Free & Open Source Arcade Games

653 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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Thrust Disassembly

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

Updated1 month ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2016

Genre: Arcade

Theme: Sci-Fi

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pacman (harto)

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

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

Updated9 days ago

Licensegpl-2.0+

Release2018

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Joust Source Code Documented

Clone of Joust

Platforms:Atari

Stars24

Updated11 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2015

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Not Pacman

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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Space_Rocks

Clone of Asteroids

Platforms:None

Stars24

Updated9 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2017

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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BobBall

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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DuckHunt

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

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-HTML5-clone

Clone of SkiFree

A simple, first-attempt JavaScript/HTML5 canvas remake of SkiFree, still missing jumping and a restart option.

Platforms:Web

Stars22

Updated15 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2011

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Ultimate Play the Game disassemblies

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

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: —

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Arashi-JS

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!

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

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

Updated5 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2015

Genre: Action

Theme: Sci-Fi

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Tank: Zone of Death

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

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

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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Amiga Cannonball-C

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

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

Updated10 months ago

LicenseMIT

Release2013

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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pacman_sdl

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

Clone of DX-Ball

A DX-Ball/Breakout-style brick-breaker with mouse, joystick, and Wii Remote support, plus custom themes.

Platforms:WindowsLinux

Stars18

Updated3 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2014

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Space Invaders Emulator

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

Updated4 months ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2019

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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boulder-dash

Clone of Boulder Dash

A small Java implementation of Boulder Dash structured around the MVC pattern; archived, unplayable, with minimal documentation.

Platforms:None

Stars18

Updated5 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2015

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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wbt

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

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

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

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

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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Seafood Berserker!

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)

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

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

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 (homebrew edition)

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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CookieClickerRemake

Clone of Cookie Clicker

Platforms:None

Stars15

Updated10 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2015

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Robotron

Clone of Robotron: 2084

A JavaScript remake of the arcade classic Robotron: 2084, built as a university course project.

Platforms:Web

Stars15

Updated11 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2014

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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robotron-7800

Clone of Robotron: 2084

Platforms:Atari

Stars15

Updated11 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2015

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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ReQbert

Clone of Q*bert

ReQbert is a browser-based HTML5/JavaScript remake of the MSX version of Q*bert, made in memory of co-creator Luciano Sother.

Platforms:Web

Stars14

Updated3 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2011

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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UnityPacmania

Clone of Pac-Mania

A near-complete Unity and C# clone of the 1987 arcade game Pac-Mania, including all levels, cut-scenes and menus.

Platforms:Windows

Stars14

Updated2 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2021

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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