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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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[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 days ago

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

https://github.com/Interrupt/systemshock

[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You seem like you might like osgameclones.com. It's absolutely massive because it includes projects even if they're unfinished or abandoned, but you can sort by playability, development status, even programming language if you're looking to contribute.

[–] OTINOKTYAH@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

Thanks for the Tip. I try to look for games that are playable and almost complete and are it to the list

[–] Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Beside the already mentioned Open Source Game Clones there's also this list on GitHub.

As for specific titles, I'd like to add:

There's also WipeOut Phantom Edition but this one isn't open-source so I'll just leave it here in case someone wants to check out the existing build.

[–] OTINOKTYAH@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks for the list, but i try to keep it in the PC Side of gaming, mostly i'm more familiar with that. I'll think about If and how i add these to the list :) Thanks again:)

[–] Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I've seen it after writing this. Thankfully, half of these are for PC native games so I didn't miss completely at least.

[–] OTINOKTYAH@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

I added them anyway to Addendum ;)

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.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Star Wars Jedi Knight I and II: Jedi Academy and Jedi Outcast (Not stable) - OpenJK https://github.com/JACoders/OpenJK

Despite the official name being "Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy" it is not Jedi Knight I. It is actually a sequel to Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast. It came out only a year after JO and was announced in April. At first I thought it was an April Fool's joke because the screenshots looked like something that could easily be made with the mod tools at the time.

It wasn't called Jedi Knight III because you play a different character.

Anyways, the real Jedi Knight I was "Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II". An open source implementation is available at https://github.com/shinyquagsire23/OpenJKDF2

And to round it off, the open source implementation of Dark Forces is available at https://theforceengine.github.io/. I think it even supports the remaster.

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I actually really appreciate someone clarifying the chronology of these games, I've got them all in my steam library and can never remember the order they go in.

Do the OS remakes have any QoL improvements? I tried playing through them recently and had a very hard time with the manual save system since I'm used to autosave points in linear games like that.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

As far as I know they don't add autosaves. I think the priority was things like proper wide-screen support and higher resolutions for the older games.

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Got them working, and was pleasantly surprised to find most of them had flatpak installers! Manual saving is still a pain but the engines running smoothly does make a big difference.

Although the dark forces installer doesn't work with the steam install so you have to copy the game data to the data folder to make it work.

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Honestly anything to deal with the horrendous friction and instability of the original would be welcome. Even modded I think I had to stick with 4:3 which even with black bars was still not quite right on my modern system. It would have to be a better experience, even if I have to re-learn manual quicksaves.

[–] OTINOKTYAH@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

I See where i went wrong. Thanks for pointing that out and thanks for the Links to Dark Forces.

I 'll add that to the list and change the names

Thanks again

[–] TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)
  • Super Mario Bros. X is a Mario fan-game remake that uses lots of assets from the SNES era of Mario games (Super Mario World, Super Mario All-Stars, Super Mario RPG).
  • Sonic Robo Blast 2 is a Sonic fan game made from the Doom engine, inspired by the Sega Genesis era of Sonic games.

They're both open-source.

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[–] OTINOKTYAH@feddit.org 6 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

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's not finished yet but OpenXray Gunslinger is probably going to be a better STALKER: Call of Pripyat remaster than the official one that just got announced.

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[–] testman@lemmy.ml 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.

[–] NotKyloRen@lemmy.zip 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

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh, also ScummVM should always be included in such a list. It supports a ton of classic adventure games from LucasArts, Sierra and others. And by now even Might and Magic 4+5: World of Xeen.

[–] OTINOKTYAH@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

Added at First. I forgot the obvious one, sorry :)

[–] Esjott@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Widelands - Settlers II inspired game, played a couple of hours, pretty neat.

FreeCIV - how can that gme be missing here? :)

UnCIV - Civ V clone, also pretty neat

[–] Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wouldn't say Unciv is a Civ5 clone with those graphics though...

[–] Esjott@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So remake as the website says? 🤔

[–] Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'd just say it's an inspiration and say it's a standard era 4x game. Graphically it's a demake, but the cpu opponents are superior to those from V I'd say

[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Surely it's a clone given that it clones the game mechanics specifically? As in the rules of the game are 1:1 to Civ V, or as close as you'd need to be an expert in the game to tell the difference.

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[–] afansfw@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 week ago

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

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 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.

[–] OTINOKTYAH@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

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

[–] ageek@lemmy.world 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.

[–] OTINOKTYAH@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

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

[–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

XCOM 1 (UFO Defense) and XCOM 2: Terror From The Deep - OpenXCOM https://openxcom.org/

Master of Orion 1 - 1oom https://github.com/1oom-fork/1oom

Ultima 6 - Nuvie https://github.com/nuvie/nuvie (apparently now part of ScummVM)

[–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

A few more honorable mentions that are not exact re-implementations with compatibility with the original datafiles, but more spiritual followups:

Total Annihilation - TA Spring > Spring Engine > Recoil Engine > Beyond All Reason https://github.com/beyond-all-reason (I think there are mods that make it "Basically TA")

Escape Velocity/EV Nova - Endless Sky https://endless-sky.github.io/

Goldeneye 64 (multiplayer only) - Goldeneye Source https://forums.geshl2.com/index.php?topic=7823.0

Warlords II - LordsAWar! https://libregamewiki.org/LordsAWar!

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[–] ageek@lemmy.world 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)
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[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There's an open source roller coaster tycoon

[–] OTINOKTYAH@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago
[–] ageek@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I love that one, it works great too!

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[–] Arachnar94@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Would Ship of Harkinian go on here?

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[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 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!

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[–] B0rax@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 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

[–] notfromhere@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

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

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