Free & Open Source Clones & Remakes of Retro Games

3,241 open-source clones and remakes of 1,919 retro games — real source code you can read, fork, and play today, not just a free download.

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SWP

Clone of Shadow Warrior

A Shadow Warrior source port built on JFShadowWarrior, requiring the original game's data files.

Platforms:Windows

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Updated7 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2013

Genre: FPS

Theme: —

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Seafood Berserker!

Clone of Fruit Ninja

A Viking-themed, heavy-metal take on Fruit Ninja for Android, where you slice seafood instead of fruit.

Platforms:Android

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Updated8 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2017

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Sokoban(g)

Clone of Sokoban

A CoffeeScript Sokoban clone reusing KDE's ksokoban art and levels, playable in-browser or on Android.

Platforms:Web

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Updated2 years ago

LicenseAGPL-3.0

Release2014

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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Taipan

Clone of Taipan!

A Unix port of Taipan!, the 19th-century South China Seas trading game originally written for the Apple II.

Platforms:Linux

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Updated11 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2015

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

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invaders (in C)

Clone of Space Invaders

A from-scratch Space Invaders clone built as an Intel 8080 emulator in C with SDL, written to be easy to read for learners.

Platforms:Linux

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Updated6 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2015

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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splexhd

Clone of Supaplex

A from-scratch remake of Supaplex for Linux, with a full source rewrite and completely redrawn graphics.

Platforms:Linux

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Updated5 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2011

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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Allegiance

Clone of Allegiance

Microsoft's official, unsupported source-code release for Allegiance, published as-is after the game's own servers had already shut down.

Platforms:Windows

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Updated9 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2017

Genre: Action

Theme: Sci-Fi

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Arcanum on iOS

Clone of Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

A halted from-scratch iOS/macOS port of Arcanum, currently able to render a crash-sector map and a moving player character.

Platforms:iOS

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Updated3 years ago

LicenseApache-2.0

Release2022

Genre: RPG

Theme: Fantasy

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Atari Asteroids

Clone of Asteroids

A Python 3/Pygame recreation of Atari's Asteroids, ported by Francisco Sanchez Arroyo, aiming for arcade-accurate ship handling.

Platforms:Atari

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Updated7 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2018

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Blake Stone: Planet Strike

Clone of Blake Stone: Planet Strike

A 2013 public release of Blake Stone: Planet Strike's source code by its original publisher; needs the commercial data files to run.

Platforms:DOS

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Updated13 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2013

Genre: FPS

Theme: Sci-Fi

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BloonsTowerDefense6

Clone of Bloons Tower Defense

The README is an unfilled project template with no real game description, and the project is marked unplayable.

Platforms:None

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Updated7 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2017

Genre: Strategy

Theme: —

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Castlekeep

Clone of Stronghold

Castlekeep is a reimplementation of Stronghold 1; the project is unplayable and development has halted.

Platforms:None

Stars16

Updated7 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2019

Genre: Real-Time Strategy

Theme: Medieval

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DCDoom

Clone of Doom

Targets Sega Dreamcast, though its README is actually the original 1998 WinDoom documentation, not Dreamcast-specific notes.

Platforms:Dreamcast

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Updated4 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2022

Genre: FPS

Theme: Sci-Fi

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Daikatana Restoration Project

Clone of Daikatana

Daikatana Restoration Project aims for a clean, compilable Daikatana 1.2 source release for modern systems, currently focused on Linux.

Platforms:WindowsLinux

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Updated8 months ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2022

Genre: FPS

Theme: —

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Galaforce ( Acorn Electron )

Clone of Galaforce

Kevin Edwards' original 6502 assembly source for the 1986 Acorn Electron version of Galaforce, reworked to build with modern BeebAsm.

Platforms:BBC Micro

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Updated7 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2019

Genre: Shooter

Theme: —

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Lilium Arena Classic

Clone of Quake 3

An open-source engine reimplementation of Quake 3 versions 1.09-1.16n, built on ioquake3/ioEF, targeting Linux and macOS.

Platforms:LinuxOSX

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Updated4 months ago

LicenseGPL-2.0

Release2021

Genre: FPS

Theme: Sci-Fi

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Mr.Bomber

Clone of Bomberman

A Bomberman-style game with a DOS look, 8 levels and same-device multiplayer for up to 8 players.

Platforms:WebWindows

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Updated1 year ago

LicenseGPL-2.0

Release2022

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Olympia: The Age of Gods PBEM

Clone of Olympia PBEM

Source code of Olympia: The Age of Gods, Scott Turner's expanded version of Rich Skrenta's play-by-email strategy game.

Platforms:None

Stars16

Updated3 years ago

LicenseBSD-3-Clause

Release2011

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: Fantasy

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OpenFire

Clone of Fire Power

An Amiga 2D action game inspired by Fire Power and Return Fire, made for the RetroKomp 2017 gamedev compo.

Platforms:Amiga

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Updated3 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2016

Genre: Action

Theme: —

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OpenGL Test Drive Remake

Clone of Test Drive

An archived OpenGL 4 remake of the CGA version of 1987's Test Drive, made by a graphics lecturer alongside his students.

Platforms:Windows

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Updated11 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2014

Genre: Racing

Theme: —

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OpenOP2

Clone of Outpost 2

A work-in-progress Outpost 2 mod for the OpenRA engine that needs the GOG release of the original.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

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Updated3 months ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2020

Genre: Real-Time Strategy

Theme: Sci-Fi

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Phantasy

Clone of Phantasy Star

A deprecated remake of Sega's Phantasy Star whose author points users to JLud2D instead.

Platforms:None

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Updated8 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2014

Genre: RPG

Theme: Sci-Fi

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Pokémon Red++

Clone of Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow

A bug-fixing, feature-adding hack of Pokémon Red built on the pokered disassembly, with Normal and Hard difficulty builds.

Platforms:Game Boy

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Updated4 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2016

Genre: RPG

Theme: Fantasy

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Super Methane Brothers (homebrew edition)

Clone of Super Methane Brothers

A homebrew multi-console port (GameCube, Wii, Switch, 3DS) of the 1993 Amiga gas-trapping action game Super Methane Bros.

Platforms:GameCubeWiiSwitch

Stars16

Updated3 years ago

LicenseGPL-2.0

Release2014

Genre: Platform

Theme: —

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