Free & Open Source Clones & Remakes of Retro Games

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Heart of the Alien Redux

Clone of Another World 2: Heart of the Alien

A from-scratch rewrite of Heart of the Alien for modern systems, requiring the original Sega CD ISO and audio tracks, built with CMake.

Platforms:WindowsLinux

Stars10

Updated3 months ago

LicenseGPL-2.0

Release2016

Genre: Adventure

Theme: —

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KittenMaxit

Clone of Maxit

KittenMaxit is a LibGDX implementation of Maxit using a greedy move algorithm; requires 32-bit Java, not 64-bit.

Platforms:None

Stars10

Updated4 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2015

Genre: Strategy

Theme: —

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LX' Arduino Tetris

Clone of Tetris

A hardware Tetris implementation driving a 32x32 LED matrix panel from an Arduino/Genuino Uno, with pushbutton controls.

Platforms:Arduino

Stars10

Updated4 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2018

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: Abstract

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Minesweeper.Zone

Clone of Minesweeper

A JavaScript re-creation of Minesweeper, playable in the browser at minesweeper.zone.

Platforms:Web

Stars10

Updated7 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2017

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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Netacka

Clone of Achtung, die Kurve!

A multiplayer game similar to Zatacka (Achtung, die Kurve!), built with Allegro 4 and libnet.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars10

Updated7 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2017

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Open Greedy

Clone of Pac-Man

A from-scratch open-source rewrite of Edromel Studio's game Greedy XP, built on SDL and OpenGL.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars10

Updated3 years ago

LicenseGPL-2.0

Release2014

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Par Infinite Minesweeper

Clone of Minesweeper

A terminal Minesweeper game with an infinite board, sub-grid scoring, and an online leaderboard.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars10

Updated1 month ago

LicenseMIT

Release2025

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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Pong in a Favicon

Clone of Pong

A real, playable game of Pong rendered live inside your browser tab's 32×32 favicon icon.

Platforms:Web

Stars10

Updated3 months ago

LicenseMIT

Release2026

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Rtype

Clone of R-Type

An open-source R-Type remake using OpenGameArt.org graphics; currently unplayable and no longer in development.

Platforms:None

Stars10

Updated13 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2012

Genre: Shmup

Theme: —

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Scorched Moon

Clone of Moonbase Commander

A remake of Moonbase Commander, titled Project Tether: Scorched Moon, built with Python and Pygame.

Platforms:Linux

Stars10

Updated9 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2015

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: —

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Snake game for Arduino

Clone of Snake

A Snake clone for Arduino that runs on a Nokia LCD screen, with sound, a high score, and a settings menu.

Platforms:Arduino

Stars10

Updated5 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2020

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Tetris Pyxel

Clone of Tetris

A Python/Pyxel Tetris clone playable natively or via WebAssembly in a browser, built as a three-day hobby project.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars10

Updated2 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2022

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: Abstract

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The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Clone of Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past

A fan remake of A Link to the Past built with the Solarus engine, reusing original SNES graphics; still in active development.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars10

Updated1 year ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2021

Genre: Action

Theme: —

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Tron

Clone of Tron

A browser-based remake of Tron's light-cycle mode, playable solo against an adjustable AI or with a second player.

Platforms:Web

Stars10

Updated3 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2016

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Wizball

Clone of Wizball

A recovered, Linux/PortMaster-revived source release of the 2007 PC/Mac remake of Sensible Software's 1987 Wizball.

Platforms:WindowsLinux

Stars10

Updated5 months ago

LicenseMIT

Release2026

Genre: Shooter

Theme: Sci-Fi

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dodger-remake

Clone of Dodger

A remake of the 1994 arcade-style game Dodger, currently unplayable.

Platforms:None

Stars10

Updated6 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2014

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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gta1_re

Clone of Grand Theft Auto

An in-development remake and reverse-engineering project based on the original Grand Theft Auto, for Windows and Linux.

Platforms:WindowsLinux

Stars10

Updated2 months ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2025

Genre: Action

Theme: Crime

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javascript-E.T.

Clone of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

An early-stage HTML5 remake of Atari's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; development had barely begun and it's unplayable.

Platforms:Web

Stars10

Updated6 months ago

LicenseMIT

Release2013

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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ladder (Go)

Clone of Ladder

A work-in-progress, text-based Go reimplementation of the 1982 CP/M game Ladder, whose original source code no longer survives.

Platforms:None

Stars10

Updated10 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2016

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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shadow-of-the-beast-html5

Clone of Shadow of the Beast

A browser-based HTML5/PixiJS remake recreating the feel of the 1989 Amiga game Shadow of the Beast.

Platforms:Web

Stars10

Updated11 months ago

LicenseApache-2.0

Release2016

Genre: Platform

Theme: Fantasy

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viper

Clone of Viper

A browser-playable remake of the original Viper game; the project is now archived and inactive.

Platforms:Web

Stars10

Updated15 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2010

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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wasm-terminal-2048

Clone of 2048

A Rust rewrite of 2048 playable either in a command-line terminal or in the browser via WebAssembly.

Platforms:Web

Stars10

Updated5 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2021

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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μQuake

Clone of Quake

μQuake is a personal Quake engine fork targeting modern compilers and lower memory use; development has stalled.

Platforms:Linux

Stars10

Updated5 years ago

LicenseGPL-2.0

Release2020

Genre: FPS

Theme: Fantasy

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Beeb-Pirate-Adventure

Clone of Pirate Adventure

A BBC Micro port of Scott Adams's text adventure Pirate Adventure from the TRS-80 BASIC version, playable online in a browser emulator.

Platforms:BBC Micro

Stars9

Updated4 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2020

Genre: adventure video game

Theme: —

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