Game Decompilations & Recompilations
859 open-source projects that rebuild classic games from their original binaries — matching decompilations that reconstruct the source code, and static recompilations that turn console code into native PC ports.
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Clone of Blue Dragon
re:Blue is an unofficial static recompilation of Blue Dragon that runs natively on Windows, Linux and macOS.
Stars742
Updated1 month ago
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
Release2026
Genre: RPG
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Clone of Sonic Advance
A work-in-progress matching decompilation of Sonic Advance and Sonic Advance 2, with SDL, PS2, and PSP ports.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars664
Updated3 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2022
Genre: Platform
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Original game imageClone of Banjo-Kazooie
The code is split into modules that can be built individually or all together with make.
Stars649
Updated1 month ago
LicenseCC0-1.0
Release2021
Genre: Adventure
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Original game imageClone of Sonic '06
An unofficial PC port of the Xbox 360 Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) made by static recompilation; still in development.
Stars645
Updated1 month ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2025
Genre: Action
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Clone of Mario Kart Wii
A static recompilation of Mario Kart Wii and Retro Rewind for Android, iPhone, iPad and Mac, with touch and motion controls.
Stars630
Updated1 month ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2026
Genre: Racing
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Clone of Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition
A work-in-progress decompilation of Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition v1.0.17, with no game assets included.
Stars611
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2024
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Original game imageClone of Mario Kart 64
A native static recompilation of MarioKart 64 with widescreen, high framerate and mod support; needs your own US ROM.
Stars603
Updated3 months ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2025
Genre: Racing
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Original game imageClone of Bloodborne
A native Linux port that runs Bloodborne's PS4 executable with a Vulkan renderer and FSR upscaling.
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Original game imageClone of Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
OpenTS is an open-source reconstruction of the Tiberian Sun 2.03 Firestorm engine as a standalone program.
Stars556
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: real-time strategy
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Original game imageClone of The Legend of Dragoon
Severed Chains rewrites Legend of Dragoon in Java with a modding API; it is not an emulator and needs your own disc images.
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Original game imageClone of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
A work-in-progress decompilation rebuilding Pokémon Platinum's Nintendo DS ROM from source.
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Original game imageClone of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
A work-in-progress decompilation of Pokémon Diamond, targeting byte-matching Diamond and Pearl ROM builds.
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Clone of Tomb Raider Chronicles
An in-progress decompilation of Tomb Raider: Chronicles from debug symbols, requiring the original PlayStation disc.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxPS
Stars519
Updated4 years ago
LicenseMIT
Release2017
Genre: Action
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Original game imageClone of Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
A work-in-progress Windows port of Ace Combat 6 made by statically recompiling its Xbox 360 code; US game copy required.
Stars484
Updated2 months ago
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
Release2026
Genre: Simulation
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Clone of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
A static recompilation of The Wind Waker (GameCube) for Windows, Mac, iPhone and iPad; you supply your own disc image.
Stars482
Updated1 month ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2026
Genre: Action
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Original game imageClone of Donkey Kong 64
Donkey Kong 64: Recompiled uses N64: Recompiled to statically recompile Donkey Kong 64 into a native port with added features, with RT64 as…
Stars477
Updated1 month ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2026
Genre: Platform
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Clone of Lost Odyssey
An experimental native PC port of Lost Odyssey for Xbox 360, still in early testing, with Windows and Linux builds.
Stars470
Updated1 month ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2026
Genre: RPG
Theme: —
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Clone of Mario Kart Wii
A work-in-progress decompilation of Mario Kart Wii. The repository does not contain any game assets or assembly, and the only supported…
Stars466
Updated1 year ago
LicenseCC0-1.0
Release2021
Genre: Racing
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Original game imageClone of Super Smash Bros.
A native PC port of Super Smash Bros. for N64 built on a decompilation, with widescreen, texture packs and C mods.
Stars463
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: Fighting
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Clone of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
A native PC recompilation of Ocarina of Time 3D with a Vulkan renderer, widescreen and optional enhanced graphics.
Stars458
Updated1 month ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2026
Genre: Action
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Original game imageClone of Crash Team Racing
CTR-ModSDK is a toolkit for creating C-language mods for Crash Team Racing (1999), including example mods and a Ghidra-derived source tree.
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Original game imageClone of Super Mario Odyssey
A work-in-progress decompilation of Super Mario Odyssey 1.0.0 that recreates a source code base from scratch.
Stars433
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2021
Genre: Platform
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Original game imageClone of Diddy Kong Racing
A full decompilation of Diddy Kong Racing for the Nintendo 64, supporting all regional ROM versions and requiring your own ROM to build.
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Clone of Dante's Inferno
A static recompilation port of Dante's Inferno from Xbox 360 to native PC on Windows and Linux, built with the ReXGlue SDK.
Stars416
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: Action
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Original game imageClone of ZZT
A byte-for-byte accurate reverse-engineered reconstruction of ZZT 3.2's lost original source code.
Platforms:DOS
Stars385
Updated1 year ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2020
Genre: Action
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Original game imageClone of Star Fox 64
A native port of Starfox 64 made by static recompilation, with high framerate, widescreen and mod support. Needs your own ROM.
Stars377
Updated3 months ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2024
Genre: Shooter
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Clone of Duke Nukem II
Duke 2 Reconstructed is a from-scratch reconstruction of Duke Nukem II's source code from disassembly, producing a byte-identical binary.
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Clone of Pikmin 2
A work-in-progress decompilation of Pikmin 2 whose non-matching build can be modded by editing its C++ source.
Platforms:GameCube
Stars364
Updated1 month ago
LicenseCC0-1.0
Release2021
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Fantasy
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Original game imageClone of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
A static recompilation of the Xbox Live Arcade Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for Windows and Linux.
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Original game imageClone of Fable II
A static recompilation project aiming to port Fable 2 (GOTY TU1) to Windows and Linux using the ReXGlue SDK.
Stars355
Updated2 months ago
LicenseMIT
Release2025
Genre: action role-playing game
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Original game imageClone of Star Fox 64
A complete matching decompilation of Star Fox 64 (US REV 1.1); not a PC port, and you supply your own ROM.
Stars348
Updated1 month ago
LicenseCC0-1.0
Release2023
Genre: Shooter
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Original game imageClone of Fable II
A ReXGlue static recompilation of Fable 2 (Xbox 360) with keyboard and mouse support, started as a local-AI experiment.
Stars345
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: action role-playing game
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Original game imageClone of Metal Gear
A fully annotated disassembly of Konami's 1987 MSX2 game Metal Gear (RC750), with Japanese and English builds.
Stars326
Updated4 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2018
Genre: stealth game
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Clone of Super Mario Sunshine
A work-in-progress Super Mario Sunshine decompilation with no game assets included; it needs your own disc image.
Stars323
Updated1 month ago
LicenseCC0-1.0
Release2021
Genre: Platform
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Frequently asked questions
- What is a game decompilation?
- A decompilation project reconstructs readable source code from a game's compiled binary. Contributors compare their code with the original executable until it produces the same result, which makes the game understandable, rebuildable and portable.
- What is a static recompilation?
- A static recompilation translates the original game's compiled machine code ahead of time into a native program for another platform, usually a PC port, instead of emulating the console while you play.
- Do I need the original game to use these projects?
- In most cases yes. These projects ship code only, not the game's art, audio or data, so you supply your own legally obtained copy. Each page states what a project needs to run.
- Are these projects legal?
- The code written by the project's contributors is licensed by them, but the original game's assets and code stay the property of their rights holders. Each page lists who licenses what, as stated in the project's own repository.