Elite was such a popular game that its still being implemented on the old 8-bit systems by dedicated fans, just for the love of doing it (and also for the love of old hardware):
Re:Elite: Dangerous
by petercooper on Monday November 05, 2012 @11:28PM
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Minimum Viable Crowdfunding ;-)
>Elite is one of the most popularly requested games to be remade,[42] with some arguing that it is still the best example of the genre to date, with more recent titles—including its sequel—not rising up to the same level.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_(video_game)
Still, it seems criminally lazy to put such little effort into asking for $2 million.