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 Cave Story
CSE2 is a decompilation of Cave Story; this portable branch runs on Linux, macOS, Wii U, 3DS, and RISC OS in addition to Windows.
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Original game imageClone of Need for Speed: Most Wanted
A native Nintendo Switch port of the Xbox 360 Need for Speed: Most Wanted, statically recompiled and targeting 30 FPS.
Stars195
Updated1 month ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2026
Genre: Racing
Theme: —
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Clone of Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise
An unofficial recompilation of Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise with native rendering and mod support.
Stars194
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: Simulation
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Clone of Mario Kart: Double Dash
A work-in-progress 1:1 decompilation of Mario Kart Double Dash!!, currently supporting the debug version.
Stars193
Updated1 month ago
LicenseCC0-1.0
Release2022
Genre: Racing
Theme: —
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Clone of Duck Game
Duck Game Rebuilt is a C#/.NET decompilation of Duck Game with improved performance, compatibility, and quality-of-life features.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars191
Updated4 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2022
Genre: Action
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Clone of Condemned 2: Bloodshot
A work-in-progress native PC static recompilation of the Xbox 360 game Condemned 2: Bloodshot; needs your own copy.
Stars189
Updated1 month ago
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
Release2026
Genre: —
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Clone of Snowboard Kids 2
A matching decompilation of Snowboard Kids 2 for the Nintendo 64 that rebuilds an identical ROM from C code; needs your own ROM.
Stars189
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2024
Genre: Racing
Theme: —
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Clone of SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom
A work-in-progress decompilation of SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom.
Stars189
Updated2 months ago
LicenseCC0-1.0
Release2020
Genre: Platform
Theme: —
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Clone of Vib-Ribbon
A work-in-progress decompilation, written in C, of the PAL build of the PS1 game Vib-Ribbon.
Stars187
Updated1 year ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2023
Genre: Rhythm
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Original game imageClone of Crimsonland
A Python/raylib reimplementation of Crimsonland 1.9.93 plus a matching C/C++ decompilation of the original.
Stars183
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: Shmup
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Original game imageClone of Super Mario World
A readable disassembly of Super Mario World that assembles the J, U and two E releases plus the Super System arcade version.
Stars179
Updated2 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2018
Genre: Platform
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Original game imageClone of Virtua Racing
A buildable Virtua Racing Deluxe (Sega 32X) disassembly that raises the display rate from about 20 to 40 FPS.
Stars179
Updated2 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: racing video game
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Original game imageClone of EarthBound
ebsrc is a disassembly of EarthBound aiming to become a full decompilation, building US retail, US prototype, and Japanese ROMs.
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Clone of Spyro the Dragon
A project that aims to decompile Spyro the Dragon into source code that builds a byte-for-byte matching executable (PSX.EXE).
Stars174
Updated1 month ago
LicenseCC0-1.0
Release2025
Genre: Platform
Theme: —
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Clone of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
A decompilation of the original PlayStation Soul Reaver, ported to modern platforms including Windows, Linux, and consoles.
Platforms:WebWindowsLinux
Stars173
Updated2 years ago
LicenseUnlicense
Release2022
Genre: Action
Theme: Fantasy
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Clone of Panzer Dragoon Saga
An early Windows reverse-engineering project for Panzer Dragoon Saga; the opening is semi-playable up to the Arachnoth battle.
Stars171
Updated2 months ago
LicenseMIT
Release2024
Genre: RPG
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Original game imageClone of Wii Sports
An in-progress decompilation of Wii Sports (2006) supporting only the US Revision 1 release, requiring an original game copy.
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Original game imageClone of Skate 3
An early Windows recompilation of Skate 3 built on a custom ReXGlue branch; playable, work in progress, needs your own dump.
Stars166
Updated5 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: skateboarding video game
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Original game imageClone of Halo: Combat Evolved
A work-in-progress decompilation of Halo: Combat Evolved build 2342, with progress tracked on decomp.dev.
Stars165
Updated1 month ago
LicenseCC0-1.0
Release2025
Genre: FPS
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Clone of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
A work-in-progress decompilation of Skyward Sword for Wii, supporting only the NTSC-U 1.0 release and requiring your own disc image.
Platforms:Wii
Stars165
Updated1 month ago
LicenseCC0-1.0
Release2024
Genre: Action
Theme: —
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Original game imageClone of Final Fantasy VII
A decompilation project for the PlayStation version of Final Fantasy VII.
Stars163
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2025
Genre: RPG
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Original game imageClone of Project Gotham Racing 4
The README says the project is far from polished and finished and that development will be slow.
Stars160
Updated1 month ago
LicenseMIT
Release2026
Genre: Racing
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Clone of Wave Race 64
A native PC port of Wave Race 64, made by statically recompiling the N64 game code; needs your own USA Rev A dump.
Stars160
Updated2 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: Racing
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Original game imageClone of Kirby & the Amazing Mirror
A disassembly of the USA version of Kirby & The Amazing Mirror that builds a katam.gba ROM.
Stars158
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2020
Genre: Platform
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Original game imageClone of Super Metroid
A disassembly of Super Metroid for the SNES that builds the NTSC (Japan/USA) ROM.
Stars158
Updated4 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2019
Genre: Action
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Original game imageClone of Harvest Moon 64
A native PC port of Harvest Moon 64 made by static recompilation, with high framerates, widescreen and mod support.
Stars154
Updated1 month ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2026
Genre: Simulation
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Clone of Deadly Premonition
A native Windows port of Deadly Premonition (Xbox 360) via static recompilation, with 60 FPS and mouse look; bring your own disc.
Stars153
Updated1 month ago
LicenseMIT
Release2026
Genre: —
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Original game imageClone of Soulcalibur II
Ring Out is a static recompilation of a GameCube fighting game to native x86-64, run from your own disc image.
Stars152
Updated1 month ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2026
Genre: Fighting
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Original game imageClone of Dr. Mario 64
A modernized recompilation build of Dr. Mario 64 with GPU-rendered pills, 60+ FPS interpolation and 4-player support.
Stars150
Updated10 months ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2025
Genre: Puzzle
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Original game imageClone of Vagrant Story
Rood Reverse is a Vagrant Story decompilation for the PlayStation 1, aiming at modern-hardware interoperability and bug fixes.
Stars149
Updated1 month ago
LicenseCC0-1.0
Release2025
Genre: RPG
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Original game imageClone of Donkey Kong Country 2
A static recompilation of Donkey Kong Country 2 (SNES) for Windows and macOS; needs your own North American ROM.
Stars148
Updated1 month ago
LicenseMIT
Release2026
Genre: Platform
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Original game imageClone of DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou
An Xbox 360 recompilation of DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou built with rexglue; you supply your own dump and title update.
Stars147
Updated3 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: bullet hell
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Clone of MediEvil
An open-beta static recompilation of MediEvil by BlackLabelHQ, built with RecompOne for modern computers.
Stars147
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: Action
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Original game imageClone of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
reNut, a recompilation of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts that needs the US version of the game.
Stars146
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: Action
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Original game imageClone of Metroid: Zero Mission
A work-in-progress decompilation of Metroid - Zero Mission. It reports 2718 of 2721 functions decompiled (99.89%, 3 left) and all data out…
Stars144
Updated2 months ago
LicenseMIT
Release2023
Genre: Metroidvania
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Original game imageClone of Banjo-Tooie
A decompilation project for Banjo Tooie that builds a ROM from your own NTSC-U copy.
Stars143
Updated11 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2023
Genre: Platform
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Clone of Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
A reconstruction of Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure v1.20 source code, measured at 96.30% byte-for-byte accuracy against the original DOS binary.
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Original game imageClone of Need for Speed: Most Wanted
A native ARM64 Android port of the Xbox 360 Need for Speed: Most Wanted, built on recompiled code with Vulkan.
Stars142
Updated1 month ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2026
Genre: Racing
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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.