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Disclaimer: I changed a little the layout and thanks for the contributions!

The Idea:

On my old Mastodon Profile i've made a list of Rebuilds/Fan Remakes/SourcePorts (when possible opensource, no commercial remakes) for old PC Games, and i want to share it here on Lemmy too, so people can easily find it.

Why?

I've played lot of these games, and i'm glad there a Fans who still working on these games, to make it accessible on modern systems and giving them some QoL improvments. In my opinion, that's a great way to preserve old games from being forgotten and keep playable for new players. Also these people need some recognition (at least) for their hard work.

I'm glad If you help to complete this list and contribute some games you know.

In the moment there are alphabetical sorted:

  • 68 PC Games in total
  • 53 Remakes, SourcePorts etc.

New additions will be marked with *

The List:

There is also the List here https://osgameclones.com/, who did unknown to me the same.

Addendum SCUMMVM:

SCUMMVM is the first place for adventure games from Lucas Arts (Monkey Island etc.) or Sierra (Kings Quest etc) anf for the RPGs from Origin (Ultima VI), Westwood (Eye of the Beholder) and New World Compting (Might and Magic I, III and IV), but also many more. Here you can check the list of games out.

Addendum "Inspired Games"

I think that games divergence too much from the original games, but also should be mentioned.

Addendum Console Games:

If you are looking for Ports for Console Games to PC here is this list on GitHub

Also i would recommend the Open Source Port of the First two Jake and Daxter games

Addendum Source Ports for Android

moonpiedumplings made a list of Source Ports for Android on reddit

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

I just found Shockolate, a GPL-3 source port of system shock:

https://github.com/Interrupt/systemshock

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Ah sorry, I missed it somehow. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

There's a guy called BlenderDumbass who is attempting to make a Libre/FOSS GTA clone called Dani's Race in UPBGE engine

Here's his Matrix-Room if you wish to contact him

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Whole Lee Shit jazz jackrabbit brings back memories. I remember my first time playing it at a friend of the family's house, there was a dude there talking shit about how Windows was for lazy people (I was very young and windows was still kinda newish)

But how dare you not include OpenMW! Imagine having an og Xbox masterpiece on your phone, and you can mod it!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It was already on the list (TES III: Morrowind) ;)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I think I was looking for it under "M" like the idiot I tend to be when trying to launch it through steam.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Oh, I didn't even see it even though I was looking for it. My b homie

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How come there's no mention of 0.A.D, it has amazing graphics, at least from the videos and screenshots. Haven't gotten a chance to play it unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Hi, i've put it in the "Addendum “Inspired Games”"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

It’s a shame that Another Metroid 2 Remake got Cease & Desisted, purely because Nintendo was about to release Samus Returns and didn’t want to compete with a fan game that was better.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Added to the list. Thanks :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There's an open source roller coaster tycoon

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Do you mean https://openrct2.io/? That's already on the list :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I love that one, it works great too!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Would Ship of Harkinian go on here?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My list focus more on PC Games source ports/remakes etc. but the "Addendum Console Games" it's in this list (with many others) https://github.com/Sebastrion/awesome-unofficial-pc-ports

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

saw Super Mario 64 and immediately saved it lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Here's my list:

  • Pingus - a lemmings remake
  • X-Moto - an elastomania clone (2d physics-based motorcycle game)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Thanks :) But i've to ask, on what games does X-Moto based of?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

OpenRA https://www.openra.net/ to play Red Alert, Command and Conquer and Dune 2000

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I've edited the post, so it looks more appealing. Sorry, that it was so hard to read at first, i hope now it's better

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Legacy of Kane Blood Omen fan remake - https://omnicide.razorwind.ru/en/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Throw Manic Miners on there. It's a fan remake of the old Lego Rock Raiders game, and it's really fun. There's a custom level builder and I think there's a browser you can search for other custom levels.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Thanks for the Tip! I added it to the list!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't forget the Xash3D engine for GoldSrc games (e.g. Half-Life and mods). It runs on everything from a PSP to a PC. And it's faithful. It relies on the original assets.

https://github.com/FWGS/xash3d-fwgs

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Thanks. I put it on the List :)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

https://osgameclones.com/ is the best aggregate for this kind of thing.
https://libregamewiki.org/ also looks like something relevant.

Maybe now that we have a messy thread of various links, we can go check whether some of them are not yet listed in osgameclones.

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