I think it could be added to the database, but not the rakings. If you were to rate the game, the ratable aspects should be nearly identical - artwork, gameplay, playfield, sounds (could be improved in the remake though). I don't see any point in diluting the rankings and making them even less relevant than they already are.

Eghh...I see what your saying. I'm just not found of the top 100 listing the same title multiple times. I can see the argument with LE vs Pros since there are major feature differences. Ultimately it bumps truly unique games down lower and lower and it just seems like there could be a day where the top 10 is actually 5 games listed 2 times each.

Not only that, there were some that were built out of parts from the ground up in recent years. Probably like five, but still shows that this is not a game that was trashed out too frequently. I'll bet fires and floods account for about maybe 5% loss of the originals. Now if we were invaded and major US cities carpet bombed during the last 20 years, then I would bump that number up to a possible 50%.

The remakes, if there are more, will be AFM, MB, CC. And then we could see some Capcom games like Kingpin, BBB. These would all be before TZ or TAF. So your looking at 3-5 years in a best case. Just buy your nice condition original for around 5k and enjoy!