Game engine recreations and source ports

Game engine recreations and source ports can be better than emulation on a game-by-game basis, adding improvements to the original, better performance and ports to less powerful systems were emulation is impractical/slow. This is especially true when a developer only wants to get one game (or a number of games that use the same engine) working. In that case, re-implementing that game alone would save more time than implementing the platform it runs on. These kinds of projects are common when abandonware has large communities; when the original developer has disbanded and can no longer support or update it, an effort is then made to get it running natively on newer versions of-- and/or entirely different-- operating systems and platforms.

• game engine recreations (AKA game engine re-implementations), when the developer only has a binary to work with (and not the source code), they recreate the engine rather than port it, hence the term. How the developers go about this process depends on their philosophy; they may opt to de-compile the original executable and have their own program rely on the original until all of its functions have been remade, at which point the original binary is no longer needed. Alternatively, they can be remade based on a clean room design, in which the project implements the abstract features without having to disassemble the original, going by how components are expected to be used rather than how the game uses them. Some engines come about simply because they were inspired by the original game, and the programmer felt confident enough that no reverse engineering was necessary to make an engine that does the same thing.
• source ports, in rare cases, games release the source code by the publishers themselves, allowing developers to perform a port of the source code. This skips the step of figuring out how the game works. The most common example that is often used is id Software's release of Doom in 1997. It led to so many ports being released that the community began to joke about what devices haven't gotten it running yet. (see the Doom Wiki for a list)

Some projects are implemented in ways that the original developer did not intend; for example, for a platform other than which publishers marketed it for. And they're not just limited to game engines either; Webamp is a JavaScript application that re-implements Winamp in the web browser. These projects are almost always open-source, which also allows new programmers to fix bugs that could have been difficult to track down during development (alternatively, the bugs may be emulated to allow old mods to continue to safely exploit them). When most of the effort is on programming, the project will usually require the original game's assets (such as files in the installation directory or ROMs) until those ever get remade. This lets the developers claim they aren't infringing the game's copyrights since the player must obtain the original to use it; if the game is still being sold, this could allow the publisher to even earn revenue from the project. This aspect is debatable however, as some source code recreations did result in cease-and-desist letters and even lawsuits from companies such as in the case of re3 and reVC for the 3D-era Grand Theft Auto games, with Take-Two Interactive alleging that the source ports were made to facilitate piracy and that "the work is not licensed in any way"; some have speculated that the suit among others was to keep fan-made mods from getting in the way of their much-maligned Definitive Edition remasters.

For the sake of brevity, most of these projects often refer to themselves under some variety of fan remakes. The External links section has lists for a number of known and available projects.

On Linux downloading and using game engines is easy with Luxtorpeda - a Steam Play compatibility tool (like Proton) that allows you to run games from Steam using various different game engines and re-implementations. Alternatively some package managers/app stores, such as flatpak and snap include source ports.

For macOS, Mac Source Ports provides many of the games below but built for Apple Silicon (or as a Universal Binary where possible), with the apps signed and notarised. For the majority of the games, you will have to provide your own game data. The data for most of the games can be purchased on GOG or Steam (The game data from Windows versions usually work ok).

For a work-in-progress list of source ports that work on macOS see the Source Ports on macOS page.

Multi game engine

Action-adventure

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
OpenLara		git, SailfishOS	✓	✓	~	PC: Tomb Raider 1–4 Handhelds: Tomb Raider 1
OpenTomb		git	✗	~	✓	Tomb Raider 1–5
Tomb Raider Automated Fix		TR1 TR2	✗	~	~	Tomb Raider 1 & 2 + their expansions
Tomb Raider 1 & 2 Classic Collection		git VitaDB	✗	✓	✓	Tomb Raider 1 & 2 Classic (Android versions)
TR1X/TR1Main		git	✗	✓	?	Tomb Raider 1.
CroftEngine		git	✗	✓	?	Tomb Raider 1.
TR2Main		git	✗	✓	?	Tomb Raider 2

Adventure

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
ScummVM		2.8.1	✓	✓	✓	Adventure games and RPGs (LucasArts, Sierra, Activision, Humongous & more. Over 250 games.)

Bullet Hell

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
ReC98: The Touhou PC-98 Restoration Project	Multi-platform	git	✗	✓	✗ (WIP)	Touhou 1–5 (PC-98)

FPS

See also Game engine recreations and source ports/FPS for more in-depth description sorted by engine

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
BuildGDX		Website	✗	✓	✓	Blood, Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, Powerslave/Exhumed, Redneck Rampage, Redneck Rampage Rides Again, Witchaven, Witchaven II, TekWar, Legend of the Seven Paladins
EDuke32 VoidSW		Website	✗	✓	✓	EDuke32: Duke Nukem 3D, Ion Fury, NAM, World War II GI VoidSW: Shadow Warrior
Metaforce		Dev builds git	✗	✓	✗ (WIP)	Retro Games (Metroid Prime 1–3 & Donkey Kong Country Returns)
Nuclide		Website git	✗	✓	✗ (WIP)	GoldSrc Games (Half-Life, Counter-Strike 1.5, Team Fortress etc..)
openDarkEngine		git	✗	✗	✗	Thief 1-2, System Shock 2
Raze		git	✗	✓	✓	Duke Nukem 3D, Blood, Redneck Rampage, Shadow Warrior and Exhumed/Powerslave, Nam, WW2 GI
RedNukem		git	✗	✓	✓	Duke Nukem 3D, Duke Nukem 64, Redneck Rampage, Redneck Rampage Rides Again, NAM, World War II GI
XLEngine		git	✗	✗	✗	Star Wars: Dark Forces, Daggerfall Later: Outlaws, Blood, Shadow Warrior

Platform

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
RSDKv5		Sonic 1 & 2 Sonic CD Sonic Mania	✗	✓	✓	Sonic the Hedgehog 1–2, Sonic CD and Sonic Mania. (Retro Engine v5)
Commander Genius		3.0.0	✗	✓	✓	Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams, Commander Keen in Goodbye Galaxy, Commander Keen in Aliens Ate My Babysitter

Racing

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
OpenNFS		git	✗	✗	✗	Need for Speed I–III, Need for Speed: High Stakes, Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2

RPG

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
EasyRPG		0.8	✓	✓	✓	RPG Maker 2000/2003 games
MKXP		2023 builds	✗	✗	✗	RPG Maker XP/VX/VX Ace games
MKXP-Z		2.4.2	✗	✓	✓	RPG Maker XP/VX/VX Ace games
Falltergeist		git	✗	✓	✗ (WIP)	Fallout 1-2
GemRB		git	✗	✓	✓	Infinity Engine (Baldur's Gate series (1998–2001), Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale series (2000–2002))
JoiPlay		1.01.701	✗	✓	✓	RPG Maker XP/VX/VA/MV/MV games/Ren'Py/TyranoBuilder/HTML based games
Neko RPGXP Player		2.01	✗	✗	~	RPG Maker XP/VX/VA/MV games
xoreos		0.0.6	✗	✓	✗ (WIP)	BioWare's Aurora engine & derivatives (BioWare's 7 PC/console RPGs, Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, The Witcher)

RTS

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
openage		git	✗	✓	~	Genie Engine (Age of Empires, AoE II (HD), Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds)
OpenRA		git	✗	✓	✓	Early Westwood games (Command & Conquer Tiberian Dawn, C&C: Red Alert, Dune 2000). Soon: 2nd-gen C&C (C&C: Tiberian Sun).
OpenSAGE		git	✗	✓	✗ (WIP)	EA's Command & Conquer games (C&C: Generals, C&C: Generals - Zero Hour) Soon: The Battle for Middle-earth series (2004–2006), C&C 3 & expansion.
Stratagus		3.3.2	✗	✓	✓	Wargus (v3.3.2): Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness + Beyond the Dark Portal, Aleona's Tale War1gus (v3.3.2): Warcraft: Orcs & Humans Stargus (v3.3.0): StarCraft (partially playable as of v2.4.1) Games natively made on the Stratagus engine: Aleona's Tale (Wargus), Astroseries, Bos Wars, Wyrmsun
Vanilla Conquer		git	✗	✓	✓	Early Westwood games (Command & Conquer, C&C: Red Alert, Dune 2000). Based on the official source code release by EA, with the goal of serving as a portable drop-in replacement for the original executables as well as a platform for mod developers.

Visual Novel

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
Impacto		git	✗	✓	✗ (WIP)	MAGES. Engine (Science Adventure games)
Xsystem35		git	✗	✓	✓	Alicesoft. System35 Engine (RPG and strategy games)

Various

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
DREAMM*		3.0.1	✗	✓	✓	LucasArts: Maniac Mansion, Zak McKracken, Indiana Jones (Last Crusade & Fate of Atlantis & Infernal Machine & Desktop Adventures), Loom, Monkey Island (1 & 2 & Curse & Escape), Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max, Full Throttle, The Dig, Grim Fandango, Rebel Assault (1 & 2), X-Wing, Tie-Fighter, Dark Forces, Dark Forces 2 Jedi Knight, Mysteries of the Sith, Shadows of the Empire, Yoda Stories, Mortimer and the Riddles of the Medallion, Outlaws (+13 more in the 3.0 beta)
Jorio's ports of Pangea Software games		depending on game	✗	✓	✓	Billy Frontier, Bugdom, Bugdom 2, Cro-Mag Rally, Mighty Mike (Power Pete), Nanosaur, Nanosaur II: Hatchling, Otto Matic
OpenGMK		git	✗	✓	✓	GameMaker game engines
M-HT SR / SRW		depending on game	✗	✓	✓	Albion (1995), X-Com: UFO Defense (UFO: Enemy Unknown), X-Com: Terror from the Deep, Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator, Battle Isle 3: Shadow of the Emperor (Battle Isle 2220: Shadow of the Emperor)

Single game engine

Action-adventure

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
Zelda 64: Recompiled		git	✗	✓	✓	The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)
2 Ship 2 Harkinian		git	✗	✓	✓	The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)
Link's Awakening DX HD		git	✗	~*	✓	The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Open Ocarina		git	✗	✗	✗	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
OpenJK		Build git	✗	✓	~	Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
Ship of Harkinian		8.0.4 Nightly builds git	✗	✓	✓	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (any PAL version)
sm		git	✗	✓	~	Super Metroid
Zelda3		git Android Xbox One Vita	✗	✓	✓	The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Mystical Ninja Recompilation	???	gbatemp thread	✗	✓	?	Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
donut	???	git	✗	?	?	The Simpsons: Hit & Run

FPS

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
xGreed		doomworld	✗	✓	✓	In Persuit of Greed
Aleph One		1.6.2	✗	✓	✓	Marathon 1–2, Marathon Infinity
BStone		git	✗	✓	✓	Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold, Blake Stone: Planet Strike
D2X-XL DXX-Rebirth		1.18.76 git	✗	✓	✓	Descent, Descent II
Descent Wii		1.12 git (forked)	✗	✗	✓	Descent
DXX-3DS		git	✗	✗	✗	Descent, Descent II
DXX-Retro		git	✗	✗	✓	Descent, Descent II
DXX-Switch		git	✗	✗	?	Descent, Descent II
EDuke32 Wii		Website	✗	✗	✓	Duke Nukem 3D
Freespace 2 Wii		beta 3	✗	✗	?	Freespace 2
Freespace 2 Source Code Project		Knossos installer and mod manager	✗	✓	✓	Freespace 2, also includes Freespace 1 and expansion Silent Threat through fanmade ports to the FS2 engine.
NakedAVP		1.1.0	✗	✓	✓	Aliens Vs Predator Gold
NBlood		git	✗	✓	✓	Blood
OpenMoHAA		SourceForge	✗	✗	✗	Medal of Honour: Allied Assault
OpenXRay		git	✗	✓	✓	S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Series
PCExhumed		20230620-13623	✗	✓	✓	Powerslave (PC)
Powerslave EX		git	✗	✗	✓	Powerslave (console)
Perfect Dark		git	✗	✓	✓	Perfect Dark
Shockolate		git	✗	✓	✓	System Shock 1
The Force Engine		1.10	✗	✓	✓	Current: Star Wars: Dark Forces Future: Outlaws
DXU24		Modders channel	✗	✓	~ (WIP)	Deus Ex
Xash3D		0.99	✗	~	✓	Half-Life 1 engine games
Xash3DS		git	✗	✗	✓	Half-Life 1 engine games
Portal64: Still Alive		v0.14.0	✗	✓	✓*	Portal
id Tech Engines
dhewm3		git dhewm3-amigaos4	✓	✓	✓	Doom 3 (Original)
Doom64 EX		2.5	✗	✗	✓	Doom 64 (Original)
ECWolf		1.3.3	✓	✓	✓	Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny, Super 3D Noah’s Ark
Hammer of Thyrion		1.5.9	✗	✓	✓	Hexen II
Heretic Wii		0.5	✗	✗	?	Heretic
Hexen Wii HHexen (Wii)		1.0 0.5	✗	✗	?	Hexen
HHeretic		0.2.3	✗	✗	?	Heretic
HHexen		1.6.3	✗	✗	?	Hexen
ioquake3		1.36	✗	✓	✓	Quake III: Arena
iortcw		git	✗	~	✓	Return to Castle Wolfenstein
realrtcw		ModDB page	✗	~	✓	Return to Castle Wolfenstein (based on iortcw)
Linux Hexen		0.6.0	✗	✗	✗	Hexen
PrBoom		git	✓	~	✓	Doom I–II, Final Doom
PsyDoom		git	✓	✓	✓	Doom, Final Doom
Quake GameCube/QuakeGX		0.0.5-2 (GX)	✗	✗	?	Quake 1
Quake Rev PAK		release 4	✗	✗	?	Quake 1–2, ThreeWave CTF mod for Quake 2, QuakeWorld
Quakespasm vkQuake		0.94.2 git	✗	✓	✓	Quake 1
RBDOOM-3-BFG		git	✗	✓	✓	Doom 3 (BFG Edition)
Rise of the Triad for Linux		git	✗	✗	✗	Rise of the Triad: Dark War
rottexpr		git	✗	✓	✓	Rise of the Triad: Dark War
Tyrquake		git	✓	✓	✓	Quake 1
vitaQuake II		git, PS Vita	✓	✓	✓	Quake 2
WiiDoom WiiDoom-Fork (music support)		0.4.5 Fork	✗	✗	✓	Doom I–II, Final Doom, Chex Quest I–II (forked version only but with some conversion issues)
Wii-DOOM Wii-HERETIC Wii-HEXEN Wii-STRIFE		r33	✗	✗	✓	Wii-DOOM: Doom I–II, Final Doom Wii-HERETIC: Heretic Wii-HEXEN: Hexen Wii-STRIFE: Strife: Quest for the Sigil
Wolfenstein 3D Wii		1.31	✗	✗	✓	Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny
Yamagi Quake II		8.00	✗	✓	✓	Quake 2

Horror

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
FNaF 1 3DS -old/obsolete- FNaF 1 3DS -remastered-		0.2.3 0.3.1-pre1	✗	✗	✓	Five Nights at Freddy's
FNaF 1 PSP		1.3.1 Fix 1	✗	✗	✓	Five Nights at Freddy's
FNaF 2 3DS		beta 1.0	✗	✗	✗	Five Nights at Freddy's 2
FNaF 3 3DS		beta 0.1.3	✗	✗	✗	Five Nights at Freddy's 3
FNaF 4 3DS		beta 0.3	✗	✗	~	Five Nights at Freddy's 4

Platform

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
Abe's Amazing Adventure Wii		r3	✗	✗	?	Abe's Amazing Adventure
Abuse Wii		0.8.684.2	✗	✗	?	Abuse
Cave Story Engine 2		git archive Wii, NDS	✗	✗	✓	Cave Story
doukutsu-rs		git	✗	✓	✓	Cave Story
OpenCrashWOC		git	✗	✓	?	Crash Bandicoot: Wrath Of Cortex
C1		git	✗	✓	~	Crash Bandicoot
C2C		git	✗	✗	~	Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Jazz² Resurrection		git	✗	✓	✓	Jazz Jackrabbit 2
Jump 'n Bump		0.3.1	✗	✗	?	Jump 'n Bump
Maze of Galious 3DS		1.0	✗	✗	?	The Maze of Galious remake
MazeOfGaliousWii		0.63.3	✗	✗	?	The Maze of Galious remake
NXEngine nxengine-evo		1.0.0.6 git	✓	✓	✓	Cave Story
OpenGOAL		git	✗	✓	✓	Jak and Daxter
OpenHCL		git	✗	~	✓	Hydra Castle Labyrinth
OpenJazz		git	✗	~	✓	Jazz Jackrabbit 1
R.E.L.I.V.E.		git	✗	✓	✓	Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
rawgl		git	✗	✓	✓	Another World/Out of This World
REminiscence		0.4.9	✓	✓	✓	Flashback (Another World's spiritual sequel)
Rigel Engine		git	✗	✓	✓	Duke Nukem II
SDLPoP		git	✗	✓	✓	Prince of Persia (1989)
Sonic the Hedgehog Forever		1.4.1	✗	✓	✓	Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Absolute		1.1.1	✗	✓	✓	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic-2-CE		1.00	✗	✓	✓	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic 3 A.I.R. (Angel Island Revisited)		git	✗	✓	✓	Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
Sonic Mania 3DS		Build	✗	✓	~	Sonic Mania 3DS
smw		git Switch	✗	✓	✓	Super Mario World, Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario 64 Port	Multi-platform	Depends on port	✗	✓	✓	Super Mario 64 (N64)
TheXTech		git	✗	✓	✓	Super Mario Bros. X
xrick		#021212	✓	✗	✓	Rick Dangerous

Racing

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
CannonBall		git	✓	✗	✓	OutRun
CannonBall (Wii)		git	✗	✗	✓	OutRun
NFSIISE		git	✗	✓	✓	Need for Speed II: SE
CTRPC		N/A (WIP)	✗	✓	~	Crash Team Racing
OpenC1		1.4 git	✗	✗	✓	Carmageddon
OpenLGR		git	✗	✗	✗	Lego Racers
OpenMC2	(via Wine)	git	✗	✓	✓	Midnight Club II
Open1560		git	✗	✓	✓	Midtown Madness 1
OpenSWE1R		git	✗	✓	✗ (WIP)	Star Wars Episode 1: Racer
RoadFighterWii		1.0	✗	✗	✓	Road Fighter
RVGL		21.0930a-1	✗	✓	✓	Re-Volt
REDriver2		git	✗	✓	✓	Driver 2
stuntcarremake		Build 08	✗	✓	✓	Stunt Car Racer (Amiga / AtariST)
Wipeout Rewrite		git	✗	✓	✓	Wipeout
Wipeout Phantom Edition		git	✗	✓	✓	Wipeout

Real-time

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)	Genre
Dune Dynasty		1.5	✗	✗	✓	Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty	Real-time strategy
Dune II: The Maker		0.7.0	✗	✓	✓	Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty
Dune Legacy		27.12.2022	✗	✗	✗	Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty
KeeperFX		1.0.0	✗	✓	?	Dungeon Keeper
OpenDUNE		git	✗	✓	✓	Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty
TA3D		git	✗	✗	✗	Total Annihilation
Project Alice		1.0.9	✗	✓	✓	Victoria 2
FreeSynd		0.7.5	✗	✗	✗	Syndicate (1993)	Real-time tactics
Syndicate Wars Port		0.3	✗	✗	✓	Syndicate Wars

RPG

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
Arx Libertatis		git	✗	✓	✓	Arx Fatalis
Ambermoon.net		git	✗	✓	✓	Ambermoon
Paper Mario		git	✗	✓	✓	Paper Mario
Daggerfall Unity		git	✗	✓	✓	The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
DevilutionX		git	✗	✓	✓	Diablo
Fallout CE		git	✗	✓	✓	Fallout 1
Fallout 2 CE		git	✗	✓	✓	Fallout 2
OpenGothic		git	✗	✓	✓	Gothic II
OpenVIII		git	✗	✓	✗	Final Fantasy VIII
OpenDiablo2		git	✗	✓	✗	Diablo II
OpenMW		0.47.0	✗	✓	✓	The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
OpenTESArena		git	✗	✓	✗ (WIP)	The Elder Scrolls I: Arena
NorseWorld: Ragnarok		git	✗	✗	✗	Ragnarok / Valhalla
REGoth		git	✗	✓	✓	Gothic, Gothic II
reone		git	✗	✓	✗ (WIP)	Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 1-2
Riiablo		git	✗	✓	?	Diablo II
Undertale Mobile Mod for iOS and Android		ModDB page	✗	✗	✓	Undertale

Sandbox

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
Minecraft PSP		3.3.0	✗	✓	✓	Minecraft
IsleDecomp		git	✗	✓	✗ (WIP)	Lego Island
PSP Minecraft		3.0.0	✗	✗	✗	Minecraft
OpenRW		git	✗	~	~	Grand Theft Auto III
re3 reVC		git (re3) git (reVC) re3 (3DS) re3 (Switch) reVC (Switch) ReVC (Vita) re3 (Wii U) reVC (Wii U)	✗	✗	✓	Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
San Andreas Unity		git	✗	✓	~	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Wiicraft (2020)		git	✗	?	?	Minecraft v1.2.5
WoxelCraft		git	✗	✗	?	3D Voxel Engine (Minecraft)

Sim

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)	Genre
CaesarIA		0.5 (2016)	✗	✗	✗	Caesar III	City-building
Julius Augustus (Gameplay changes)		1.7 3.0.1	✗	✓	✓	Caesar III
CorsixTH		git	✗	✓	✓	Theme Hospital	Construction/Management
OpenLoco		git	✗	✓	✓	Chris Sawyer's Locomotion
OpenRCT2		git	✗	✓	✓	RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 (with RCT1 and expansions from both games being importable) or RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic (as of v0.4.2)
OpenTTD		git	✗	✓	✓	Transport Tycoon Deluxe
OpenTTD (Wii)		1.3.2	✗	✗	?	Transport Tycoon Deluxe
RCT Classic Vita		git	✗	?	~	RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic (Android)
terminal-recall		git Nightly Builds	✗	✓	✓	Terminal Velocity, Fury3	Flight Combat
LainTSX		git	✗	✓	✓	Lain PSX	Interactive fiction
Lain Bootleg Remake		git	✗	✓	✓	Lain Bootleg
FreeSO		git	✗	✓	✓	The Sims Online	Life Sim

TBS

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
civctp2		git (ctp2 for Linux/Pandora/Pyra)	✗	~	✓	Call to Power II
CivOne		git	✗	✗	✗ (WIP)	Sid Meier's Civilization
DopeWars		1.1	✗	✗	?	DopeWars (Palm OS)
fheroes2		git	✗	✓	✓	Heroes of Might and Magic II
OpenEnroth		git	✗	✓	✓	Might and Magic VII
OpenXcom		git	✗	✓	✓	UFO: Enemy Unknown (X-Com: UFO Defense), X-COM: Terror From the Deep
OpenXcom CE		7.13	✗	✓	✓	UFO: Enemy Unknown (X-Com: UFO Defense), X-COM: Terror From the Deep
VCMI		git	✗	✓	✓	Heroes of Might and Magic III

Visual Novel

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
DDLC-LOVE		1.2.3 (PSP, Vita) 1.1.9 (PS3, 3DS, Switch)	✗	✗	✓	Doki Doki Literature Club!
Doki-Doki-Literature-Club-Vita		git	✗	~	✓	Doki Doki Literature Club!
NitroSharp		git	✗	✓	~ (WIP)	ChäoS;HEAd NoAH

Miscellaneous

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)	Genre
PyTouhou		Website	✗	✓	✗ (WIP)	Touhou 6	Bullet Hell
Th06		git	✗	✓	✗ (WIP)	Touhou 6
uth05win		git	✗	✗	✗	Touhou 5
Ikemen GO		git	✗	✓	✓	Remake of the Ikemen engine that supports Mugen resources.	Fighting
SpaceCadetPinball		git	✗	✓	✓	3D Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet	Pinball
Jewels		1.01	✗	✗	?	gljewel	Puzzle
Lemmini		git	✗	✗	✓	Lemmings
LSD: Revamped		0.2.0	✗	✓	✓	LSD: Dream Emulator	Exploration
OpenTyrian		git	✗	✓	✓	Tyrian	Shoot 'em up
OpenTyrianWii		1.7	✗	✗	?	Tyrian
max vita		git	✗	✓	✓	Max Payne	Third-person shooter

See also

Game engine recreations and source ports specifically for: Current computers/phones:

• macOS, Android

Consoles:

Nintendo

• Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Wii, Wii U

Sony

• PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita

Legacy systems:

• BeOS, DOS, OS/2, Windows 9x, Pocket PC, IRIX, Atari ST

External links

• Open Source Game Clones (Likely the best and most complete list.)
• Games on GitHub by Lee Reilly (Master list in wider view. This list from leereilly contains Table of Contents and categories with highlighted links to Git repos.)
• Open Source Games on GitHub by Trilarion (Master list. As good as OSGC site above & frighteningly far larger list than leereilly's Git list. Over 1200 game entries!)
• Game engine recreation on Wikipedia (Has links to lists of: 1) commercial video games with source code; 2) source ports; and 3) game engine recreations.)
• List of games with reconstructed source code on Wikipedia
• List of open-source video games on Wikipedia (Not very complete, and the different categories are somewhat confusing.)
• LibreGameWiki (Small learning curve applies for navigating around the wiki. Tends to focus more on indigenous open-source engines.)
• Game category of the Free software directory (Wiki with fairly basic content. Tends to focus more on indigenous open-source engines.)

Curated Lists:

• Tuncay D.'s recommendations for OS, DRM-free games (thingsiplay.game.blog. Mar 13, 2020. Not for game recreations. Some selections have similarities to old commercial games.)
• Tuncay D.'s recommendations for OS & alike games (thingsiplay.game.blog. May 19, 2020. Focused on game recreations and engines similar to other games.)

Specific gaming systems

• Wii - Category of open source applications game for Wii on WiiBrew including source ports, game recreations, and more

News:

• GamingOnLinux.com (For the latest news on releases and updates of game recreations and source ports that work on Linux)
• Reddit feed (Aggregation quality is a little bit spotty. You have to wade through the news posts a bit for the relevant software.)
• List of Open Source Games on Reddit (Thread by u/AMD_CEO. Wed Jul 1, 2020. Had added recommendations to links also seen above.)

Videos:

• Nerrel: Recompilation - An Incredible New Way to Keep N64 Games Alive
• Digital Foundry: Zelda 64 Recompiled - A Revolution In N64 Native Ports For PC
• James Lambert: How I optimized Portal to run on the Nintendo 64 (Portal64 Project)