, but 1989 brought us one, at least in Japan.
The third and final game of the Gargoyle's Quest spin-off series meaningfully changes the formula and naming convention, while still very much fitting in with its predecessors.
A developer known for destructive car games made a first-person shooter that also focused on destruction.
Age of Empires' lead designer left to form another company, and to make an even more expansive historical RTS in the process.
A game released to little fanfare by a developer who didn't release games very often anymore. It deserves another chance.
The first Mad Max game released on the NES back in 1990, and it's kind of a mashup of everything the movies were to that point.
Sony's first mascot came from Naughty Dog's first game in their partnership, and it all feels even further in the past than that phrasing suggests now.
The first Dead Rising was one of Capcom's initial truly next-gen HD offerings, and, not to make you feel too old or anything, but that was 18 years ago.