I feel like an xcom style of game would suit stargate, Small teams that you could make yourself, take them on missions and grow attached to and then when they die it really affects you. Have different classes like scientist, soldier, jaffa etc. And face threats like goa'uld, replicators, wraiths etc.
Actually, instead of Xcom, might I suggest something more Baldur's Gate 3. Large over archiving, dynamic story, where choice matters. Catering more towards story than combat.
i personally think that Mass Effect set the perfect gameplay for a Stargate Game. Visit Planet, talk to people, do some missions, big fight in the end 4 Person Team with each member having individual skills. Sounds great
As I said in another thread, Xcom the Bureau had a very similar concept, you had a base where you were between operations, and you had Mass Effect style squad based combat. It was less polished overall, but it was a solid game. If not for the extremely questionable plot twist at the last act, and the burden of being an Xcom game, I think it could have been a hit.
I've felt for years now that someone high up in MGM really hated Stargate for some reason. The IP as a whole that is. Anytime something was greenlit that the fans truly got excited for, it ended up getting canned. And then they would greenlight something half-assed instead as if they needed to make something. And when response was underwhelming, this figure could point to the low numbers as reason why they should just leave the IP dead. Stargate is ripe for so many potential gameplay genres. Past, present and future times. Hundreds or thousands of worlds. Multiple galaxies. From the SG Teams to the Fleet to the enemy factions and those that make up those forces. Base building as you grow a civ just barely able to decipher the gate. Doesn't need to be set on Earth, in fact the civ discovering us and the Goa'uld could be a sign you've hit the higher levels as you're now playing with the big boys. It's such a brilliant universe with countless ways someone could develop it out. Even a shameless tie in skin over an existing game might be better than what we've been denied so far. Stardew Valley clone where you are a farmer keeping the Alpha Site from collapsing as it's cut off from Earth for a while thanks to yet more SG-1 shenanigans. Each level of difficulty increase comes as more and more allies show up and the needs of the site grow and tensions rise if the supply needs aren't met. That's a two second idea from the top of my head that avoids the CoD in Space styling that is just so obvious for a premise. I am a bit disappointed you didn't mention Stargate Network. Though the Powers That Be finally shut them down, that was a mighty impressive effort from the fandom. Filling that need we all have for more Stargate while the owners sat on their hands and did nothing with the IP we so love. It's so frustrating to be a fan right now, knowing Amazon holds the rights and has the cash (that they love to throw at established IPs) but not hearing anything. I know the strikes will be preventing them from really getting any traction right now, but that lot deserve their pay. It's the writers that fleshed out this universe we so crave to play in before the actors brought it to life. But still... how hard can it truly be for those in power to actually deliver a half-decent game. Timekeepers doesn't really spark joy to see the gameplay footage, but at this point, I'll take a released Stargate game I may not be super psyched to play over nothing. Probably even gonna buy it, just to show the bean counters that we fans want more Stargate. And especially want some damn games.
i agree with most of your points, but i can't support this style of game, the IP owners always seem to choose the dumbest route, actually i'm pretty sure they choose the cheapest route to make a game, and that's why it always leads nowhere. if it releases, most fans won't support it because they don't like 2d side scrollers, they might get it but at a significantly reduced cost and most probably won't really play it that much because they don't like it, and we tried to warn them before they continued on this path. i feel like the IP owners before they make any decision when making a game, they really need to ask the community of fans first before they made some dumbass decision, these days it feels like most IP owners need to ask their community what they want the most and then pay attention to what people talk about the most and then go on the search to find a game dev to make the game the fans actually want. because otherwise it's just guess work and or they will choose the cheapest game dev that can't even deliver on games in general, it also feels like they need an expert in gaming so they know what devs to pitch their game to, because without that knowledge, they are going in blind and could easily run into a dev who will waste their time and money and at the end of the day the game is essentially Shovelware which everyone ignores or the devs are incompetent to get the job done, like i don't fully understand the reasons why stargate alliance didn't work out still to this day, they say some legal situation took place but i don't know what relation this situation took place as and why the game had to be scrapped...it was very vague information.
@@5226-p1e I agree. I don't seriously want them to half ass anything. I want a proper Stargate game that is a labour of love for it's dev team. Who actually want to make it, they aren't just cashing in a payday from Amazon. As long as we finally get some freaking good Stargate games. I only mean that the universe is the limit with Stargate. Any number of different options exist from the stupid farming sim or management game to the FPS to the RPG, etc... It's not a lack of potential. It's a lack of support from those who hold the IP. Or worse, active suppression by them. See Stargate Network. They could have just bought it out and found a developer to polish it to a publishable state. or even those already making it. Just pay them. They're fans so excited about your product they've put years of their free time into making something wonderful. Instead they just quietly send out cease and desists. It's so frustrating to be a fan when this is how the people in charge treat our source of entertainment.
@@jordancambridge4106 no, you are incorrect, it was Amazon, i have known about this for the past few years now, don't try and tell me Disney bought MGM when they didn't.
From what I remember, Stargate SG1 the Alliance was canceled to make Stargate Worlds in its place. They should have just released Alliance anyways, as it was practically done and they could have just continued with development of Worlds.
Stargate worlds was actually fun i tested it back then and it was really nice. buggy yes but it was an alpha and man it would be great for them to return it on UE5. i was amazed by it. it was way ahead of its time back then and had systems that are just now being added to WoW and other games.
@@sholva6809 They lost the rights to the IP because MGM wanted Stargate Worlds to be made. They could have made both games. It was stated at the time that the decision was to pivot to worlds.
@@kingrex1931 No there was a legal dispute between Jowood and Perception it had nothing to do with them wanting to make Stargate Worlds. I don't know where you got your information from but it's wrong
A Mass Effect style cinematic story driven RPG would be perfect for lore expansion based on the existing lore and mythology! Imagine a game like this coming out these days, what would the galaxy look like, with the Tauri, the Free Jaffa Nation, the Lucian Alliance as well as new people and planets years later after the Ori crusade and the disappearance of the Goa'uld power structure. But like many others have said many genres could suit Stargate very well and I would play them for sure!
Hey Doc, there was an RTS game by the name of "Star Wars: Empire at War" where some modders created a Stargate Mod with all races: Tau'ri , Goa'uld , and the Wrath. They had Ori as an event enemy. "Stargate - Empire at War: Pegasus Chronicles" is the closest game that Stargate fans will have.
"we could even see biomes other than canadian forest".... huh I always thought the forests looked kinda weird as a kid. of course they did, they are from an entirely different continent! its time for another stargate binge to thoroughly analyze the plantlife.
i think thats the Issue , Other than the free Jafa Planet , every planet is a forest in canada, Star Wars is better for games becasue so many different plnet types from the movies to choose from
FYI: There's a movie that's a not-so-great sequel to the classic film WarGames called WarGames: The Dead Code. In one scene, a video gamer can be seen playing Stargate Worlds (which is funny because Claudia Black provided the voice of the A.I. RIPLEY in the film) in the film's final act.
@@DrUrsa88 Yeah, it was kind of a deep cut. I was trying to see if RUclips had the clip of the scene with the gameplay, but apparently, this was the only thing I found (and it's advertising one of those "watch the whole film here" websites): ruclips.net/video/vnlp7beEhLQ/видео.html
There's a freeware point and click adventure game called Stargate Adventures. I haven't played it in well over a decade, and actually had never seen the show before when I played it. I remember thinking it was weird, but quite competent for a free to play adventure game.
I think the best way to approach making a Stargate game would be X-COM style. Turn-based tactical battles, base building, researching alien technology and culture, maybe some aircraft combat... but we can only dream of that, probably.
some fan games you missed: Stargate had a massive mod for Garrys mod that was one of the most popular mods in the games history, created by mod maker aVoN. You can still download depracted mod packs that overhauled the original mod on the workshop. There was also Stargate TC2, which was an objective based source game where you would start at one end of a map, push forward to each objective, and the finale usually ended with you dialing the gate to invade the enemy defenders spawn. This game had a really cool feature where you could either memorize the address for that map to dial quickly, or use the super slow auto dial mechanic. This acted much like the bomb mechanic in counter strike, so the slower it was the more likleky the enemy would kill you and stop the dialing. The best, most well rounded game that came out was Stargate: The Last Stand, which had multiple maps which followed a similar objectives based gameplay loop like tc2. It looked fantastic for when it came out and had a pretty active playerbase for a while.
Heartwarming to see how Stargate still has fan support all these years later :) thus, as the other commenters said, loads of fan games & mods exist(ed). Would be awesome to have a video about those too... My favorite was a flash game where you would helm SGC (basically as Walther) and dial planets, probe them (UAVs & the litlle caterpillar robots), open/close the iris, it had nukes, self-destruct, radio, viruses, really the whole nine yards. I had an absolute blast with it 😍
I'm honestly super surprised there's never been an SG-1 total conversion mod for X-COM 2. The game has had a comprehensive group of Halo, 40K, and Star Wars conversion mods but only a handful of SG-1 voice and cosmetic mods (and mostly just things like tattoos and icons). It seems like such a great fit too with the whole "going from the base on missions against a more powerful foe in an effort to find weapons/allies to help defeat them" theme.
I wish there more conversion mods too. I just found a Fallout 4 mod that changes Fusion Cores to ZPMS XD. I really need to pick up my Stargate fanworks again.
Garry's Mod had quite a large Stargate Addon community around the late 2000's to early 2010s. It tied REALLY well with the then also popular Space Build game mode. Really Impressive stuff for Gmod at the time.
I agree. It's still available on Steam workshop and over the years it improved, but the development stopped after 2010-ish. Sadly, it's not being developed anymore, maintained at best, but it's still holds up one of the best addons for gmod of all time.
There's a pretty well-made Stargate addon for Garry's Mod out there called Carter's Addon Pack. It hasn't been worked on in years, but last I checked all of the important stuff still worked. The addon made the gates as accurate to the show as it could, and the other stuff like the ring transporters, weapons, and a handful of the smaller ships were nice as well. Unfortunately Gmod doesn't really lend itself well for using all that stuff as anything other than toys in a sandbox, so you kinda have to make your own fun with it. But if you can do that, I'd say it's worth checking out.
Carter's Addon Pack also worked really well with Spacebuild and SBEP. My first Spacebuild 2 ship was just a stargate, basic life support, a few SBEP props manually stuck together, and so many hoverballs and thrusters. The entire thing was welded instead of parented, of course.
While there hasn't been many Stargate games, there has been a ton of content in games inspired by it. You have the portals in No Man's Sky which are basically stargates. But one little known one is in Everquest. In the Temple of Sshra in the Shadows of Luclin expansion there is a snake-like race called the Shissar whose temple is a pyramid on one of the game world's moons. They were very much inspired by the Goauld from Stargate, enslaving other races. Inside their temple you traverse floors by using these ringed contraptions that look identical to ring transporters though instead of teleporting you, you 'swim' up and down them. There is even a stargate looking portal where the last boss is in said temple.
As you talked about annual rewatch of stargate (offtopic): As I rewatched the series, I was really perplexed as I notieced, that we "lost" the original (prime) sg1 team possibly on S1 Ep 19 - as if daniel found the exact universe he belongs to in a infinite number of universes. And then the "new" prime sg1 died in 2010 and the next (prime) team the series follows (in a parallel universe) dies in anicent egypt in moebius. Blew my mind - LOL.
The best Stargate experience you can get these days is Carter's Addon Pack for Garry's Mod. It's simulated very well, with all the rules physics from the show, exploding gates, iris's, shields, zpm's and even some of the ships. It's just not a full game, it's a sandbox that lets you play with Stargates in the most accurate way I've seen in any game.
A couple of years ago I found a build of StarGate Worlds somewhere on the internet that was playable. You could create a character and walk around but there were no quests/missions or anything to do so it was not fun to play but nice to look around in to see what could be.
The only way to " play " Stargate nowadays is to play a game that has a mod for it. And I feel like Starfield is the perfect skeleton to flesh out with a Stargate mod.
As someone from the younger generation born in 2005, when I found stargate I didn't think to much of it at first but then I got invested into the loar and all the series that followed the first stargate movie. I found stargate about 2-3 years ago and I have been trying to find anything that I can, on movies and games and anything possible so thank you for showing me and everyone else that there are people still fantasized, and fanaticizing about stargate and it's franchise. tho I do wish that the stargate franchise will someday find it's way to VR for everyone to explore. (but that may just be me) Thanks for reading.
I was on a team working on a community-made stargate FPS game using the Torque engine. We got quite far when we received a C&D letter from MGM which was in the process of trying to make itself as valuable as possible prior to selling itself out. This obviously killed our game. The team then broke up, and the remaining members ended up making a generic brown FPS that was quickly forgotten.
The only other franchise that even comes close to being this cursed game-wise is Babylon 5, and that one was just because it seemed like no one even had the interest to give it a try. It only ever had one game that I'm aware of, and that one got cancelled months before release in spite of serious effort.
I'm still surprised that Firaxis never made a deal for use of the Stargate IP in a game since the massive success of their low budget and quickly developed Xcom reboot and its equally financially successful sequel seem perfect as the basis for an engine flip since the fireteam based nature of the SG teams, the underground base used for the SGC, the missions being travel through the gate to parts unknown where being massively outnumbered by strong but easily outmanoeuvred enemies is the norm fits so well that it's a match seemingly made in heaven yet no one seems to have decided it should be done.
@@DrUrsa88 Indeed, and it's why you have things like XSGCOM blend the setting of the original Xcom and Stargate so naturally you could be forgiven for thinking that was an original work if you weren't familiar with both.
There is a mod for the RTS game Homeworld called Stargate: Space Conflict that replaces the normal ships with Stargate ships and even has single player missions.
There are several SG themed mods for Minecraft. Most to my knowledge don't add more than the stargates themselves that act as teleporters to other stargates, although they work between dimensions so adding any mod that adds more dimensions works well with them. The one I'm familiar with has compatibility with two of the most popular mods that add DOS based computers to Minecraft, ComputerCraft and Opencomputers. Both rely on the user knowing LUA scripting to write their own programs tho so they aren't that user friendly way of using the stargates.
What i would love to see is either something Star trek online like or like a Elite dangerous but instead of flying alot you use the stargate to explore, trade and fight
for me Stargate started with the genesis platformer - only after I've played it for countless hours (without knowledge of english and understanding what's going on there) - I've stumbled upon a movie and it was a blast! It is still one of my fav movies of all time! I liked tv shows as well - SG-1, Atlantis, Universe (less so), but the original movie is an example of such a fine craftmanship at every aspect that it just cannot be beaten.
OP, if you're interested, check out the various videos here showing the Stargate prop sets that people have created for Garry's Mod. There is a working gate system and ships, and I think someone made a copy of the SGC with a working stargate, as well. You could probably use GM to hack together something basic for yourself and some friends if you wanted to.
This gave me the idea for an extraction shooter, in the vein of the Payday series. You and some number of other players (3?) set up as the exploration squad. You select from a number of characters each with different specializations. You enter into either a randomly generated zone, or a pregen zone depending on gameplay loop. The goal is to retrieve a MacGuffin, depending on the level or enemy faction in the zone, you can attempt to do it diplomatically. The diplomacy section would be a sort of puzzle game. Where you have to question NPCs, gain access to computer terminals, and attempt to negotiate terms for the item. I'm imagining something similar to Shadows of Doubt, where you have to keep track of information. If diplomacy breaks down then you attempt it as a shooter game. The different characters skills would be more focused on different sections of the game. Of course some players would just opt for a run and gun style of play, forgoing diplomacy completely, and the game would have to allow for that.
If I remember right, there was another Stargate SG-1 game that popped up that either the official site or SciFi put up. It was just a reskin of one of the cheap browser games where you picked a faction and went with it...all of their factions in it was, essentially the exact same thing with different names despite being wildly different tech bases in universe (You had the SGC, Goa'uld, Replicators, Asgard, and a few others). Just a build forces, upgrade stuff, and take land while hoping not to lose all of your own along the way...
I'm surprised MGM never managed to ship a working Stargate game. It would have helped expand the IP, and cement it as one of the big ones like Star Wars or Star Trek. Stargate can work for many game types: X-COM like, strategy, action, adventures, management.
I lay 95% of the blame, for both the IP withering and no games being released, at the feet of MGM. Good riddance. The other 5% was the fault of whoever decided to make SGU a crappy ripoff of the BSG reboot because they saw how high the ratings for that show were. The failure of SGU was the nail in the coffin. I also blame the BSG reboot for all the sci-fi/fantasy series after that being some weird narrative arc thing that get lost in the Chris Carter effect (look it up) instead of episodic stories that challenge social, technological, and political issues of the day, as sci-fi is designed to do. Sci-fi became high-tech drama and ceased to be sci-fi. But I digress. Where was I? Oh, right. Friggin MGM.
Stargate would be a fantastic universe to have a squad-based action RPG similar to Mass Effect. You could explore planets and either create or destroy relationships with various races based on your choices. Progression can be based around acquiring and researching alien technology just like the shows. The potential is there.
They have a ROBLOX version of the SG-1 facility from the show. It's called Stargate Horizons. Its basically almost a 1 to 1 version of the facility. Also has a fairly active community. They offer a few gamepasses you can purchase like SGSOC, Commanding Officer (Aka General), CCT which can dial the gate and fix base power if its taken offline by offworlders, etc. There is also a mechanic where you can travel to other planets through the stargate and go offworld.
Definitely not the only one. Finished an Atlantis walk through last month and been binging an episode or two of SG-1 every night since. Halfway through sadly.
Nice video! The Expanse: A Telltale Series is coming this summer, so I'm rooting for a Stargate: A Telltale Series! Alsoo something similar to Star Trek: Resurgence game, but set in the Stargate universe would be cool!
I just pulled up the Steam page for Stargate Timekeepers. There is a Free Demo, and the game is set to release on Dec 12th, 2023. Thank you for letting me know about this game.
I had cartridge with Star Gate for Sega Genesis when I was kid. I think I never had returned to this game for many years, but when I've heard music from it in this video I instantly remembered that it is that music from Star Gate game. I mean, I would probably never remembered what music this game had, but those sounds still stored in my brain.
One of the best ways to engage with Stargate material growing up was the Stargate mods for Garrysmod. They were basically integral to any real Spacebuild experience. Maybe you could take a look at that content sometime
@@DrUrsa88 Anytime! I do suggest though, that if you plan on exploring that content, you prioritize it rather soonish. Garrysmod addons break hilariously frequently and the Stargate stuff is very old. Last time I used it was a year ago or so, and the general content worked, but a lot of the more intricate things were kinda buggy AF
I was jazzed up for Stargate Worlds, had a fansite and everything, was in contact with Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment and was even on the alpha list. I'd probably still be playing it to this day.
Thanks for the reminder on Stargate: Timekeepers, I like this genre and totally missed it. Hope its decent, or given the track record - releases. Kinda reminds me of Star Trek: Away Team - also a game nobody remembers that was similar to commandos/desperados and actually quite decent and faithfull to the licence.
My brother as a novice dev was tasked to come up with a SG puzzle game for Gameboy when the movie came out. A lot of people were dissapointed buying a big title game only to get a tetris like puzzle game, but for puzzle games at the time it got great reviews..... 30+ years later he is still in the industry, now works on mobile gaming... Cash grab definitely fits with how they approached getting game titles released with the movie.
I have always loved Stargate SG-1 like no other series, it's definitely my all time favourite show. I've been toying with an idea of a Stargate roguelike game. With its rich lore there would be so many scenarios and combinations of different enemies and allies with different abilities. And switching between completely different areas doesn't break the immersion in this context either - hop through a stargate and a new world awaits once again!
There was a Half Life 1 Mod that was pretty fun. Almost everything was in there and functional stargates, which means that the teams fought through the wormhole. Not sure if there are still servers up and running nowadays
A Stargate mmo could have had potential. Especially with what races you'd be able to play as. I imagine races like the Unas would have been part of an expansion after the initial launch.
I was thinking about what a Stargate game could be like, and it could be made to be a MMO where you have factions you can choose from. The base game could came with three factions: Tau'ri, Jaffa and Goa'uld. Then they could launch a DLC with a new faction, perhaps the Lucian Alliance. The factions would have a different gameplay depending on their background. For example, the Tau'ri would fight with Earth firearms and be restricted to the orders they get from SGC, and if they disobey those orders they could be demoted. The Goa'uld, on the other hand, would have no restrictions and would fight with their personal shields hand weapons and also a new type of minion. So each faction would have a different gameplay. From there they could launch thematic DLCs, like a Pegasus Galaxy DLC with factions like the Atlantis Expedition, Wraith, Genii and Travelers. Later they could add the Replicators, perhaps.
for me would love a unreal engine game where you use a mind stone to move between SG1 Atlantis and SGU personnel and locations as an ancient trying to save the ancients from some new bad guy by solving puzzles diversifying texts and Tech and of course shooting and blowing stuff up
There was a mod for Starcraft 2 called Gatecraft a few years back. I have no idea what its like now but it was a full rts style set in SG-1 including space and ground combat.
There are a few styles that would make a good stargate game. The easiest two in my opinion are: -an x-com style game is perfect. You run cheyenne mountain, you bulid teams and send them through the gate; do research. Seems straight forward. Or you could base it in atlantis, or on the alpha site who lost contact with earth; or in a an alternate universe where you try to restore teh timeline. -an RPG, I am thinking like the OG fallout or the harebrained scheme Shadowrun game. But you could go for a modern small team RPG like BG3. You lead SG-3 into some complicated story. Other styles also can fit. The squad FPS can work. You could do a visual novel or a point and click where you uncover some ancient cultures. And that's only if you play earth! You could play a goa'ould system lord trying to conquer the galaxy. Or maybe you play one of ba'als 100 clones. The potential is HUGE on the stargate franchise. I'm surprised we haven't seen anything come out!
There is currently a small indie game in early access on steam called Exogate that is pretty much an off brand stargate game. It's a base builder management sim that plays similar to Evil Genius but with the gameplay loop revolving around exploring the universe using the gate to gather resources, research new life, and make contact with new species while funding your program using patents made with your exo-biology research. The game is still relatively early on in development and it lacks any tactical combat but I think is shows a good demonstration of the potential a real Stargate game could have, and I think the concept itself lends well to the Xcom formula.
They get points from me for being honest about their Stargate inspirations, but I am not sure if it is exactly what I was hoping for. Still looks great though! Thanks for watching!!!
Ha! I remember Stargate Worlds. :P I was a 3d modeler for an Unreal mod called Stargate Unreal way back when, and supposedly the Stargate Worlds devs were intimidated by us. Alas, both projects died (as seems to be a theme with Stargate-themed unreal mods), but I was really looking forward to playing it.
If only someone could launch one of these larger projects! No shade to the stuff that has managed to come out, but I think you know what I mean. Thanks for watching!
I collect out of print collectible card games, and there was a Stargate trading card game released in 2007 that was similarly short lived! It's still one of the hardest games to find cards for out of all the games I collect, because it was cancelled so quickly after it came out.
I swear the closest I ever got to a Stargate game was playing modded space engineers and building the SGC myself then setting up planetary bases with gates in a custom universe map. Then the mod broke. But my god was it fun while it lasted. After that it was only mods for various space games!
Don't forget that there were also a bunch of lost Nokia platformer titles that are lost media. All we have for footage is a few screenshots posted to gateworld
I haven't checked in on it in several years but there was an unofficial browser-based MMO that was contemporary with the show that was originally called Stargate Wars (they later renamed to just 'GateWars' after MGM threatened legal action).
Now that you mentioned it, it's odd that in the modern day where unique IP's are scarce and in high demand, especially ones that come with a pre-established fan base, it is really odd that no company has thought to invest in the SG franchise
As a SG:W forum moderator I can confirm, that one of the alpha players solved the puzzle and that's why it was canceled. On a side note the MMO was really innovative and the Alpha stage showed a lot of promise. I wasn't a big fan of the art direction but game mechanics were incredible for the time. BTW I think that the X-COM format would be fantastic for a SG game.
Forget running around the forest with a P90, I want a game that lets me run Stargate Command from my desk. Maybe some base expansion like XCOM, as a long-term side activity. The main focus would be sending out a MALP, scanning the environment, and then making the next move. Have a big button to close the iris, with consequences if you press it too late. When the remote vehicle finds an interesting world, it would be the player's job to select from SG-2 to SG-12, or very occasionally get SG-1 involved. Based on your initial impressions, it's important to select the right team and to give them supplemental equipment. You only see the far side of the wormhole through MALP cameras.
I want to see a stargate RPG. Something where you play as an SG team and go to other worlds through the gate. As you progress you will learn e.g. new coordinates and new planets to visit, collect new technology and items, kill bad guys (Goa'uld, Replicators, etc), make friends etc. Something with the breadth of content and the level of fun that, say, Fallout 4 has.
Oh man. So Xcom style would work as someone else mentioned but tbh it can also be used for Procedural Survival or just normal survival game with premade maps and resource spawns. There are a few races that could be enemies as well as just wild life on the different planets as well as the different factions for several races that were at war with each other as well as the humans. Maybe you could even choose from a few allied races or even choose to be evil?
One of the Homeworld remastered games had a good stargate mod for space combat, bit limited on faction choice if I recall correctly, just Star Gate Command, System Lords, and the Wraith.
This mobile game was quite decent I must say. I remember playing it just after it was released. It was like watching some lost episode of fifth season of SG-1. :)
Stargate is such a great show! It may not have gotten any long-lived games so far but at least the concept of Stargates made it into other media. Imagine my surprise when I played No Man‘s Sky for the first time and they had an actual literal Stargate network! 😂 Really hope we’ll get a proper game for that franchise one day.
I remember that back in the mid 2000's I happened to be handed a massive collection of SNES roms and among them there was the Stargate movie game, which I found to be pretty meh, but I did think to myself "there has to be other Stargate games"... well, no, after some research I discovered that at that time there was no other games in the franchise which seemed really odd for a TV show that was quite popular. Fast forward almost twenty years ahead (god, I'm getting old too quickly) and it looks like the situation isn't much better. Man do I miss Stargate, I really liked Atlantis.
i would love to see a massive open world game with base building and star ship building with seamless transition through the gate to other worlds. may be 5 or 6 planets and star systems with gates scattered across both space and land. i say this then i remember starfield and how much of a joke that game was. they could use Star Engine to make the game, same engine as star citizen uses. To be honest i would love any form of a stargate game but like you said it would have to be a little more than just team shooter like modern warfare.
I'd want a game that shows (unlike the TV-Shows, which sadly didn't have the budget for that) how the military would have done it (fighting a war through the gate) - including NEVER to travel directly to Earth! But to stop-over-planets and from them to Forward-Operating-Bases (FOBs). The use of vehicles, more soldiers, more technology being acquired and directly used if need be etc...the FOBs having their own intelligence arm (so as to not depend on the Tok'Ra)...and stuff like firing missiles through the gate being SOP for a hostile breaching of a gate on an enemy planet etc.
8:59 I've always felt that Halo 1 would have been a really good base model for modding in a Stargate SG1 game. Basically take away shield from NPCs and players alike and mod the look of the character models and environments. Star Wars Republic Commando might have also been a good base model for modders since it already has squad mechanics. For a more modern game that might work, Halo 5 has a lot of assets and mechanics that could easily work into a Stargate game.
Welp, Timekeepers is scheduled to release on December 12th as of this comment. So, hopefully it releases _and_ is good. I'd still love a Stargate MMO, and I think it could work well in today's gaming space if it got a good team and people who actually enjoy and know anything about the franchise. We do have MMOs were you have a ship and a ground campaign, just look at STO (not a perfect comparison I grant you but still).
8:09 If anyone is interested in space battles in the Stargate universe, I highly recommend The Pegasus Chronicles. It's a mod for Star Wars Empire at War: Forces of Corruption and I really enjoy it.
When second life just came out, some people sandboxed a few rooms in SG1 mountain complex. I bought a bunch of skins, so I had uniforms, weapons, and looked the part. But sadly if you weren't part of their click they would boot you out of the room. At least I got to see it for a mere 15 mins, so it was cool enough I suppose.
There's an old browser based strategy game called Gate Wars I used to play, back in the day. It's still around, though I wouldn't recommend it these days. It was entirely text based, but you could select Tau'ri, Goa'uld, Replicator or Asgard and each race had a bonus. The gameplay centered around building your stats and alliances, and combat involved selecting an opponent and sending troops to attack them. Not very inspired gameplay-wise, but we had a THRIVING game of political intrigue and some role-playing. Initially there was a lot of conflict as players built alliances based on race affiliation, but the really clever players began to develop multi-race alliances that would dominate their opposition. Subterfuge and espionage was the name of the game at the top levels, since groups like the Omega Empire (run by a System Lord, of course)could curb-stomp their opposition in a straight fight. And ultimately the system of alliances became so complex that if anyone really went to war it'd set off massive server-wide conflicts. So economic warfare and intelligence work was the more profitable way to undermine your enemies. Eventually MGM got wind of it and there was some behind-the-scenes legal work, so some of the stuff got renamed and the game was rebranded from Stargate Wars to Gate Wars. It was actually impressive what the developer got away with ultimately. It even had a spinoff game based on Stargate: Atlantis, which was less popular but had just as fierce a community.
the best Stargate game to date is the "Pegasus Chronicles" mod for Star Wars Empire at War. Space Combat is beautiful and you can encounter ALL the races. Like even if there was just one reference in pne episode it's probably in the game. Ground combat wasn't that developed in my memory, but playable.
With the potential the StarEngine (CloudImperiumGames) offers, it would be absolutely the best way a proper StarGate Game could be made. And then make it a Coop or even a truely Multiplayer based game. With where StarEngine goes, MMO-RPG with Basebuilding and without loading-transitions seems much more possible these days.
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I feel like an xcom style of game would suit stargate,
Small teams that you could make yourself, take them on missions and grow attached to and then when they die it really affects you.
Have different classes like scientist, soldier, jaffa etc. And face threats like goa'uld, replicators, wraiths etc.
It is almost perfect for it. Building a secret base under a mountain, where have I heard that before?
Yes!
Read the crossover fanfic Mirror Image then? if not i really suggest it
This sounds like a mod in the making.
Actually, instead of Xcom, might I suggest something more Baldur's Gate 3. Large over archiving, dynamic story, where choice matters. Catering more towards story than combat.
i personally think that Mass Effect set the perfect gameplay for a Stargate Game.
Visit Planet, talk to people, do some missions, big fight in the end
4 Person Team with each member having individual skills. Sounds great
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As I said in another thread, Xcom the Bureau had a very similar concept, you had a base where you were between operations, and you had Mass Effect style squad based combat. It was less polished overall, but it was a solid game. If not for the extremely questionable plot twist at the last act, and the burden of being an Xcom game, I think it could have been a hit.
Strongly agreed. That loop of explore and return to base would be great. Team management as an FPS RPG.
That's a great idea!
i agree
I've felt for years now that someone high up in MGM really hated Stargate for some reason. The IP as a whole that is. Anytime something was greenlit that the fans truly got excited for, it ended up getting canned. And then they would greenlight something half-assed instead as if they needed to make something. And when response was underwhelming, this figure could point to the low numbers as reason why they should just leave the IP dead.
Stargate is ripe for so many potential gameplay genres. Past, present and future times. Hundreds or thousands of worlds. Multiple galaxies. From the SG Teams to the Fleet to the enemy factions and those that make up those forces. Base building as you grow a civ just barely able to decipher the gate. Doesn't need to be set on Earth, in fact the civ discovering us and the Goa'uld could be a sign you've hit the higher levels as you're now playing with the big boys.
It's such a brilliant universe with countless ways someone could develop it out. Even a shameless tie in skin over an existing game might be better than what we've been denied so far. Stardew Valley clone where you are a farmer keeping the Alpha Site from collapsing as it's cut off from Earth for a while thanks to yet more SG-1 shenanigans. Each level of difficulty increase comes as more and more allies show up and the needs of the site grow and tensions rise if the supply needs aren't met. That's a two second idea from the top of my head that avoids the CoD in Space styling that is just so obvious for a premise.
I am a bit disappointed you didn't mention Stargate Network. Though the Powers That Be finally shut them down, that was a mighty impressive effort from the fandom. Filling that need we all have for more Stargate while the owners sat on their hands and did nothing with the IP we so love. It's so frustrating to be a fan right now, knowing Amazon holds the rights and has the cash (that they love to throw at established IPs) but not hearing anything. I know the strikes will be preventing them from really getting any traction right now, but that lot deserve their pay. It's the writers that fleshed out this universe we so crave to play in before the actors brought it to life.
But still... how hard can it truly be for those in power to actually deliver a half-decent game. Timekeepers doesn't really spark joy to see the gameplay footage, but at this point, I'll take a released Stargate game I may not be super psyched to play over nothing. Probably even gonna buy it, just to show the bean counters that we fans want more Stargate. And especially want some damn games.
i agree with most of your points, but i can't support this style of game, the IP owners always seem to choose the dumbest route, actually i'm pretty sure they choose the cheapest route to make a game, and that's why it always leads nowhere.
if it releases, most fans won't support it because they don't like 2d side scrollers, they might get it but at a significantly reduced cost and most probably won't really play it that much because they don't like it, and we tried to warn them before they continued on this path.
i feel like the IP owners before they make any decision when making a game, they really need to ask the community of fans first before they made some dumbass decision, these days it feels like most IP owners need to ask their community what they want the most and then pay attention to what people talk about the most and then go on the search to find a game dev to make the game the fans actually want.
because otherwise it's just guess work and or they will choose the cheapest game dev that can't even deliver on games in general, it also feels like they need an expert in gaming so they know what devs to pitch their game to, because without that knowledge, they are going in blind and could easily run into a dev who will waste their time and money and at the end of the day the game is essentially Shovelware which everyone ignores or the devs are incompetent to get the job done, like i don't fully understand the reasons why stargate alliance didn't work out still to this day, they say some legal situation took place but i don't know what relation this situation took place as and why the game had to be scrapped...it was very vague information.
@@5226-p1e I agree. I don't seriously want them to half ass anything. I want a proper Stargate game that is a labour of love for it's dev team. Who actually want to make it, they aren't just cashing in a payday from Amazon.
As long as we finally get some freaking good Stargate games. I only mean that the universe is the limit with Stargate. Any number of different options exist from the stupid farming sim or management game to the FPS to the RPG, etc...
It's not a lack of potential. It's a lack of support from those who hold the IP. Or worse, active suppression by them. See Stargate Network. They could have just bought it out and found a developer to polish it to a publishable state. or even those already making it. Just pay them. They're fans so excited about your product they've put years of their free time into making something wonderful.
Instead they just quietly send out cease and desists. It's so frustrating to be a fan when this is how the people in charge treat our source of entertainment.
Problem Disney bought MGM not Amazon.
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no, you are incorrect, it was Amazon, i have known about this for the past few years now, don't try and tell me Disney bought MGM when they didn't.
From what I remember, Stargate SG1 the Alliance was canceled to make Stargate Worlds in its place. They should have just released Alliance anyways, as it was practically done and they could have just continued with development of Worlds.
Stargate worlds was actually fun i tested it back then and it was really nice. buggy yes but it was an alpha and man it would be great for them to return it on UE5. i was amazed by it. it was way ahead of its time back then and had systems that are just now being added to WoW and other games.
No Stargate Alliance was cancelled cause they lost the rights to the IP
@@sholva6809 They lost the rights to the IP because MGM wanted Stargate Worlds to be made. They could have made both games. It was stated at the time that the decision was to pivot to worlds.
@@HealerMommy1 They should have done both. The failure of Universe killed everything Stargate and Stargate related.
@@kingrex1931 No there was a legal dispute between Jowood and Perception it had nothing to do with them wanting to make Stargate Worlds. I don't know where you got your information from but it's wrong
A Mass Effect style cinematic story driven RPG would be perfect for lore expansion based on the existing lore and mythology! Imagine a game like this coming out these days, what would the galaxy look like, with the Tauri, the Free Jaffa Nation, the Lucian Alliance as well as new people and planets years later after the Ori crusade and the disappearance of the Goa'uld power structure. But like many others have said many genres could suit Stargate very well and I would play them for sure!
Hey Doc, there was an RTS game by the name of "Star Wars: Empire at War" where some modders created a Stargate Mod with all races: Tau'ri , Goa'uld , and the Wrath. They had Ori as an event enemy. "Stargate - Empire at War: Pegasus Chronicles" is the closest game that Stargate fans will have.
I remember Empire at War. I may have to look into this one, RTS would be such an easy genre to fit this franchise into. Thanks!
@@DrUrsa88 there was probably a Stargate mod for Homeworld too, though I'm more of a Babylon 5 guy.
I am sensing another gap in games with that community as well@@Albtraum_TDDC
@@DrUrsa882nd upvote for the EaW Stargate Mod. It's fantastic and highly polished.
@@DrUrsa88There was also quite decent CS MOD on source engine.
"we could even see biomes other than canadian forest".... huh
I always thought the forests looked kinda weird as a kid.
of course they did, they are from an entirely different continent!
its time for another stargate binge to thoroughly analyze the plantlife.
Pine trees are the true plague of the universe!
They just look like the Forrests outside.
@@DrUrsa88 Trees confirmed for Furlings
They were there the whole time!@@deathsheadknight2137
i think thats the Issue , Other than the free Jafa Planet , every planet is a forest in canada, Star Wars is better for games becasue so many different plnet types from the movies to choose from
FYI: There's a movie that's a not-so-great sequel to the classic film WarGames called WarGames: The Dead Code. In one scene, a video gamer can be seen playing Stargate Worlds (which is funny because Claudia Black provided the voice of the A.I. RIPLEY in the film) in the film's final act.
That is a deep cut! I really wish we would have gotten Stargate Worlds
@@DrUrsa88 Yeah, it was kind of a deep cut. I was trying to see if RUclips had the clip of the scene with the gameplay, but apparently, this was the only thing I found (and it's advertising one of those "watch the whole film here" websites): ruclips.net/video/vnlp7beEhLQ/видео.html
There's a freeware point and click adventure game called Stargate Adventures. I haven't played it in well over a decade, and actually had never seen the show before when I played it. I remember thinking it was weird, but quite competent for a free to play adventure game.
I think the best way to approach making a Stargate game would be X-COM style. Turn-based tactical battles, base building, researching alien technology and culture, maybe some aircraft combat... but we can only dream of that, probably.
It would be perfect, off-world missions would even allow for some map variety. Maybe take an X-COM 2 approach with smaller more detailed squads
I thought they were making something like that?
@@nicocarrero5953 I think it could be the Stargate Timekeeps he mentions in the video? Not released yet?
some fan games you missed:
Stargate had a massive mod for Garrys mod that was one of the most popular mods in the games history, created by mod maker aVoN. You can still download depracted mod packs that overhauled the original mod on the workshop.
There was also Stargate TC2, which was an objective based source game where you would start at one end of a map, push forward to each objective, and the finale usually ended with you dialing the gate to invade the enemy defenders spawn. This game had a really cool feature where you could either memorize the address for that map to dial quickly, or use the super slow auto dial mechanic. This acted much like the bomb mechanic in counter strike, so the slower it was the more likleky the enemy would kill you and stop the dialing.
The best, most well rounded game that came out was Stargate: The Last Stand, which had multiple maps which followed a similar objectives based gameplay loop like tc2. It looked fantastic for when it came out and had a pretty active playerbase for a while.
Very cool! Thanks!
There was also an official game gear game that is essentially some kind of a tetris game
Heartwarming to see how Stargate still has fan support all these years later :) thus, as the other commenters said, loads of fan games & mods exist(ed). Would be awesome to have a video about those too...
My favorite was a flash game where you would helm SGC (basically as Walther) and dial planets, probe them (UAVs & the litlle caterpillar robots), open/close the iris, it had nukes, self-destruct, radio, viruses, really the whole nine yards. I had an absolute blast with it 😍
Stargate is my comfort show. I also rewatch every year or so.
I'm honestly super surprised there's never been an SG-1 total conversion mod for X-COM 2. The game has had a comprehensive group of Halo, 40K, and Star Wars conversion mods but only a handful of SG-1 voice and cosmetic mods (and mostly just things like tattoos and icons). It seems like such a great fit too with the whole "going from the base on missions against a more powerful foe in an effort to find weapons/allies to help defeat them" theme.
I wish there more conversion mods too. I just found a Fallout 4 mod that changes Fusion Cores to ZPMS XD. I really need to pick up my Stargate fanworks again.
Garry's Mod had quite a large Stargate Addon community around the late 2000's to early 2010s. It tied REALLY well with the then also popular Space Build game mode. Really Impressive stuff for Gmod at the time.
I remember that well, it was around 40 GB which at the time was huge. Fond memories. I wonder if it's still available somewhere
Still available and as far as I know was still worked on only a couple years ago, it might even still be worked on today
I agree. It's still available on Steam workshop and over the years it improved, but the development stopped after 2010-ish. Sadly, it's not being developed anymore, maintained at best, but it's still holds up one of the best addons for gmod of all time.
I love the interactions between Chris Judge's and Jason Momoa's characters.
Jason looks so small going back, but I loved the brief time they spent together! Thanks for watching!
There's a pretty well-made Stargate addon for Garry's Mod out there called Carter's Addon Pack. It hasn't been worked on in years, but last I checked all of the important stuff still worked. The addon made the gates as accurate to the show as it could, and the other stuff like the ring transporters, weapons, and a handful of the smaller ships were nice as well. Unfortunately Gmod doesn't really lend itself well for using all that stuff as anything other than toys in a sandbox, so you kinda have to make your own fun with it. But if you can do that, I'd say it's worth checking out.
Skibidi Toilet vs Stargate Command anyone?
Carter's Addon Pack also worked really well with Spacebuild and SBEP. My first Spacebuild 2 ship was just a stargate, basic life support, a few SBEP props manually stuck together, and so many hoverballs and thrusters. The entire thing was welded instead of parented, of course.
I kinda want to use those assets in a custom Halo campaign pack
Garrys mod answers the question, what happens when you aim a portal gun at a stargate.
@@Wiiplay123I played so much spacebuild with CAP
I really want a star gate game where you are able to just take over worlds and use the star gate for intergalactic conquest
RTS would be a great genre for this! Thanks for watching!
While there hasn't been many Stargate games, there has been a ton of content in games inspired by it. You have the portals in No Man's Sky which are basically stargates. But one little known one is in Everquest. In the Temple of Sshra in the Shadows of Luclin expansion there is a snake-like race called the Shissar whose temple is a pyramid on one of the game world's moons. They were very much inspired by the Goauld from Stargate, enslaving other races. Inside their temple you traverse floors by using these ringed contraptions that look identical to ring transporters though instead of teleporting you, you 'swim' up and down them. There is even a stargate looking portal where the last boss is in said temple.
That is cool! I dabbled in Everquest back in the day, but never caught this one. Thanks!
As you talked about annual rewatch of stargate (offtopic): As I rewatched the series, I was really perplexed as I notieced, that we "lost" the original (prime) sg1 team possibly on S1 Ep 19 - as if daniel found the exact universe he belongs to in a infinite number of universes. And then the "new" prime sg1 died in 2010 and the next (prime) team the series follows (in a parallel universe) dies in anicent egypt in moebius. Blew my mind - LOL.
The best Stargate experience you can get these days is Carter's Addon Pack for Garry's Mod. It's simulated very well, with all the rules physics from the show, exploding gates, iris's, shields, zpm's and even some of the ships. It's just not a full game, it's a sandbox that lets you play with Stargates in the most accurate way I've seen in any game.
A couple of years ago I found a build of StarGate Worlds somewhere on the internet that was playable. You could create a character and walk around but there were no quests/missions or anything to do so it was not fun to play but nice to look around in to see what could be.
"what could be" sums up our entire Stargate gaming world...
Thanks for watching!
Star Wars Battlefront 2.
Half life
Halo
Clones of those games would’ve made me happy.
I remember stargate sg1 is all me and my dad would watch as a kid !
Bruh, i miss my childhood memories now 😢❤
Don't we all...
Time for another rewatch!!!
The only way to " play " Stargate nowadays is to play a game that has a mod for it. And I feel like Starfield is the perfect skeleton to flesh out with a Stargate mod.
As someone from the younger generation born in 2005, when I found stargate I didn't think to much of it at first but then I got invested into the loar and all the series that followed the first stargate movie. I found stargate about 2-3 years ago and I have been trying to find anything that I can, on movies and games and anything possible so thank you for showing me and everyone else that there are people still fantasized, and fanaticizing about stargate and it's franchise.
tho I do wish that the stargate franchise will someday find it's way to VR for everyone to explore. (but that may just be me) Thanks for reading.
I was on a team working on a community-made stargate FPS game using the Torque engine. We got quite far when we received a C&D letter from MGM which was in the process of trying to make itself as valuable as possible prior to selling itself out. This obviously killed our game. The team then broke up, and the remaining members ended up making a generic brown FPS that was quickly forgotten.
Sorry to hear that! It sucks when good IP gets caught up in the cash grabby politics of executives
The only other franchise that even comes close to being this cursed game-wise is Babylon 5, and that one was just because it seemed like no one even had the interest to give it a try. It only ever had one game that I'm aware of, and that one got cancelled months before release in spite of serious effort.
I'm still surprised that Firaxis never made a deal for use of the Stargate IP in a game since the massive success of their low budget and quickly developed Xcom reboot and its equally financially successful sequel seem perfect as the basis for an engine flip since the fireteam based nature of the SG teams, the underground base used for the SGC, the missions being travel through the gate to parts unknown where being massively outnumbered by strong but easily outmanoeuvred enemies is the norm fits so well that it's a match seemingly made in heaven yet no one seems to have decided it should be done.
It’s almost Stargate just on the principles you listed lol. If only…
@@DrUrsa88 Indeed, and it's why you have things like XSGCOM blend the setting of the original Xcom and Stargate so naturally you could be forgiven for thinking that was an original work if you weren't familiar with both.
There is a mod for the RTS game Homeworld called Stargate: Space Conflict that replaces the normal ships with Stargate ships and even has single player missions.
Theres a Homeworld 2 mod where you use fleets from the different races. It was pretty good back in the day.
SG Worlds - Play as an Asgard, Doom Guy, or a supermodel in a "hot Horus guard" halloween costume! The true Stargate experience.
There are several SG themed mods for Minecraft. Most to my knowledge don't add more than the stargates themselves that act as teleporters to other stargates, although they work between dimensions so adding any mod that adds more dimensions works well with them. The one I'm familiar with has compatibility with two of the most popular mods that add DOS based computers to Minecraft, ComputerCraft and Opencomputers. Both rely on the user knowing LUA scripting to write their own programs tho so they aren't that user friendly way of using the stargates.
GregTech (yes, _that_ GregTech) actually has Naquadah (and even Naquadria) and ZPMs
What i would love to see is either something Star trek online like or like a Elite dangerous but instead of flying alot you use the stargate to explore, trade and fight
for me Stargate started with the genesis platformer - only after I've played it for countless hours (without knowledge of english and understanding what's going on there) - I've stumbled upon a movie and it was a blast! It is still one of my fav movies of all time!
I liked tv shows as well - SG-1, Atlantis, Universe (less so), but the original movie is an example of such a fine craftmanship at every aspect that it just cannot be beaten.
Nothing like grinding those old games back in the day!
OP, if you're interested, check out the various videos here showing the Stargate prop sets that people have created for Garry's Mod. There is a working gate system and ships, and I think someone made a copy of the SGC with a working stargate, as well. You could probably use GM to hack together something basic for yourself and some friends if you wanted to.
This gave me the idea for an extraction shooter, in the vein of the Payday series. You and some number of other players (3?) set up as the exploration squad. You select from a number of characters each with different specializations. You enter into either a randomly generated zone, or a pregen zone depending on gameplay loop. The goal is to retrieve a MacGuffin, depending on the level or enemy faction in the zone, you can attempt to do it diplomatically. The diplomacy section would be a sort of puzzle game. Where you have to question NPCs, gain access to computer terminals, and attempt to negotiate terms for the item. I'm imagining something similar to Shadows of Doubt, where you have to keep track of information. If diplomacy breaks down then you attempt it as a shooter game. The different characters skills would be more focused on different sections of the game.
Of course some players would just opt for a run and gun style of play, forgoing diplomacy completely, and the game would have to allow for that.
If I remember right, there was another Stargate SG-1 game that popped up that either the official site or SciFi put up.
It was just a reskin of one of the cheap browser games where you picked a faction and went with it...all of their factions in it was, essentially the exact same thing with different names despite being wildly different tech bases in universe (You had the SGC, Goa'uld, Replicators, Asgard, and a few others). Just a build forces, upgrade stuff, and take land while hoping not to lose all of your own along the way...
A Star Gate SG1 game that played similarly to Star Trek Elite Force would've been nice.
I'm surprised MGM never managed to ship a working Stargate game. It would have helped expand the IP, and cement it as one of the big ones like Star Wars or Star Trek.
Stargate can work for many game types: X-COM like, strategy, action, adventures, management.
yes, yes, yes, yes, & yes. We have truly been deprived...
I lay 95% of the blame, for both the IP withering and no games being released, at the feet of MGM. Good riddance. The other 5% was the fault of whoever decided to make SGU a crappy ripoff of the BSG reboot because they saw how high the ratings for that show were. The failure of SGU was the nail in the coffin. I also blame the BSG reboot for all the sci-fi/fantasy series after that being some weird narrative arc thing that get lost in the Chris Carter effect (look it up) instead of episodic stories that challenge social, technological, and political issues of the day, as sci-fi is designed to do. Sci-fi became high-tech drama and ceased to be sci-fi. But I digress.
Where was I? Oh, right. Friggin MGM.
Stargate would be a fantastic universe to have a squad-based action RPG similar to Mass Effect. You could explore planets and either create or destroy relationships with various races based on your choices. Progression can be based around acquiring and researching alien technology just like the shows. The potential is there.
They have a ROBLOX version of the SG-1 facility from the show. It's called Stargate Horizons. Its basically almost a 1 to 1 version of the facility. Also has a fairly active community. They offer a few gamepasses you can purchase like SGSOC, Commanding Officer (Aka General), CCT which can dial the gate and fix base power if its taken offline by offworlders, etc. There is also a mechanic where you can travel to other planets through the stargate and go offworld.
Love binge watching stargate every year also, thought I was the only one haha.
They do need a 3rd person shooter game to come out for sure.
Definitely just watching stargate again now n thought gota be coming out with a 3rd person shooter bye now
Definitely not the only one. Finished an Atlantis walk through last month and been binging an episode or two of SG-1 every night since. Halfway through sadly.
I remember Battlefield 2 having a Stargate Mod, that was quite fun.
Bf2 had mods for near everything of course
Nice video! The Expanse: A Telltale Series is coming this summer, so I'm rooting for a Stargate: A Telltale Series! Alsoo something similar to Star Trek: Resurgence game, but set in the Stargate universe would be cool!
That could be a lot of fun, and a good way to utilize the original cast without explaining the aging lol
I thought Telltale went bankrupt.
@@theblackwidower Thats true, the original Telltale Games went bankrupt in 2018! But it was revived in late 2019.
I'd love to see that.
I just pulled up the Steam page for Stargate Timekeepers.
There is a Free Demo, and the game is set to release on Dec 12th, 2023.
Thank you for letting me know about this game.
I had cartridge with Star Gate for Sega Genesis when I was kid. I think I never had returned to this game for many years, but when I've heard music from it in this video I instantly remembered that it is that music from Star Gate game. I mean, I would probably never remembered what music this game had, but those sounds still stored in my brain.
Genesis had some sick sounds! Thanks for watching!
I'm hoping for at least one playable Star Gate game to come out!!!
One of the best ways to engage with Stargate material growing up was the Stargate mods for Garrysmod. They were basically integral to any real Spacebuild experience.
Maybe you could take a look at that content sometime
It keeps coming up, I am definitely open to the idea! Thanks!
@@DrUrsa88 Anytime!
I do suggest though, that if you plan on exploring that content, you prioritize it rather soonish. Garrysmod addons break hilariously frequently and the Stargate stuff is very old.
Last time I used it was a year ago or so, and the general content worked, but a lot of the more intricate things were kinda buggy AF
I was jazzed up for Stargate Worlds, had a fansite and everything, was in contact with Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment and was even on the alpha list. I'd probably still be playing it to this day.
Thanks for the reminder on Stargate: Timekeepers, I like this genre and totally missed it. Hope its decent, or given the track record - releases. Kinda reminds me of Star Trek: Away Team - also a game nobody remembers that was similar to commandos/desperados and actually quite decent and faithfull to the licence.
I remember it. Actally have a physical copy too.
My brother as a novice dev was tasked to come up with a SG puzzle game for Gameboy when the movie came out. A lot of people were dissapointed buying a big title game only to get a tetris like puzzle game, but for puzzle games at the time it got great reviews..... 30+ years later he is still in the industry, now works on mobile gaming...
Cash grab definitely fits with how they approached getting game titles released with the movie.
It deserves/deserved so much more!
Thank you for watching!
"ecosystems other than Canadian forest" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
There was also an adventure fan game called Stargate Adventure that was released on 2005 (probably). It was pretty good!
I have always loved Stargate SG-1 like no other series, it's definitely my all time favourite show. I've been toying with an idea of a Stargate roguelike game. With its rich lore there would be so many scenarios and combinations of different enemies and allies with different abilities. And switching between completely different areas doesn't break the immersion in this context either - hop through a stargate and a new world awaits once again!
Ooooh! Roguelike could be really fun!
There was a Half Life 1 Mod that was pretty fun. Almost everything was in there and functional stargates, which means that the teams fought through the wormhole.
Not sure if there are still servers up and running nowadays
I remember playing this mod, I can't remember the name, but it was a lot of fun. You can dial the gate and traver trhough the wormhole.
Stargate TC?
A Stargate mmo could have had potential. Especially with what races you'd be able to play as.
I imagine races like the Unas would have been part of an expansion after the initial launch.
Oooh, that could be fun! Chaka ftw!
I was thinking about what a Stargate game could be like, and it could be made to be a MMO where you have factions you can choose from. The base game could came with three factions: Tau'ri, Jaffa and Goa'uld. Then they could launch a DLC with a new faction, perhaps the Lucian Alliance.
The factions would have a different gameplay depending on their background. For example, the Tau'ri would fight with Earth firearms and be restricted to the orders they get from SGC, and if they disobey those orders they could be demoted. The Goa'uld, on the other hand, would have no restrictions and would fight with their personal shields hand weapons and also a new type of minion. So each faction would have a different gameplay.
From there they could launch thematic DLCs, like a Pegasus Galaxy DLC with factions like the Atlantis Expedition, Wraith, Genii and Travelers. Later they could add the Replicators, perhaps.
SW:Battlefront style Stargate could be awesome. Could have a lot of large and unique set pieces.
Thanks, mate! Didn't know there were attempst and there IS one in develepment. Fingers crossed!
for me would love a unreal engine game where you use a mind stone to move between SG1 Atlantis and SGU personnel and locations as an ancient trying to save the ancients from some new bad guy by solving puzzles diversifying texts and Tech and of course shooting and blowing stuff up
There was a mod for Starcraft 2 called Gatecraft a few years back. I have no idea what its like now but it was a full rts style set in SG-1 including space and ground combat.
There are a few styles that would make a good stargate game.
The easiest two in my opinion are:
-an x-com style game is perfect. You run cheyenne mountain, you bulid teams and send them through the gate; do research. Seems straight forward. Or you could base it in atlantis, or on the alpha site who lost contact with earth; or in a an alternate universe where you try to restore teh timeline.
-an RPG, I am thinking like the OG fallout or the harebrained scheme Shadowrun game. But you could go for a modern small team RPG like BG3. You lead SG-3 into some complicated story.
Other styles also can fit. The squad FPS can work. You could do a visual novel or a point and click where you uncover some ancient cultures.
And that's only if you play earth!
You could play a goa'ould system lord trying to conquer the galaxy. Or maybe you play one of ba'als 100 clones.
The potential is HUGE on the stargate franchise. I'm surprised we haven't seen anything come out!
There is currently a small indie game in early access on steam called Exogate that is pretty much an off brand stargate game. It's a base builder management sim that plays similar to Evil Genius but with the gameplay loop revolving around exploring the universe using the gate to gather resources, research new life, and make contact with new species while funding your program using patents made with your exo-biology research. The game is still relatively early on in development and it lacks any tactical combat but I think is shows a good demonstration of the potential a real Stargate game could have, and I think the concept itself lends well to the Xcom formula.
They get points from me for being honest about their Stargate inspirations, but I am not sure if it is exactly what I was hoping for. Still looks great though!
Thanks for watching!!!
Ha! I remember Stargate Worlds. :P
I was a 3d modeler for an Unreal mod called Stargate Unreal way back when, and supposedly the Stargate Worlds devs were intimidated by us. Alas, both projects died (as seems to be a theme with Stargate-themed unreal mods), but I was really looking forward to playing it.
If only someone could launch one of these larger projects! No shade to the stuff that has managed to come out, but I think you know what I mean. Thanks for watching!
I collect out of print collectible card games, and there was a Stargate trading card game released in 2007 that was similarly short lived! It's still one of the hardest games to find cards for out of all the games I collect, because it was cancelled so quickly after it came out.
Oh that is cool! What is your favorite card that you have so far? (Like are they characters or equipment?)
I swear the closest I ever got to a Stargate game was playing modded space engineers and building the SGC myself then setting up planetary bases with gates in a custom universe map. Then the mod broke. But my god was it fun while it lasted. After that it was only mods for various space games!
I would love to see a Command and Conquer type game made with the Stargate licence!
There was (and still is) a massive total conversion mod for Homeworld Remastered based on Stargate, called Stargate Space Conflict.
I was so bummed when Alliance was cancelled.
I got to play the Beta for Stargate: Worlds... it was a lot of fun, even in the unfinished beta state.
I used to play a browser strategy game called Stargate Universe Wars. However it was text-based and even by those standards it wasn't very good.
Don't forget that there were also a bunch of lost Nokia platformer titles that are lost media. All we have for footage is a few screenshots posted to gateworld
I haven't checked in on it in several years but there was an unofficial browser-based MMO that was contemporary with the show that was originally called Stargate Wars (they later renamed to just 'GateWars' after MGM threatened legal action).
Now that you mentioned it, it's odd that in the modern day where unique IP's are scarce and in high demand, especially ones that come with a pre-established fan base, it is really odd that no company has thought to invest in the SG franchise
It is just sitting there, ready and waiting...
As a SG:W forum moderator I can confirm, that one of the alpha players solved the puzzle and that's why it was canceled.
On a side note the MMO was really innovative and the Alpha stage showed a lot of promise. I wasn't a big fan of the art direction but game mechanics were incredible for the time.
BTW I think that the X-COM format would be fantastic for a SG game.
I knew it!!!
Forget running around the forest with a P90, I want a game that lets me run Stargate Command from my desk. Maybe some base expansion like XCOM, as a long-term side activity. The main focus would be sending out a MALP, scanning the environment, and then making the next move. Have a big button to close the iris, with consequences if you press it too late. When the remote vehicle finds an interesting world, it would be the player's job to select from SG-2 to SG-12, or very occasionally get SG-1 involved. Based on your initial impressions, it's important to select the right team and to give them supplemental equipment. You only see the far side of the wormhole through MALP cameras.
I want to see a stargate RPG. Something where you play as an SG team and go to other worlds through the gate. As you progress you will learn e.g. new coordinates and new planets to visit, collect new technology and items, kill bad guys (Goa'uld, Replicators, etc), make friends etc. Something with the breadth of content and the level of fun that, say, Fallout 4 has.
The Stargate setting makes such a great framework for all kinds of options. I am always a sucker for a good RPG
Oh man. So Xcom style would work as someone else mentioned but tbh it can also be used for Procedural Survival or just normal survival game with premade maps and resource spawns. There are a few races that could be enemies as well as just wild life on the different planets as well as the different factions for several races that were at war with each other as well as the humans. Maybe you could even choose from a few allied races or even choose to be evil?
One of the Homeworld remastered games had a good stargate mod for space combat, bit limited on faction choice if I recall correctly, just Star Gate Command, System Lords, and the Wraith.
That said, there are some decent Stargate themed mods out there. Both Star Wars Empire at War, and Homeworld 2 have good ones.
This mobile game was quite decent I must say. I remember playing it just after it was released. It was like watching some lost episode of fifth season of SG-1. :)
Stargate is such a great show! It may not have gotten any long-lived games so far but at least the concept of Stargates made it into other media. Imagine my surprise when I played No Man‘s Sky for the first time and they had an actual literal Stargate network! 😂
Really hope we’ll get a proper game for that franchise one day.
I just hope we get some more Stargate one day!
Thanks for watching!
I remember that back in the mid 2000's I happened to be handed a massive collection of SNES roms and among them there was the Stargate movie game, which I found to be pretty meh, but I did think to myself "there has to be other Stargate games"... well, no, after some research I discovered that at that time there was no other games in the franchise which seemed really odd for a TV show that was quite popular. Fast forward almost twenty years ahead (god, I'm getting old too quickly) and it looks like the situation isn't much better.
Man do I miss Stargate, I really liked Atlantis.
i would love to see a massive open world game with base building and star ship building with seamless transition through the gate to other worlds. may be 5 or 6 planets and star systems with gates scattered across both space and land. i say this then i remember starfield and how much of a joke that game was. they could use Star Engine to make the game, same engine as star citizen uses. To be honest i would love any form of a stargate game but like you said it would have to be a little more than just team shooter like modern warfare.
I'd want a game that shows (unlike the TV-Shows, which sadly didn't have the budget for that) how the military would have done it (fighting a war through the gate) - including NEVER to travel directly to Earth! But to stop-over-planets and from them to Forward-Operating-Bases (FOBs). The use of vehicles, more soldiers, more technology being acquired and directly used if need be etc...the FOBs having their own intelligence arm (so as to not depend on the Tok'Ra)...and stuff like firing missiles through the gate being SOP for a hostile breaching of a gate on an enemy planet etc.
Luv the series, never looked into if they had any games, this was an informative and fun travel to another dimension
There was one on the Xbox and PS2 that got cancelled I think.
Yeah Alliance that was it.
8:59 I've always felt that Halo 1 would have been a really good base model for modding in a Stargate SG1 game. Basically take away shield from NPCs and players alike and mod the look of the character models and environments.
Star Wars Republic Commando might have also been a good base model for modders since it already has squad mechanics.
For a more modern game that might work, Halo 5 has a lot of assets and mechanics that could easily work into a Stargate game.
We deserve a good new stargate game
The possibilities are through the roof! So much source material
Welp, Timekeepers is scheduled to release on December 12th as of this comment. So, hopefully it releases _and_ is good. I'd still love a Stargate MMO, and I think it could work well in today's gaming space if it got a good team and people who actually enjoy and know anything about the franchise. We do have MMOs were you have a ship and a ground campaign, just look at STO (not a perfect comparison I grant you but still).
You forgot the best existing one. The Stargate Mod for Arma 3. Sure its just a single mission but an awsome one.
8:09 If anyone is interested in space battles in the Stargate universe, I highly recommend The Pegasus Chronicles. It's a mod for Star Wars Empire at War: Forces of Corruption and I really enjoy it.
When second life just came out, some people sandboxed a few rooms in SG1 mountain complex. I bought a bunch of skins, so I had uniforms, weapons, and looked the part. But sadly if you weren't part of their click they would boot you out of the room. At least I got to see it for a mere 15 mins, so it was cool enough I suppose.
We, the fans, will never let this die! Sucks that some people are jerks though...
Thanks for watching!
There's an old browser based strategy game called Gate Wars I used to play, back in the day. It's still around, though I wouldn't recommend it these days. It was entirely text based, but you could select Tau'ri, Goa'uld, Replicator or Asgard and each race had a bonus. The gameplay centered around building your stats and alliances, and combat involved selecting an opponent and sending troops to attack them.
Not very inspired gameplay-wise, but we had a THRIVING game of political intrigue and some role-playing. Initially there was a lot of conflict as players built alliances based on race affiliation, but the really clever players began to develop multi-race alliances that would dominate their opposition. Subterfuge and espionage was the name of the game at the top levels, since groups like the Omega Empire (run by a System Lord, of course)could curb-stomp their opposition in a straight fight. And ultimately the system of alliances became so complex that if anyone really went to war it'd set off massive server-wide conflicts. So economic warfare and intelligence work was the more profitable way to undermine your enemies.
Eventually MGM got wind of it and there was some behind-the-scenes legal work, so some of the stuff got renamed and the game was rebranded from Stargate Wars to Gate Wars. It was actually impressive what the developer got away with ultimately. It even had a spinoff game based on Stargate: Atlantis, which was less popular but had just as fierce a community.
I have wondered the same thing... I can't imagine a better MMO setting to be honest...
danggggg.. Stargate Sg-1 the Alliance looks like it would have been so fun
the best Stargate game to date is the "Pegasus Chronicles" mod for Star Wars Empire at War. Space Combat is beautiful and you can encounter ALL the races. Like even if there was just one reference in pne episode it's probably in the game. Ground combat wasn't that developed in my memory, but playable.
There is a great mod for star wars empire at war. The number of game mods show how a stargate game would be welcomed
With the potential the StarEngine (CloudImperiumGames) offers, it would be absolutely the best way a proper StarGate Game could be made.
And then make it a Coop or even a truely Multiplayer based game.
With where StarEngine goes, MMO-RPG with Basebuilding and without loading-transitions seems much more possible these days.