cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/12713458

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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      that’s awesome! I only played m.a.x. 2 in my childhood but i’ll take a look on that. Can i add it to the list?

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        It’s FOSS, of course you can 🤓 Fun fact: Most MAX players hate MAX2 to this day. The disappointment is similar to studios getting bought up by EA.

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    Ohh, saved for later, saw a few i was too young to play effectively on my 3/486 at that age. Thank you

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    You title them ports or remakes - do these all require the original game asset files?

    When I read remake, I thought they’d be independent games, inspired by or replicating the originals.

    Is it mixed? That info would be helpful for a list and an overview. For most, I wouldn’t have any assets.

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    Huge +1 recommendation for Manic Miners. Functionally a 1:1 remake with everything you could ask for and more- lots of settings, remastered levels, and a level builder. The (solo) dev got hired by Lego’s video game division afterwards

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    For Total Annhialation section: https://zero-k.info/

    Zero Knhas been in active dev much longer than BAR, is more mature, has a well-established little cult community, and IMO is the better game. And still OSS ofc.

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    Should add eduke32 (that’s the repo, site here) for Duke Nukem 3D, believe Ion Fury (which is phenomenal) is built on that, think I’ve seen mention of it working with other build engine games, I’ve used with assets from world tour, it’s a better experience imo.

    Gzdoom has some great games built on the engine too (bit of a tangent), Selaco and Hedon both fantastic games.

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    Fools Rush In appears to be a fannish remake of the PC-98-only versus STG Touhou Yumeijikū ~ Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream, for modern computer systems, released around 2017, though it’s a bit jank on the gameplay side of things. Caught wind of it from a couple Jaimers vids on this a while back.