Free & Open Source Clones & Remakes of Retro Games

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Pang a Lambda!

Clone of Super Pang

A Pang-style game written in Haskell with the Yampa functional reactive programming library.

Platforms:None

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Updated8 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2018

Genre: Action

Theme: —

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Percy the Potty Pigeon disassembly

Clone of Percy the Potty Pigeon

A browsable SkoolKit disassembly of the 1984 ZX Spectrum game Percy the Potty Pigeon, shared for preservation and study.

Platforms:ZX Spectrum

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Updated6 months ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2026

Genre: Action

Theme: —

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Pesterminator

Clone of Pesterminator: The Western Exterminator

An NES assembly project inspired by Pesterminator: The Western Exterminator, playable in the 8bitworkshop web IDE.

Platforms:Web

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Updated4 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2021

Genre: Platform

Theme: Sci-Fi

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PieWordle

Clone of Wordle

A command-line Wordle recreation in Python, with German words, custom word lists and adjustable guess counts.

Platforms:None

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Updated7 months ago

LicenseMIT

Release2024

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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PlanetaryDefense

Clone of Planetary Defense

A public-domain conversion of Charles Bachand and Tom Hudson's Planetary Defense to the Foenix F256 platform.

Platforms:Foenix

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Updated1 year ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2022

Genre: Shooter

Theme: Sci-Fi

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PokeTraveler

Clone of Pokémon Gold and Silver

A free-roaming walk through the Pokémon Gold and Silver world, with no battles or catching — just exploration.

Platforms:None

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Updated6 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2020

Genre: RPG

Theme: —

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Pong Game in JavaScript

Clone of Pong

A browser-based Pong clone on an HTML5 canvas, playing solo against a simple computer-controlled paddle.

Platforms:Web

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Updated2 years ago

LicenseUnlicense

Release2024

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Py1945

Clone of Strikers 1945

Platforms:None

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Updated11 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2015

Genre: Shmup

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PyRobbo

Clone of Robbo

PyRobbo is a PyGame clone of the Atari game Robbo, reusing graphics and levels from the gnurobbo project.

Platforms:None

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Updated2 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2019

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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Python 2048

Clone of 2048

Python 2048 (Py2048) is a Pygame port of 2048 with a scriptable API and an optional endless play mode.

Platforms:None

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Updated1 year ago

LicenseMIT

Release2025

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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RAID2020

Clone of Raid 2020

A CA65 transfer of Color Dreams' 1989 NES game Raid 2020, buildable and playable in the 8bitworkshop web IDE.

Platforms:Web

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Updated4 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2021

Genre: Action

Theme: Sci-Fi

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Rustle

Clone of Nerdle

A terminal clone of Wordle and Nerdle, playable anytime with an adjustable puzzle length via command-line flags.

Platforms:None

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Updated4 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2022

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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SDL Pong

Clone of Pong

A Pong clone with single-player, local two-player, and online LAN multiplayer modes.

Platforms:Windows

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Updated8 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2018

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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SDLAsteroids

Clone of Asteroids

An Asteroids clone built in C++/SDL2 as a university Object-Oriented Games Programming assignment.

Platforms:Windows

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Updated9 months ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2024

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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SITDRE

Clone of Shining in the Darkness

A collaborative reverse-engineering project studying the internals of the Sega Genesis RPG Shining in the Darkness.

Platforms:Genesis

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Updated2 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2024

Genre: RPG

Theme: Fantasy

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SLF

Clone of Super Lemonade Factory

Platforms:None

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Updated2 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2024

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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Sapter

Clone of Minesweeper

A terminal-based Minesweeper clone written in Rust, built by its author as a language-learning exercise.

Platforms:None

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Updated4 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2022

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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SecretScout

Clone of Secret Scout in the Temple of Demise

An NES-targeted project that can be opened and built directly in the 8bitworkshop online IDE.

Platforms:Web

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Updated4 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2021

Genre: Action

Theme: —

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Shamus

Clone of Shamus

A Rust remake of the 1982 Atari shooter Shamus, with three levels implemented and enemy AI in progress.

Platforms:None

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Updated3 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2023

Genre: Shooter

Theme: Sci-Fi

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Snake in JavaScript

Clone of Snake

A browser-based Snake game built with HTML5 canvas, ported from an original Rust and SDL2 version.

Platforms:Web

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Updated2 years ago

LicenseUnlicense

Release2024

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Solaris Source

Clone of Solaris

Source code said to be the original 1986 Atari 2600 game Solaris, preserved via RomHacking.net.

Platforms:Atari

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Updated1 year ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2025

Genre: Simulation

Theme: Sci-Fi

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Son Link's Pong

Clone of Pong

A Pong clone built with the LÖVE framework, with English/Spanish text and local two-player support.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

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Updated10 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2016

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Space Invaders Pygame

Clone of Space Invaders

An early, colorful 2019 pygame remake of Space Invaders, made while learning Python - not meant to be authentic to the arcade original.

Platforms:None

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Updated5 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2019

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Space invaders (Rust)

Clone of Space Invaders

A Space Invaders clone written in Rust, currently still in active development.

Platforms:None

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Updated3 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2023

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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The NES platformer that made side-scrolling mainstream — open-source engines recreate its physics and level format down to the pixel.

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1991Action

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The open-world franchise everyone's talking about again — its early file formats and engines have been reverse-engineered for years, well before GTA 6 hype.

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1998Real-Time Strategy

Blizzard's 1998 real-time strategy game that helped build esports as we know it — open-source engines keep its campaign and balance playable today.

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1991Platform

Sega's answer to Mario — its physics and level format have been painstakingly reverse-engineered by fan projects for decades.

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