If you've never heard of ShenSonic it was a 2002 "remake" of Shenmue that was the only way a kid without a console was going to be able to 'play' Shenmue back in the day. Who would make such a thing? I owe a huge debt of gratitude to the creator. Something like this would never get made today.
...and okay, maybe I'll be a little indulgent add one for cool Japanese games, and one more very indulgent list of bigger indie games (I'll least not include things above ~10k reviews so people don't make too much fun of me). #9SteamGamesToSpread #MoreLike36SteamGamesToSpread
Like imagine someone today remaking Expedition 33 in RPG Maker with Mario & Luigi sprites, played completely straight and including as much of the original story and content as possible, and you start to get close to the idea here