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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Space Invaders Clone

Clone of Space Invaders

A terminal-based, ASCII-graphics recreation of Space Invaders written in C with Ncurses - the author's first game, from around 2005.

Platforms:Linux

Stars13

Updated12 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2014

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Vasteroids

Clone of Asteroids

A clone of Asteroids written in the V programming language, the author's first-ever game project.

Platforms:None

Stars13

Updated1 year ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2021

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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asteroids

Clone of Asteroids

A from-scratch, browser-based reimagining of Asteroids built with HTML5 canvas, aiming for modern game feel over a strict recreation.

Platforms:Web

Stars13

Updated1 year ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2016

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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bratwurst

Clone of Bratwurst

Platforms:None

Stars13

Updated4 years ago

LicenseGPL2*

Release2009

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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flappymacs

Clone of Flappy Bird

A Flappy Bird clone for Emacs, distributed as a MELPA package under the MIT license.

Platforms:Emacs

Stars13

Updated9 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2014

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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tetris - Just another Tetris™ clone

Clone of Tetris

A Java implementation of Tetris built with Maven, released under the permissive WTFPL license.

Platforms:None

Stars13

Updated4 years ago

LicenseWTFPL

Release2016

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: Abstract

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verisnake

Clone of Snake

A work-in-progress Verilog VGA implementation of Snake, built for the Zero to ASIC Course.

Platforms:None

Stars13

Updated3 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2023

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Follow ME

Clone of Simon

A fully commented JavaScript clone of Simon, built with the Phaser engine under the MIT license.

Platforms:Web

Stars12

Updated11 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2014

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

Archived

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Hocoslamfy

Clone of Flappy Bird

A Flappy Bird-style game about a bee dodging bamboo shoots, built with SDL 1.2 for PC and the OpenDingux handheld under the GPLv2.

Platforms:Linux

Stars12

Updated10 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2014

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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KnightOfWor

Clone of Wizard of Wor

A Java remake of the Commodore 64 version of Wizard of Wor, built with Maven under the GPLv3 license.

Platforms:WindowsLinux

Stars12

Updated4 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2012

Genre: Arcade

Theme: Medieval

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TecnoballZ

Clone of Arkanoid

A Commodore Amiga brick-breaker ported to Linux, with 50 levels, 11 special levels, and a weapon-upgrade system.

Platforms:Linux

Stars12

Updated10 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2015

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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pac-wio

Clone of Pac-Man

A CircuitPython Pac-Man clone for the Seeed Wio Terminal and Adafruit Fruit Jam, with arcade-style ghost AI.

Platforms:Arduino

Stars12

Updated8 months ago

LicenseMIT

Release2025

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Duck Rehunt

Clone of Duck Hunt

An early, unfinished Pygame remake built around the dog from Duck Hunt reanimating dead ducks, with scoring still broken.

Platforms:None

Stars11

Updated6 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2011

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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FlasciiBird

Clone of Flappy Bird

A text-based, ncurses-driven port of Flappy Bird written in Python.

Platforms:Windows

Stars11

Updated3 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2014

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Star-Wars-III

Clone of Star Wars (1983 arcade game)

A remake of just the Death Star trench-run sequence from the 1983 Star Wars arcade game, built in CodeSkulptor.

Platforms:None

Stars11

Updated12 years ago

LicenseGPL-2.0

Release2014

Genre: Arcade

Theme: Sci-Fi

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div-pitfall

Clone of Pitfall!

A remake of the Atari 2600 game Pitfall! built with DIV Games Studio, playable in-browser with builds for Windows, Linux, Android, and PSP.

Platforms:WebWindowsLinux

Stars11

Updated10 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2016

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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edfries-anteater

Clone of Anteater

Official source release of Anteater, an Atari 8-bit game written in 6502 assembly by Ed Fries, released under the MIT License.

Platforms:Atari

Stars11

Updated5 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2021

Genre: Action

Theme: —

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galaxian

Clone of Galaxian

Platforms:Windows

Stars11

Updated15 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2011

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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ARCADE!

Clone of Galaga

Commented Z80 assembly source reconstructing Galaga's original arcade ROM code from disassembly, verifiable against MAME.

Platforms:ZX Spectrum

Stars10

Updated2 months ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2015

Genre: Action

Theme: Sci-Fi

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BOMBERWARRIORS OF WOR

Clone of Wizard of Wor

An enhanced remake of the Commodore 64 Wizard of Wor, supporting up to eight players via Wiimotes or keyboard, currently 0.9 beta.

Platforms:LinuxWii

Stars10

Updated1 month ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2011

Genre: Arcade

Theme: Medieval

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DCNebulous

Clone of Nebulus

Platforms:Dreamcast

Stars10

Updated4 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2022

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Haskelloids

Clone of Asteroids

Haskelloids is a Haskell implementation of an Asteroids-style game, built and run with the Stack toolchain.

Platforms:None

Stars10

Updated6 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2017

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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LX' Arduino Tetris

Clone of Tetris

A hardware Tetris implementation driving a 32x32 LED matrix panel from an Arduino/Genuino Uno, with pushbutton controls.

Platforms:Arduino

Stars10

Updated4 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2018

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: Abstract

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Netacka

Clone of Achtung, die Kurve!

A multiplayer game similar to Zatacka (Achtung, die Kurve!), built with Allegro 4 and libnet.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars10

Updated7 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2017

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Open Greedy

Clone of Pac-Man

A from-scratch open-source rewrite of Edromel Studio's game Greedy XP, built on SDL and OpenGL.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars10

Updated3 years ago

LicenseGPL-2.0

Release2014

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Pong in a Favicon

Clone of Pong

A real, playable game of Pong rendered live inside your browser tab's 32×32 favicon icon.

Platforms:Web

Stars10

Updated3 months ago

LicenseMIT

Release2026

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Snake game for Arduino

Clone of Snake

A Snake clone for Arduino that runs on a Nokia LCD screen, with sound, a high score, and a settings menu.

Platforms:Arduino

Stars10

Updated5 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2020

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Tetris Pyxel

Clone of Tetris

A Python/Pyxel Tetris clone playable natively or via WebAssembly in a browser, built as a three-day hobby project.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars10

Updated2 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2022

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: Abstract

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Tron

Clone of Tron

A browser-based remake of Tron's light-cycle mode, playable solo against an adjustable AI or with a second player.

Platforms:Web

Stars10

Updated3 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2016

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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dodger-remake

Clone of Dodger

A remake of the 1994 arcade-style game Dodger, currently unplayable.

Platforms:None

Stars10

Updated6 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2014

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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javascript-E.T.

Clone of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

An early-stage HTML5 remake of Atari's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; development had barely begun and it's unplayable.

Platforms:Web

Stars10

Updated6 months ago

LicenseMIT

Release2013

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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ladder (Go)

Clone of Ladder

A work-in-progress, text-based Go reimplementation of the 1982 CP/M game Ladder, whose original source code no longer survives.

Platforms:None

Stars10

Updated10 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2016

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

Archived

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viper

Clone of Viper

A browser-playable remake of the original Viper game; the project is now archived and inactive.

Platforms:Web

Stars10

Updated15 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2010

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Cascade FX

Clone of Tetris

Cascade FX is a Tetris-like puzzle game with software-rendered 3D graphics for the NEC PC-FX console, largely finished at version 0.5.

Platforms:PC-FX

Stars9

Updated3 months ago

LicenseMIT

Release2024

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: Abstract

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CrystalQuest

Clone of Crystal Quest

CrystalQuest is a browser-based remake built with HTML5 Canvas, featuring fifteen levels and eight alien types with increasing difficulty.

Platforms:Web

Stars9

Updated9 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2015

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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DXBall

Clone of DX-Ball

DXBall is an Android remake of DX-Ball, adapted for touchscreen controls.

Platforms:Android

Stars9

Updated10 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2016

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Disassembly of Boulder Dash for the BBC Micro

Clone of Boulder Dash

A fully labelled and commented disassembly of the BBC Micro version of Boulder Dash, in Beebasm and acme assembler formats.

Platforms:BBC Micro

Stars9

Updated2 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2024

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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JetPac

Clone of Jetpac

A fully playable C# remake of Jetpac, built with the XNA framework, converting the original ZX Spectrum game.

Platforms:Windows

Stars9

Updated5 months ago

LicenseMIT

Release2015

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Oric-Software

Clone of Donkey Kong (Game & Watch)

A shared repository of Oric home-computer games, demos, tools and routines by many authors.

Platforms:Oric

Stars9

Updated8 months ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2024

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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