Some of them “sort of” already do

http://www.mirrorsedge2d.com – proper official 2d version of mirrors edge

and there is an Commodore 64 version of Guitar Hero
http://www.toniwestbrook.com/shredz64

I’ve played it – it’s not easy!

Doesn’t take away how cool these look though
I especially like the batman/chaos engine one 🙂