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  • 2004scape

    A free & open-source remake of 2004 era RuneScape 2. :flower_playing_cards:

  • 2006rebotted

    A 2006 RuneScape 2 Emulation Server. :flower_playing_cards:

  • 2009scape

    A free & open-source remake of 2009 era RuneScape 2. :flower_playing_cards:

  • ACEmulator

    A custom, completely from-scratch open source server emulator for Asheron’s Call built on C#. :flower_playing_cards:

  • FreeSO

    Reimplementation of The Sims Online, targetted mainly at mobile devices. :flower_playing_cards:

  • Meridian 59

    The first 3D MMORPG, released in 1996 and open sourced in 2012. The original codebase for Meridian 59.

RPG

  • Abyss Engine

    Abyss Engine is a game engine designed to run games similar to 2000's style ARPGs such as Diablo II.

  • Arx Libertatis

    Cross-platform port of Arx Fatalis, a first-person role-playing game.

  • Barony

    Open source release of Barony.

  • BtBuilder

    An open source implementation of the Bard's Tale Construction Set.

  • Daggerfall Unity

    Recreation of Daggerfall in the Unity engine.

  • Devilution

    Reconstructed form of Diablo's original source code.

Arcade

  • AcidDrop

    Remake of classic Atari 2600 game "Acid Drop".

  • Barbarian

    Open-source clone of Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior.

  • Battle City

    Browser reimplementation of Namco's 1985 Battle City (Famicom version), built from a full annotated 6502 disassembly. Playable at

  • C-Dogs SDL

    Classic overhead run-and-gun game. :flower_playing_cards:

  • Crimsonland

    Faithful from-scratch rewrite of the twin-stick shooter Crimsonland.

  • Mr.Boom

    8-player Bomberman clone for RetroArch/Libretro.

FPS

  • Aleph One

    The open source continuation of Bungie’s Marathon 2 game engine.

  • Allegiance

    Allegiance is RTS and FPS Space Combat game.

  • Barrett

    Advanced and featureful Rise of the Triad source port for modern systems.

  • BetterSpades

    Ace Of Spades open source implementation that runs on older machines.

  • BStone

    A source port of Blake Stone: Aliens Of Gold and Blake Stone: Planet Strike.

  • CatacombGL

    Windows source port of Catacomb 3D and the Catacomb Adventure series.

Platformer

Strategy

  • Ancient Beast

    Spiritual successor to Heroes of Might and Magic III focusing on combat; matched based eSport.

  • Antares

    Remake of Ares, a tactical space combat game.

  • CivOne

    Implementation of Sid Meier's Civilization.

  • CorsixTH

    Clone of Theme Hospital with support for modern operating systems, high resolutions and much more.

  • Cortex Command Community Project Source

    Community-driven effort to continue the development of Cortex Command.

  • fheroes2

    Free implementation of Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine.

Action

  • Carnage3D

    Reimplementation of Grand Theft Auto.

  • donut

    Reimplementation of The Simpsons: Hit & Run in modern C++ and modern OpenGL.

  • heretic2

    Heretic2 playground sandbox.

  • Heretic2R

    Heretic II (1998, Raven Software) reverse-engineered source port.

  • OpenJK

    Community effort to maintain and improve Jedi Academy and Jedi Outcast by Raven Software.

  • OpenLara

    Classic Tomb Raider open-source engine.

Simulator

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