Dark Souls Nightfall, a fan sequel to Dark Souls developed by an alumni of popular Souls modders.

It was originally fully 3D ala Crash Twinsanity but is now 2❝ like the original Crash trilogy. It's been in development since 2013 but has been restarted several times.

Crash Bandicoot: Crash Bandicoot Crystals Wrath is a Crash Bandicoot fan game that has been stuck in Development Hell for a while.

Chrono Trigger Resurrection (later renamed Chrono Resurrection) was to be a full-3D remake of Chrono Trigger, until it was C&D'd away (a few years later, Square Enix would publish the Nintendo DS port).

Abobo's Big Adventure gives A Day in the Limelight to the eponymous Giant Mook from Double Dragon, having him fight through a huge mashup of Nintendo Entertainment System goodness.

See also M.U.G.E.N, OpenBOR and RPG Maker, video game engines that are used to make their own fan games for Fighting Games, Beat 'em Up and RPGs respectively. Other times, a cease-and-desist from the content owner puts an end to the project.Ĭontrast with Game Mod and can overlap with Fan Remake, Fan Sequel, and Video Game Demake.

In contrast with just modding a game, making an original title can just be too much work for fans (especially since there is no profit in it). Unlike an Unlicensed Game, these games are rarely sold for profit.įan games are prone to Troubled Productions and are oftentimes vaporware. This contrasts it with a Game Mod, which uses an existing game as its basis. In the context of this article, however, it is a game that is made completely (or near-completely) from the ground up. One such type is the fan video game.Ī fan video game, or ' fan game ' for short, is technically any type of game made by fans, for fans.

Sometimes fans love a property so much that they end up making derivative works.

Sonic fan game 3d engine