Free & Open Source Clones & Remakes of Retro Games

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sccopter

Clone of SimCopter

An early-stage open-source remake attempt of SimCopter; currently only terrain loading and rendering work.

Platforms:Linux

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Updated6 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2016

Genre: Simulation

Theme: —

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2048-rs

Clone of 2048

2048-rs is a Rust implementation of 2048 that runs in the terminal with a colored, Unicode game board.

Platforms:Linux

Stars28

Updated2 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2017

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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Bermuda Syndrome

Clone of Bermuda Syndrome

A reimplementation of the game engine for the 1995 adventure game Bermuda Syndrome, built by reverse-engineering the original executable.

Platforms:Windows

Stars28

Updated6 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2018

Genre: Adventure

Theme: —

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Donkey-Kong-NES-Disassembly

Clone of Donkey Kong

A full disassembly of the NES Donkey Kong, covering three ROM revisions, complete but not fully documented and missing graphics data.

Platforms:NES

Stars28

Updated2 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2020

Genre: Platform

Theme: —

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Exile disassembly

Clone of Exile

A buildable reconstruction of the BBC Micro game Exile that produces disk images matching the original byte-for-byte, verified by SHA1.

Platforms:BBC Micro

Stars28

Updated5 months ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2016

Genre: Action

Theme: Sci-Fi

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Falling Time

Clone of Fall Down

Falling Time is a C/SDL2 game where a ball must drop through holes to avoid being crushed by the descending screen top.

Platforms:Linux

Stars28

Updated5 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2015

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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JonoF's Witchaven Port

Clone of Witchaven

This is a source port of Witchaven built on the author's own Build engine port, targeting multiple platforms, though currently unplayable.

Platforms:WindowsOSX

Stars28

Updated8 months ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2021

Genre: FPS

Theme: Medieval

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Magnetar

Clone of StarCraft

Magnetar is a StarCraft mod that loads the original StarCraft.exe into memory and combines it with its own additions.

Platforms:Windows

Stars28

Updated2 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2016

Genre: Real-Time Strategy

Theme: Sci-Fi

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Minesweeper (in C)

Clone of Minesweeper

A command-line Minesweeper written in C, played by typing dig, flag and reveal commands with coordinates.

Platforms:None

Stars28

Updated5 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2015

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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OpenDungeonsPlus

Clone of Dungeon Keeper

An actively developed fork of OpenDungeons, the Dungeon Keeper-inspired open-source dungeon-building RTS.

Platforms:WindowsLinux

Stars28

Updated23 days ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2014

Genre: Simulation

Theme: Horror

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Panel Attack

Clone of Tetris Attack

A Tetris Attack remake built with LÖVE, with beta and stable releases for desktop and Android.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars28

Updated4 months ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2024

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: Abstract

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donald-ducks-playground

Clone of Donald Duck's Playground

This is a source-code release of Donald Duck's Playground for DOS.

Platforms:DOS

Stars28

Updated3 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2022

Genre: Educational

Theme: —

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mengde

Clone of Sangokushi Sōsōden

A turn-based tactics engine inspired by Koei's Sangokushi Sōsōden, supporting custom scenario mods.

Platforms:LinuxOSX

Stars28

Updated5 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2017

Genre: Turn-Based Tactics

Theme: Civil War

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BananiaJS

Clone of Banania

BananiaJS is a from-scratch JavaScript recreation of Banania, reverse-engineered from the original binary since its source code is lost.

Platforms:Web

Stars27

Updated4 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2019

Genre: Action

Theme: Abstract

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Donkey-Kong-Country-1-Disassembly

Clone of Donkey Kong Country

A disassembly of Donkey Kong Country for the SNES, targeting the USA V1.0 ROM release and built on the author's own SNES ROM Framework.

Platforms:SNES

Stars27

Updated4 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2021

Genre: Platform

Theme: —

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Dungeons of Daggorath (Original source code)

Clone of Dungeons of Daggorath

Platforms:TRS-80

Stars27

Updated4 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2022

Genre: RPG

Theme: Fantasy

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Future Blocks

Clone of Tetris

Future Blocks is a Tetris clone written in QBasic by the author in 2000 while in high school, later published for preservation.

Platforms:WebDOS

Stars27

Updated10 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2014

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: Abstract

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Open Zelda

Clone of Legend of Zelda

Zelda-inspired game-development software that combines the Lux engine, a quest designer and a content package.

Platforms:WindowsLinux

Stars27

Updated11 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2015

Genre: Action

Theme: —

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OpenWolf

Clone of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory

A hobby fork of the ET:XreaL id Tech 3 engine for Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, adding bug fixes and updates.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars27

Updated1 year ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2020

Genre: FPS

Theme: World War II

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Pyxel Lander

Clone of Lunar Lander

Pyxel Lander is a Lunar Lander tribute built with the Pyxel engine, featuring procedural maps and a fuel HUD.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars27

Updated3 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2018

Genre: Simulation

Theme: —

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Raptor: Call of the Shadows

Clone of Raptor: Call of the Shadows

A GPLv3-licensed clone of Cygnus Studio's (now Mountain King Studios) 1994 DOS shooter Raptor: Call of the Shadows.

Platforms:None

Stars27

Updated3 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2020

Genre: Shmup

Theme: —

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RxWars

Clone of Drugwars

A multiplayer prescription-drug-dealing simulation for pharmacy school classes, inspired by the DOS game Drug Wars.

Platforms:Web

Stars27

Updated10 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2015

Genre: Strategy

Theme: Crime

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The Legend of Zelda: Mystery of Solarus DX

Clone of Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past

Mystery of Solarus DX is a fan-made Zelda game, distributed as a quest data package for the open-source Solarus engine, required to run it.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars27

Updated5 months ago

Licensecc-by-sa-4.0

Release2018

Genre: Action

Theme: —

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WinTex

Clone of Under a Killing Moon

A Windows-native engine reimplementation of the 1994 adventure game Under a Killing Moon, requiring the original game files.

Platforms:Windows

Stars27

Updated13 days ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2022

Genre: Adventure

Theme: Post-Apocalyptic

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