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Having the PC-98 games get a remake

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SirtheBastard:
We know the reason(s) that ZUN can't able to re-release PC-98 games because one; he doesn't care, but also two; he would be in deep legal trouble, since he made copyright infringements of other series for Touhou like the background of Makai Stage 16-19, Ellen being the copy-and-paste of a manga character, some programming codes from other games, etc. So what is he going to do to not have legal issues? Well... change some stuff of course, like changing the backgrounds, remove some references, add a new character as a substitute for Ellen, change the code to be more original and etc.

That's what I think, if he wants to re-release them for the current fanbase.

CyberAngel:
PC-98 games already had most of their bullet pattern, character, setting and gameplay ideas reused in later games. It's clear ZUN used them as sketchbooks and never cared about them as products.

That and he probably has neither source codes nor master copies of them. Japanese developers are notorious for their total lack of backup practices.

nintendonut888:
My honest take on rereleasing the PC-98 games is that ZUN should just officially make them freeware, maybe slightly editing them to account for some youthful transgressions like the lifted graphical assets and uncredited SPRITE 16 in PoDD. I think most of the stuff he did wrong back then is easily fixable, but it would be in bad taste to use Ellen as a character now as a big creator, so I think that's the best way to handle things while also making them playable. But given ZUN's view on the old games, as well as his philosophy on Touhou in general, I can see him thinking they should just exist as they are, in the sphere they now exist. He is very against the idea of editing a completed work past the initial patching period, and even the balance patch for UDoALG was unprecedented, so the idea of an outright remake is simply not going to happen.

NovaDelta:
One of my fantasy projects that I'd do if I knew any code or how to model or do much of anything related to game dev stuff is to recreate the PC-98 games with a late-N64 art style. Mostly as a love letter to that era. I'd flesh out some of the details here and there, add a gameplay mode that matches more modern danmaku standards (aka make TH02 more fun and TH01   playable   ), maybe have like bonus levels to go with the unused tracks, and of course, remaster the music and graphics.

So, basically what Jynx did, but a little more and in the N64 style.

SirtheBastard:

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Speaking of Ellen, if he have to replace her, what character do you think can be in her place? (or probably make an OC as the replacement of her...)

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