Free & Open Source Clones & Remakes of Retro Games

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mynes

Clone of Minesweeper

A scrolling-field mine game for Linux, built on its author's own XML-driven game libraries.

Platforms:Linux

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Updated5 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2019

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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ncmines

Clone of Minesweeper

An archived terminal-based Minesweeper with Vim-key controls and three difficulty levels.

Platforms:Linux

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Updated4 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2020

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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pong_sdl

Clone of Pong

A Pong recreation in SDL and C++ with local multiplayer, rebindable controls, and video/audio settings.

Platforms:Windows

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Updated3 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2023

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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py2048-coolin

Clone of 2048

py2048-coolin is a Python implementation of 2048, installable via pip and playable from the command line.

Platforms:None

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Updated2 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2022

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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smb

Clone of Super Methane Brothers

An AmigaOS 4/SDL2 conversion of Super Methane Bros., upscaled to 640x480 with 2-player and joystick support.

Platforms:Amiga

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Updated7 years ago

LicenseGPL-2.0

Release2017

Genre: Platform

Theme: —

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sopwith_stm3241g_eval

Clone of Sopwith

A port of 1984's DOS game Sopwith to the STM3241G-EVAL embedded board, playable via the board's own joystick and buttons.

Platforms:None

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Updated6 years ago

LicenseGPL-2.0

Release2020

Genre: Arcade

Theme: World War I

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splot

Clone of Ataxx

A primitive, unpolished Windows clone of the arcade game Ataxx, not intended as a finished release.

Platforms:Windows

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Updated11 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2015

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: —

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supercopter_decompiled

Clone of Supercopter

A decompiled reconstruction of the original MS-DOS Supercopter game, originally written in Turbo Pascal.

Platforms:DOS

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Updated1 year ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2025

Genre: Action

Theme: —

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tae-wondle

Clone of Wordle

Platforms:None

Stars0

Updated4 years ago

LicenseMIT*

Release2022

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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textsweeper

Clone of Minesweeper

A terminal Minesweeper clone written in Rust, installable via Cargo with three difficulty levels.

Platforms:None

Stars0

Updated2 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2024

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

Sporadic

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txt2048

Clone of 2048

A text-based implementation of 2048 in Rust, offered as both a library crate and a playable game.

Platforms:None

Stars0

Updated5 months ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2023

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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xonix (Rust)

Clone of Xonix

A work-in-progress Rust remake of the classic arcade game Xonix, built with Cargo.

Platforms:WindowsLinux

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Updated3 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2023

Genre: Action

Theme: Abstract

0 A.D.

Clone of Age of Empires

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

LicenseGPL2, CC-BY-SA*

Genre: Real-Time Strategy

Theme: Ancient History

1972 Star Trek in Python

Clone of Star Trek

Platforms:HP calculator

LicenseUnknown

Genre: Simulation

Theme: Sci-Fi

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1D-Pong

Clone of Pong

Platforms:Arduino

LicenseUnknown

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

1JETPACK.EXE

Clone of Jetpack

A browser-based remake of Jetpack, currently semi-complete, with a built-in level editor for placing tiles and playtesting instantly.

Platforms:Web

LicenseUnknown

Genre: Platform

Theme: —

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2048-py

Clone of 2048

Platforms:Linux

LicenseGPL3*

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

2H4U

Clone of Arkanoid

Platforms:WindowsLinux

LicenseGPL2*

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

2Pong

Clone of Pong

Platforms:WindowsLinux

LicenseGPL2*

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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2ooM

Clone of Master of Orion 2

Platforms:Linux

LicenseGPL2*

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: Sci-Fi

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360: Three Sixty

Clone of 360: Three Sixty

Platforms:PS

LicenseUnknown

Genre: Racing

Theme: Sci-Fi

3D Pong

Clone of Pong

Platforms:Linux

LicenseUnknown

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

80x25 Breakout

Clone of Breakout

Platforms:Linux

LicenseUnknown

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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8x8 Tetris

Clone of Tetris

Platforms:Arduino

LicenseUnknown

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: Abstract

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