Free & Open Source Clones & Remakes of Retro Games

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How to be a Complete Bastard disassembly

Clone of How to Be a Complete Bastard

A disassembly of the ZX Spectrum version of How to Be a Complete Bastard, produced with SkoolKit and published in annotated hex and decimal.

Platforms:ZX Spectrum

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Updated7 months ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2026

Genre: Adventure

Theme: Comedy

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JOverflow

Clone of Overflow

A remake of Overflow with an empty README and no store description, currently marked unplayable with development halted.

Platforms:None

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Updated14 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2012

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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Jewel Thief

Clone of Jewel Thief

An Android re-implementation of Jewel Thief built with libGDX, reusing the original game's sprites and backgrounds.

Platforms:Android

Stars1

Updated9 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2017

Genre: Action

Theme: —

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Knytt Stories DS

Clone of Knytt Stories

Platforms:DS

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Updated10 years ago

LicenseBSD*

Release2016

Genre: Platform

Theme: —

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LBA2 IdaJS

Clone of Little Big Adventure 2

A JavaScript scripting layer built on the LBA2 Ida Edition engine, letting creators script gameplay and build mods in a modern language.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars1

Updated6 months ago

LicenseGPL-2.0

Release2025

Genre: Action

Theme: Fantasy

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Master Ball

Clone of Breakout

A browser-based Breakout-style game built with HTML5 Canvas and JavaScript, bouncing a ball to clear randomly generated blocks.

Platforms:Web

Stars1

Updated2 years ago

LicenseUnlicense

Release2024

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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MasterPiece Assembly

Clone of Acid Drop

A small x86_64 assembly language demo for Linux, built with CMake.

Platforms:Linux

Stars1

Updated6 months ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2025

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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MasterPiece3D.JavaScript

Clone of Acid Drop

A WebGL/JavaScript falling-block game where players rotate and move blocks to match colors on a grid, playable in any WebGL-capable browser.

Platforms:Web

Stars1

Updated2 years ago

LicenseUnlicense

Release2024

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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Mayhem 2

Clone of Mayhem

A 2-4 player multiplayer flight shooter built on devpack's PC port of the original Amiga Mayhem, later migrated to the Allegro 5 library.

Platforms:WindowsRaspberry Pi

Stars1

Updated7 years ago

LicenseBSD-3-Clause

Release2016

Genre: Shooter

Theme: —

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Moon Miner

Clone of Lunar Lander

A retro-styled arcade game written in CircuitPython for the Adafruit Fruit Jam.

Platforms:Raspberry Pi

Stars1

Updated8 months ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2025

Genre: Simulation

Theme: —

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NiceGUI Minesweeper

Clone of Minesweeper

Classic Minesweeper built in Python with the NiceGUI framework, installable from PyPI and played in the browser.

Platforms:Web

Stars1

Updated1 year ago

LicenseApache-2.0

Release2025

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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OpenArena (gladiator management game)

Clone of Areena 5

An open-source Java gladiator management game, aiming to become a fully reimagined Areena 5.

Platforms:None

Stars1

Updated1 year ago

Licensegpl-3.0

Release2022

Genre: Simulation

Theme: Fantasy

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Pacman Arena

Clone of Pac-Man

A mostly playable Pac-Man spin-off with missiles and bombs, maintained for Linux and the GCW Zero/RG-350 handhelds.

Platforms:Linux

Stars1

Updated3 years ago

LicenseGPL-2.0

Release2023

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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PaddleTennis

Clone of Pong

A tennis-like Pong clone for Android with a touch-controlled paddle.

Platforms:Android

Stars1

Updated3 years ago

Licensegpl-3.0

Release2018

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Paratrooper

Clone of Paratrooper

A Rust remake of the 1982 PC shooter Paratrooper.

Platforms:None

Stars1

Updated1 year ago

LicenseMIT

Release2022

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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PiTris

Clone of Tetris

A Tetris clone in C for the Raspberry Pi, using a B&W SPI LCD and a Wii Classic Controller for input.

Platforms:Raspberry Pi

Stars1

Updated11 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2015

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: Abstract

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Pipemania

Clone of Pipe Mania

Platforms:None

Stars1

Updated12 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2014

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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Pokémon: H Edition

Clone of Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow

A ROM hack of Pokémon Red and Blue built on the pokered disassembly; development appears to have halted.

Platforms:Game Boy

Stars1

Updated6 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2020

Genre: RPG

Theme: Fantasy

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Pong Game

Clone of Pong

A PyGame remake of Pong with sound effects, single- and two-player local modes, pause, and a replay screen.

Platforms:WindowsLinux

Stars1

Updated1 year ago

LicenseMIT

Release2024

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Puck-Man

Clone of Pac-Man

An unofficial Pac-Man clone for Linux, released under GPLv3 with its own original assets.

Platforms:Linux

Stars1

Updated14 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2012

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Quadris

Clone of Tetris (NES)

A from-scratch NES Tetris clone in C#/MonoGame reproducing the NES version's exact scoring, leveling, and gravity rules.

Platforms:Windows

Stars1

Updated11 months ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2018

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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Quake4Doom

Clone of Quake 4

An integration of the Quake 4 SDK into the open-source Doom 3 engine, playable at visual parity except for missing particle effects.

Platforms:Windows

Stars1

Updated1 year ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2025

Genre: FPS

Theme: Sci-Fi

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Queen of Phobos

Clone of The Queen of Phobos

Apple II source and disk-image preservation of The Queen of Phobos (1982), a graphical text adventure from Phoenix Software.

Platforms:Apple II

Stars1

Updated4 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2022

Genre: Adventure

Theme: —

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SDL Tunneler

Clone of Tunneler

An SDL port of the 1991 DOS split-screen tank game Tunneler, built for Linux and Windows.

Platforms:Windows

Stars1

Updated14 years ago

LicenseGPL-2.0

Release2012

Genre: Action

Theme: —

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