Cloned Games

Free & Open Source Arcade Games

668 free, open-source arcade games — real clones and remakes you can download, inspect the source of, and modify. Not just free to play: the code itself is open.

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Future Blocks screenshot

Clone of Tetris

Future Blocks is a Tetris clone written in QBasic by the author in 2000 while in high school, later published for preservation.
Platforms:WebDOS
Stars27
Updated10 years ago
LicenseMIT
Release2014
Genre: Puzzle
Theme: Abstract
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pivaders screenshot

Clone of Space Invaders

A ~300-line Space Invaders clone in Python and Pygame, originally written for Linux User & Developer magazine.
Platforms:Raspberry Pi
Stars27
Updated9 years ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2014
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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multi-pong screenshot

Clone of Pong

A work-in-progress online multiplayer Pong built with SFML and UDP, with a server-side game state.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars26
Updated3 years ago
LicenseMIT
Release2019
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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Donkey Kong '94 (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Donkey Kong '94

A disassembly of Donkey Kong '94 for Game Boy, reconstructing a specific SHA-1-verified ROM build using tooling from eDKit.
Platforms:Game Boy
Stars25
Updated4 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2020
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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Thrust (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Thrust

A fully annotated 6502 disassembly of Jeremy C. Smith's 1986 BBC Micro game Thrust, reassembling to the original.
Platforms:BBC Micro
Stars25
Updated3 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2016
Genre: Arcade
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Pac-Man (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Pac-Man

An HTML5 Pac-Man clone in JavaScript, playable online, with its own music and artwork.
Platforms:Web
Stars25
Updated12 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2011
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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Armagetron Advanced screenshot

Clone of Tron

Armagetron Advanced is a clone of Tron for Windows, macOS, and Linux, though its README offers no further detail on features.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars24
Updated1 month ago
Licensegpl-2.0+
Release2018
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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Joust Source Code Documented screenshot
Platforms:Atari
Stars24
Updated11 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2015
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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Not Pacman screenshot

Clone of Pac-Man

A Pac-Man-inspired game from Stabyourself built on the LÖVE 0.7.2 framework.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars24
Updated7 years ago
LicenseWTFPL
Release2016
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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Asteroids (original game, not this project)Original game image
Platforms:None
Stars24
Updated9 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2017
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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BobBall screenshot

Clone of JezzBall

A free, open-source Android version of JezzBall with infinite levels and a top-scores table.
Platforms:Android
Stars22
Updated2 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2012
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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Duck Hunt (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Duck Hunt

An HTML5-canvas remake of Duck Hunt using the cake.js animation framework, described by its author as a small project made to kill time.
Platforms:Web
Stars22
Updated4 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2013
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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Missile Command (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Missile Command

A clone of Atari's 1980 arcade game Missile Command, built with the LÖVE framework.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars22
Updated2 years ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2011
Genre: Arcade
Theme: Sci-Fi
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SkiFree (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of SkiFree

A simple, first-attempt JavaScript/HTML5 canvas remake of SkiFree, still missing jumping and a restart option.
Platforms:Web
Stars22
Updated16 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2011
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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Ultimate Play the Game disassemblies screenshot

Clone of Jetpac

SkoolKit-based disassemblies of several 1980s Ultimate Play the Game ZX Spectrum titles, including Atic Atac and Jetpac.
Platforms:ZX Spectrum
Stars22
Updated2 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2021
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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roadfighter screenshot

Clone of Road Fighter

A portable Road Fighter remake with added support for Pandora, ODROID, and x86 Linux builds.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars22
Updated4 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2015
Genre: Racing
Theme: —
Archived
Tempest (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Tempest

A work-in-progress JavaScript/HTML5 clone of Tempest, adapted from the Macintosh clone Project ARASHI rather than the arcade original.
Platforms:Web
Stars21
Updated16 years ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2010
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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Crack Attack! screenshot

Clone of Tetris Attack

An open-source clone of Tetris Attack, with its README giving little further detail beyond install instructions and documentation.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars21
Updated17 years ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2008
Genre: Puzzle
Theme: Abstract
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Izmir screenshot

Clone of Izmir

The complete executables, data, and source code for Izmir, a 1995 Korean PC game open-sourced for its 20th anniversary, run via DOSBox.
Platforms:DOS
Stars21
Updated6 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2015
Genre: Action
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Battle City (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Battle City

A 2D tank shooter for Windows inspired by the classic Namco game Battle City.
Platforms:Windows
Stars21
Updated4 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2015
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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wbta screenshot

Clone of Tempest

wbta is an Android port of the wbt Tempest clone, reproducing many of the arcade original's screens via touch controls.
Platforms:Android
Stars21
Updated10 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2015
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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SwtPacMan screenshot

Clone of Pac-Man

A Java Pac-Man clone by Michael Fogleman built with the SWT graphics toolkit.
Platforms:Windows
Stars20
Updated6 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2016
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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Out Run (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Out Run

An Amiga 68k port of Cannonball-C, an ANSI C conversion of the Cannonball engine, intended as a base for platforms with poor C++ support.
Platforms:Amiga
Stars19
Updated9 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2017
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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XSwing Plus screenshot

Clone of Swing

An open-source Java remake of 1997 puzzle game Swing (Marble Master), with hot-seat multiplayer and 45 levels.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars19
Updated1 year ago
LicenseMIT
Release2013
Genre: Puzzle
Theme: —
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pacman_sdl screenshot

Clone of Pac-Man

A C++ and SDL clone of the Pac-Man arcade game for Linux, licensed under GPLv2+.
Platforms:Linux
Stars19
Updated15 years ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2008
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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SDL-Ball screenshot

Clone of DX-Ball

A DX-Ball/Breakout-style brick-breaker with mouse, joystick, and Wii Remote support, plus custom themes.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars18
Updated4 years ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2014
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
Sporadic
Space Invaders Emulator screenshot

Clone of Space Invaders

A from-scratch Intel 8080/Space Invaders arcade emulator in C#, with save states, rewind, and an interactive debugger.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars18
Updated5 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2019
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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Boulder Dash (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Boulder Dash

A small Java implementation of Boulder Dash structured around the MVC pattern; archived, unplayable, with minimal documentation.
Platforms:None
Stars18
Updated6 years ago
LicenseMIT
Release2015
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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wbt screenshot

Clone of Tempest

wbt is a fairly faithful, though not fully feature-complete, Java clone of the 1981 Atari arcade game Tempest.
Platforms:None
Stars18
Updated11 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2013
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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BitRiot screenshot

Clone of Bug Bomber

A reimplementation of the Amiga game BugBomber, ported from Win32/DirectDraw to SDL2 with controller support and an RmlUi-based menu.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars17
Updated2 years ago
LicenseApache-2.0
Release2016
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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Ghostly screenshot

Clone of Pac-Man

Ghostly is a Pac-Man-inspired multiplayer AI programming game where bots control ghosts, originating from the aicompo-tg17 competition.
Platforms:Windows
Stars17
Updated5 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2017
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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Octopus screenshot

Clone of Octopus

A Swift remake of Nintendo's Octopus Game & Watch for Apple TV 4.
Platforms:iOS
Stars17
Updated10 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2016
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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Rusty Bird screenshot

Clone of Flappy Bird

A weekend-project Flappy Bird clone in Rust with Bevy, playable in the browser, using open third-party art assets.
Platforms:Web
Stars17
Updated1 year ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2024
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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Fruit Ninja (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Fruit Ninja

A Viking-themed, heavy-metal take on Fruit Ninja for Android, where you slice seafood instead of fruit.
Platforms:Android
Stars17
Updated8 years ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2017
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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invaders (in C) screenshot

Clone of Space Invaders

A from-scratch Space Invaders clone built as an Intel 8080 emulator in C with SDL, written to be easy to read for learners.
Platforms:Linux
Stars17
Updated6 years ago
LicenseMIT
Release2015
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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Atari Asteroids screenshot

Clone of Asteroids

A Python 3/Pygame recreation of Atari's Asteroids, ported by Francisco Sanchez Arroyo, aiming for arcade-accurate ship handling.
Platforms:Atari
Stars16
Updated7 years ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2018
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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Mr.Bomber screenshot

Clone of Bomberman

A Bomberman-style game with a DOS look, 8 levels and same-device multiplayer for up to 8 players.
Platforms:WebWindows
Stars16
Updated1 year ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2022
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —
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Super Methane Brothers (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Super Methane Brothers

A homebrew multi-console port (GameCube, Wii, Switch, 3DS) of the 1993 Amiga gas-trapping action game Super Methane Bros.
Platforms:GameCubeWiiSwitch
Stars16
Updated3 years ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2014
Genre: Platform
Theme: —
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Cookie Clicker (original game, not this project)Original game image
Platforms:None
Stars15
Updated10 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2015
Genre: Arcade
Theme: —

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