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This is a list of known game engines
This is a list of known game engines.


{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
==Before diving in==
! scope="col"|Before Diving in
* ScummVM does get referenced on this page because it's the main active engine recreation project (there's almost no other project like it)
* This page is not limited to the ScummVM project, while they have allowed some non-adventure games to be added like RPGs & strategy games, other projects are needed for engines they most likely won't accept.
* Engines with historical significance are highlighted in yellow.
 
==Multi-Genre ==
These engines were used to make games of varying genres, and benefit the most from engine recreations do to the large variety of titles made with them.
 
Some of these engines such as Macromedia Director and mTropolis were also used to make non-game related software.
 
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! style="width:10%" |Name
! style="width:5%" |ScummVM Support
! style="width:1%" |Released
! style="width:1%" data-sort-type="number"| <abbr title="Number Of Games">NOG</abbr>
!style="width: 60%" class="unsortable"|Description & Other Recreation Projects
|-
| style="background: lightyellow;"| [https://www.mobygames.com/group/20229/game-engine-atlas/ Atlas]
| {{gray}} None
| 1994
|47+
|Developed by Davidson & Associates, It was used make many kids games and oddities like What's Her Face!, Superstar Rivals and the 2002 adaptation of [https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51RQAH1Q6PL.jpg American Idol]. It's place in Video game history is in edutainment, Atlas was used to make entries in classic franchises like the Davidson's Learning Center series, [[wikipedia:Blaster Learning System|Blaster series]], and the [[wikipedia:JumpStart|JumpStart series]]. it was used to make quite a few Fisher-Price games as well.
|-
|Chrome
| {{gray}} None
|2001
|28+
|An engine developed by Techland.
|-
| Composer
| {{Green}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Composer Good]
|1995
|
|
|-
|Dagor Engine
| {{gray}} None
|2003
|16
|
|-
| Director
| {{Yellow}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Director Low]
|1985
|
|
|-
|DIV Games Studio
| {{gray}} None
|1999
|12+
|
|-
|Entropy
| {{gray}} None
|2002
|3
|The engine used to make Tribes: Aerial Assault, Area 51 (2005) and The Hobbit (2003)
|-
|Freescape
|{{Blue}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Freescape Decent]
|1987
|
|-
|Genesis3D
| {{gray}} None
|1999
|14+
|
|-
|Gob
| {{Blue}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Gob Decent]
|1990c
|
|-
|-
|The LGASVM tab tracks the Likelihood of an engine getting added ScummVM. This tab is here because ScummVM is the main active engine recreation project (there's almost no other project like it)
| HyperCard
| {{gray}} None
|1987
|
|Developed by Apple, HyperCard was used to make hundreds games and software for MacOS computers from 1987 to roughly 1999. An engine recreation for modern computers would have a major impact on video game and software preservation but this would also be a huge project as well.
|-
|-
|The LGASVM tab is broken down like this
|Hypno
*High: has a high chance of getting added because it has many high profile games, as wells as, many games that don't break rules and polices of ScummVM.
| {{Blue}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Hypno Decent]
*Low: The chance of this engine getting added to ScummVM is low
|1995
*Medium: While these engines may not take top priority, there is a good chance of it getting added.
|4
*None: These engines will likely never get added ScummVM.
|
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/group/20584/game-engine-imaginengine-technology-iet/ ImaginEngine] Technology
| {{gray}} None
|1997
|13
|An in-house engine developed by ImaginEngine. It was first used to make "Monster Maker Ultra Edition" and games for Hasbro like Operation & Tonka Construction 2, it would later get used to make educational titles like Arthur's Camping Adventure, Blue's Room & three Clifford The Big Red games.
|-
|-
|The following letters denotes:
| style="background: lightyellow;"| Klik & Play
*A: The engine was use mostly for adult games that brake ScummVM's rules and/or policies
| {{gray}} None
*B: Under ScummVM's current rules, and/or polices, this engine will never get added
|1994
*C: Circa
|
*D: The engines no longer being developed and/or has been discontinued
|
*E: The engine (as far as anyone can tell) is still being maintained and/or developed by the engine developer.
|-
*G: This engine will never get added because it doesn't suit ScummVM's current project goals.
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Kyra Kyra]
*H: The engine has historic significance.
| {{Blue}} Decent
*N: The engine lacks notable games
|1991
*T: The engine is too new to benefit from a engine recreation.
|6
|
|-
|LithTech Jupiter
| {{gray}} None
|2002
|18
|Developed by Monolith Productions. It was used to make some well-known titles like No One Lives Forever 2, Tron 2.0, and Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault. In an unexpected change in circumstances, there is a chance of it getting added to ScummVM, as Jupiter was used make two adventure games(Mysterious Journey II, Sentinel: Descendants in Time)<br> and three RPG's (Face of Mankind, Rubies of Eventide, Mistmare)
|-
|MADE
| {{Blue}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=MADE Decent]
|1992
|4
|
|-
|Media Station
|{{Red}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Media_Station Preliminary]
|1994
|23 - 30
|
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/group/20585/game-engine-mohawk Mohawk]
| {{Blue}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Mohawk Decent]
|1993
|
|
|-
|mTropolis
| {{Yellow}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=mTropolis Low]
|1995
|
|
|-
| style="background: lightyellow;"| Pie in the Sky
| {{gray}} None
|1993c
|20+
|
|-
| ToolBook
| {{gray}} None
|1990
|
|Developed by Asymetrix. ToolBook is authoring platform that was to make video games and software, most of which are undocumented making impossible to say how many games / software were made with it. Although ToolBook has always been marketed, to varying degrees, towards the education sector, Asymetrix would later almost exclusively target the e-learning market once it became clear that they couldn't compete with platforms like Macromedia Director or even mTropolis. The final version of ToolBook was release in 2012 with support ending in 2017.
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/group/4140/game-engine-torque/ Torque]
| {{gray}} None
|2001
|41
|
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/group/8121/game-engine-torque-game-engine-advanced Torque GEA]
| {{gray}} None
|2006
|9
|
|-
|TsAGE
| {{Yellow}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=TsAGE Low]
|1992
|
|
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/group/20603/2d-engine-windows-animation-package-32-wap32/ WAP32]
| {{gray}} None
|1997
|3
|Developed by Brian Goble, "Windows Animation Package 32" was the engine powering three of Monolith Productions most well-known games, the hack & slash dungeon crawler, Get Medieval, puzzle/strategy game, Gruntz and the Classic 2D platformer, Claw.
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/group/7923/game-engine-world-builder-synergistic/ World Builder (Synergistic)]
| {{gray}} None
|1989
|6
|
|-
|Yaga
|{{Red}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Yaga Preliminary]
|2002
|
|
|}
|}


=What is a game engine?=
==Genre Specific==
Placeholder Text
These engines were made for a specific genre of game


=Engines=
===Action===
<div style="max-width:120%; overflow:auto;">
{|class="wikitable sortable"
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+  
|+  
! style="width: 15%"|Name
! style="width:10%" |Name
!Released
! style="width:1%" |ScummVM Support
!<abbr title="Likelihood of Getting Added to ScummVM">LGASVM</abbr>
! style="width:1%" |Released
!Letters
! style="width:1%" data-sort-type="number"| <abbr title="Number Of Games">NOG</abbr>  
!data-sort-type="number"| <abbr title="Number Of Games">NOG</abbr>  
!style="width: 30%" class="unsortable"|Description & Other Recreation Projects
!class="unsortable"|Description, SVM Support & Other Recreation Projects
|-
|Black Hawk Engine
| {{gray}} None
|2001
|6
|
|-
| style="background: lightyellow;"| Build Engine
| {{gray}} None
|1995
|18+
|
|-
| style="background: lightyellow;"| Glacier
| {{gray}} None
|2000
|12
|An engine developed by IO Interactive
|-
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Atlas Atlas]
|Shoot 'em up Construction Kit
|1994
| {{gray}} None
|High
|1988
|HD
|16+
|47+
|
|Developed by Davidson & Associates, It was used make many kids games and oddities like What's Her Face!, Superstar Rivals and the 2002 adaptation of [https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51RQAH1Q6PL.jpg American Idol].
|}
 
===Adventure===


It place in Video game history is in edutainment, Atlas was used to make entries in classic franchises like the Davidson's Learning Center series, [[wikipedia:Blaster Learning System|Blaster series]], and the [[wikipedia:JumpStart|JumpStart series]]. it was used to make quite a few Fisher-Price games as well.  
{|class="wikitable sortable
|+  style="background: #ECECEC;"|
! style="width:10%" |Name
! style="width:3%" |Engine<br>Type
! style="width:1%" |ScummVM Support
! style="width:1%" | <abbr title="The release date of the first game that used this engine">Year</abbr>
! style="width:1%" data-sort-type="number"| <abbr title="Number Of Games">NOG</abbr>
!style="width: 30%" class="unsortable"|Description & Other Recreation Projects
|- id="A"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''A''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|Access
|2D
|{{Blue}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Access Decent]
|1991c
|6
|
|-
|ADL
|Text
| {{Green}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=ADL Good]
|1980
|7
|
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/group/14338/game-engine-advent/ ADVENT]
|Text
| {{gray}} None
|1985
|4
|
|-
|Adventure Game Studio
|2D
| {{Blue}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=AGS Decent]
|1997
|
|
|-
|[[wikipedia:Adventure Game Toolkit|Adventure Game Toolkit]]
|Text
| {{gray}} None
|1987
|
|
|-
|Adventure Maker
|2D
| {{gray}} None
|2001
|13+
|A point-and-click Game Engine and Toolkit developed by Giovanni Albani and the "Adventure Maker Team" It hasn't been updated since 2013 and seems to be a mostly dead project by now.
|-
|Adventure Master
|Text / 2D
| {{gray}} None
|1984
|
|
|-
|Adventure Programming Engine
|2D
| {{gray}} None
|1990
|2
|Adventure game engine developed by Accolade, APE was used to make two games: Altered Destiny and Les Manley in: Search for the King.
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/group/20601/game-engine-agds/ AGDS]
|3D / 2.5D
|{{Red}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=AGDS Preliminary]
|2003
|5
|The "Advanced Graphic Development System" or AGDS for short, is an engine developed by Future Games, they used it to make adventure games like The Black Mirror, Alter Ego and NiBiRu - Age of Secrets
|-
|AGI
|2D
| {{Green}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=AGI Good]
|1984
|
|
|-
|AGOS
|2D
|{{Blue}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=AGOS Decent]
|1989
|8
|
|-
|Alcachofa
|2D
|{{Red}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Alcachofa Preliminary]
|2000
|10
|
|-
|ALG
|FMV
|{{Blue}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=ALG Decent]
|1990
|6
|
|- id="B"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''B''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|BAGEL
|2D
| {{Blue}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=BAGEL Decent]
|1995
|2
|
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/group/9149/game-engine-btz/ BTZ]
|Text
| {{gray}} None
|1985
|4
|
|- id="C"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''C''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|-
|CineActive  
|[https://www.mobygames.com/group/20589/game-engine-cineactive/ CineActive]
|FMV
| {{gray}} None
|1995c
|1995c
|Medium
|D
|3+
|3+
|An engine developed by Peter Marx for FMV games. There are only three game currently known to of used this engine: Terror T.R.A.X.: Track of the Vampire, Johnny Mnemonic and the windows version of Capcom's Fox Hunt.
|An engine developed by Peter Marx for FMV games. There are only three game currently known to of used this engine: Terror T.R.A.X.: Track of the Vampire, Johnny Mnemonic and the windows version of Capcom's Fox Hunt.
|-
|-
|[[ExEn]]
|Cinematique
|2000
|2D
|None
| {{Blue}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Cine Decent]
|GD
|1989
|125+
|2
|
|-
|Cougar
|3D / 2.5D
| {{gray}} None
|2001
|4
|Developed by House of Tales Entertainment, Cougar is an Adventure Game engine that was used to make The Moment of Silence, Overclocked: A History of Violence, 15 Days and the infamous, The Mystery of the Druids.
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/group/10796/game-engine-cpal3d/ CPAL3D]
|3D / 2.5D
| {{gray}} None
|2004
|7
|
|-
|Cryomni3D / Cryo
|3D / 2.5D
| {{Yellow}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Cryomni3D Low] / [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Cryo Low]
|1995
|
|
|- id="D"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''D''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|DGDS
|3D / 2.5D
| {{Yellow}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=DGDS Low]
|1990
|4
|
|- id="F"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''F''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
| style="background: lightyellow;"| Filmation
|2D
| {{gray}} None
|1984
|5
|
|- id="G"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''G''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/group/20619/game-engine-gadget-player/ Gadget Player]
|FMV / 2D
| {{gray}} None
|1997
|3
|
|-
|Generic Adventure Game System
|Text
| {{gray}} None
|1985
|
|
|-
|Glk
|Text / 2D
| {{Green}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Glk Good]
|Various
|
|-
|[[wikipedia:Graphic Adventure Creator|Graphic Adventure Creator (GAC)]]
|Text / 2D
| {{gray}} None
|1985
|30+
|
|-
|GrimE
|2.5D
| {{Blue}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=GrimE Decent]
|1998
|2
|
|-
|Groovie
|2D / 2.5D / FMV
| {{Blue}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Groovie Decent]
|1993
|5
|
|- id="I"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''I''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|Illusions
|2D
| {{Yellow}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Illusions Low]
|1997
|2
|
|-
| style="background: lightyellow;"| Inglish
|Text
| {{gray}} None
|1982
|5
|The engine used by Beam Software for their "Tolkien Software Adventure" series
|- id="L"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''L''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|Legend
|Text / 2D
|{{Red}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Legend Preliminary]
|1990
|11
|ScummVM git fork
|- id="M"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''M''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|M4
|2D
| {{Yellow}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=M4 Low]
|1995
|2
|a continuation of MADS (MicroProse Adventure Development System) by Sanctuary Woods.
|-
|MADS
|2D
| {{Yellow}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=MADS Low]
|1992
|4
|
|
|-
|-
|Magnus
|Magnus
|????
|2D
|Low
| {{gray}} None
|D
|1997c
|14
|14
|Engine developed by Ivanoff Interactive A/S.  
|Engine developed by Ivanoff Interactive A/S.  
|- id="O"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''O''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|Opalium
|3D / 2.5D
| {{gray}} None
|2006
|3
|Developed by Nebulaquest, Opalium is an Adventure Game engine that was used to make Paradise, Sinking Island and Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals
|- id="P"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''P''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|Panda3D
|3D / 2.5D
| {{gray}} None
|2003
|8
|
|-
|Parallaction
|2D
| {{Yellow}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Parallaction Low]
|1992
|3
|
|-
|Phoenix3D
|3D / 2.5D
| {{gray}} None
|2000
|7
|
|-
|PhoenixVR
|3D / 2.5D
| {{Yellow}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=PhoenixVR Low]
|1999
|9
|
|-
|Playground
|2D
| {{gray}} None
|2006
|72
|An engine developed by PlayFirst that was used to make many casual games and adventure games like Emerald City Confidential and the Dream Chronicles series.
|-
|[[wikipedia:Professional Adventure Writer|Professional Adventure Writer (PAW)]]
|Text / 2D
| {{gray}} None
|1987
|100+
|
|- id="Q"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''Q''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|Quest Engine
|2D / 2.5D
| {{Blue}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=QdEngine Decent]
|2003c
|14
|
|- id="R"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''R''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|Ring
|2.5D
|{{Red}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Ring Preliminary]
|1999
|7
|ScummVM git fork
|- id="S"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''S''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|SAGA
|2D
| {{Blue}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=SAGA Decent]
|1994
|4
|
|-
|SCI
|2D
| {{Blue}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=SCI Decent]
|1988
|
|
|-
|SCUMM
|2D
| {{Blue}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=SCUMM Decent]
|1987
|
|-
|SLUDGE
|2D
|{{Red}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=SLUDGE Preliminary]
|2003
|15
|
|-
|Spark Casual Engine
|2D
| {{gray}} None
|2011
|16+
|An engine developed by Artifex Mundi that was used to make adventure games.
|-
|-
|[[Mascot Capsule 3D|Mascot Capsule]]
| [https://www.mobygames.com/group/8308/game-engine-st-adventure-creator-stac/ ST Adventure Creator (STAC)]
|Text / 2D
| {{gray}} None
|1988
|16+
|
|- id="T"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''T''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|Tetraedge
|3D / 2.5D
| {{Yellow}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Tetraedge Low]
|2001
|2001
|None
|13
|GD
|
|600
|-
|[[wikipedia:The Quill (software)|The Quill]]
|Text
| {{gray}} None
|1983
|100+
|
|
|- id="V"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''V''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|-
|[[Mophun]]
|Video Reality
|2002
|2D
|None
| {{gray}} None
|GD
|1997
|310+
|2
|The engine SouthPeak Interactive used for Temüjin and Dark Side of the Moon.
|-
| style="background: lightyellow;"| Virtools
|3D / 2.5D
| {{gray}} None
|2000
|26+
|Many Adventure Games from early to mid 2000s were made with this engine including contemporary classics like Still Life and Syberia.
|-
|Visionaire
|2D
| {{gray}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Visionaire None]
|2006
|47+
|
|
|- id="W"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''W''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|-
|[[Mugen]]
|Wintermute
|1999
|2D / 2.5D
|None
| {{Yellow}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Wintermute Low]
|G
|2003
|
|
|
|-
|-
|[[OpenBOR]]
|[[wikipedia:World Builder|World Builder (SBS)]]
|2005
|2D
|None
| {{Blue}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=WAGE Decent]
|G
|1984
|
|
|
|}
===Edutainment===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! style="width:5%" |Name
! style="width:1%" |ScummVM Support
! style="width:1%" |Released
! style="width:1%" data-sort-type="number"| <abbr title="Number Of Games">NOG</abbr>
!style="width: 30%" class="unsortable"|Description & Other Recreation Projects
|-
|ARQ
| {{gray}} None
|1998
|2+
|An engine developed by Top Meadow. Only two games are known, so far, to have used ARQ: Heaven Quest (1998) and Gil's Bible Jumble (2001)
|-
|-
|Ren'Py
|DAS
|2004
|{{Red}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=DAS Preliminary]
|Low
|E
|
|
|8
|
|
|-
|FPCCS
| {{gray}} None
|2008
|9
|All games made for the Fisher-Price Computer Cool School PC peripheral used the same engine. There is currently no way to play these games without the peripheral.
|-
|Sun / SunX
| {{gray}} None
|199?
|5+
|An engine developed by Sunburst Communications, It was use by them for most if not all of their mid to late 90s-era games .
|-
|-
|Titan
|Titan
|????
| {{gray}} None
|Low
|199?
|D
|22
|22
|Titan was developed by Compedia, They used this engine to make under thirty educational games, before moving to Macromedia Director for all their games.  
|Developed by Compedia, They used this engine to make under thirty educational games, before moving to Macromedia Director for all their games.  
|-
|-
|Unity
|VBS Engine
|2005
| {{gray}} None
|Low
|2003
|E
|5
|This engine gets its name from how all the games using this engine were made for [[wikipedia:Vacation Bible School|Vacation Bible School]] (VBS) events. The games that use this engine are: Take the Plunge, Construction Zone, Power Up, Trading Places and Treasures of the Nile. These games were all developed by Jon Alexander during the early to mid 2000s.
|}
 
===RPG===
 
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! style="width:10%" |Name
! style="width:1%" |ScummVM Support
! style="width:1%" |Released
! style="width:1%" data-sort-type="number"| <abbr title="Number Of Games">NOG</abbr>
!style="width: 30%" class="unsortable"|Description & Other Recreation Projects
|-
|CRAB
| {{Yellow}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=CRAB Low]
|2012
|3
|
|-
|Gold Box
| {{gray}} None
|1988
|22
|
|-
| style="background: lightyellow;"| Infinity Engine
| {{gray}} None
|1998
|10
|Engine developed by BioWare, it was used to make Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate II, Icewind Dale and Planescape Torment
|-
|VirtualDungeon
| {{gray}} None
|1992
|2+
|Engine developed by Neurosport to make pseudo-3D 1st-person RPG's
|-
|Wolf RPG Editor
| {{gray}} None
|1998
|140+
|
|-
| style="background: lightyellow;"| XnGine
| {{gray}} None
|1995
|9
|Engine developed by Bethesda Softworks. It was used to make Elder Scrolls Battlespire, Redguard and Daggerfall
|-
|zEngine / ZenGine
| {{gray}} None
|2001
|2
|The engine used to make Gothic and Gothic II.
|}
 
===Simulation===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! style="width:10%" |Name
! style="width:1%" |ScummVM Support
! style="width:1%" |Released
! style="width:1%" data-sort-type="number"| <abbr title="Number Of Games">NOG</abbr>
!style="width: 30%" class="unsortable"|Description & Other Recreation Projects
|-
|Prism 3D
| {{gray}} None
|2001
|17
|An engine developed by SCS Software.
|}
 
===Strategy===
 
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! style="width:10%" |Name
! style="width:1%" |ScummVM Support
! style="width:1%" |Released
! style="width:1%" data-sort-type="number"| <abbr title="Number Of Games">NOG</abbr>
!style="width: 30%" class="unsortable"|Description & Other Recreation Projects
|-
| style="background: lightyellow;"| BRender
| {{gray}} None
|1995
|25
|
|
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/group/8825/game-engine-europa/ Europa]
| {{gray}} None
|2000
|9
|
|
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/group/20590/game-engine-catcore/ CatCore]
| {{gray}} None
|2002
|20
|An engine developed by Cat Daddy Games that was used to make most of there games. It was used to make games such as Medieval Conquest, School Tycoon and Mall Tycoon 3
|-
| style="background: lightyellow;"| Genie Engine
| {{gray}} None
|1997
|3
|An engine developed by Ensemble Studios, it was used to make Age of Empires, Age of Empires II, Age of Empires Definitive Editions, Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds and the expansion packs for these three games.
|-
|S3D
| {{gray}} None
|1998
|3
|Engine developed by PopTop Software for Railroad Tycoon II, Tropico, and Tropico 2
|-
|SAGE
| {{gray}} None
|2003
|5
|Engine developed by Electronic Arts LA for games like Command & Conquer Generals, Command & Conquer 3 and both Battle for Middle-earth games.
|}
|}


=Visual Novel engines=
===Visual Novel===
{{Main|The Visual Novel Problem}}


<div style="max-width:120%; overflow:auto;">
{|class="wikitable sortable"
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+  
|+  
! style="width: 15%"|Name
! style="width:10%" |Name
!Released
! style="width:5%" |ScummVM Support
!<abbr title="Likelihood of Getting Added to ScummVM">LGASVM</abbr>
! style="width:1%" |Released
!data-sort-type="number"| <abbr title="Number Of Games">NOG</abbr>  
! style="width:1%" data-sort-type="number"| <abbr title="Number Of Games">NOG</abbr>  
!Letters
!style="width: 60%" class="unsortable"|Description & Other Recreation Projects  
!class="unsortable"|Description, SVM Support & Other Recreation Projects
|- id="A"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''A''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|-
|ADV98V
| style="background: lightyellow;"| ADV98V
| {{gray}} None
|1991c
|1991c
|Low
|70
|70
|AHD
|A Visual Novel engine designed for the PC-98 series of computers.
|An engine designed for the PC-98 series of computers.
|-
|-
|ADVIZ
| style="background: lightyellow;"| ADVIZ
| {{gray}} None
|1992c
|1992c
|None
|7+
|7+
|BHD
|A Visual Novel engine developed for the PC-98.
|An engine developed for the PC-98.
|-
|-
|AGS
| style="background: lightyellow;"| AGS
| {{gray}} None
|1993
|1993
|None
|6
|6
|BHD
|This is not that [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=AGS AGS], it a much older engine developed by C's Ware for the PC-98 that was use to make 90s classics like Eve ~Burst Error~, Desire and Love Potion. these games are some of the most impotent games in video game history, with of them being some of, if not, the first visual novels to get an English translation.
|This is not that AGS, it a much older engine developed by C's Ware for the PC-98 that was use to make 90s classics like Eve ~Burst Error~, Desire and Love Potion. these games are some of the most impotent games in video game history, with of them being some of, if not, the first visual novels to get an English translation.
|-
|-
|AI \ AI4
| style="background: lightyellow;"| AI / AI4
| {{gray}} None
|1989
|1989
|None
|80
|80
|BHD
|Custom visual novel engines designed for the PC-98 series of computers used to make some of the earliest games made by the ELF Corporation.
|Custom engines designed for the PC-98 series of computers used to make some of the earliest games made by the ELF Corporation.
|-
|-
|AI5
|AI5
| {{gray}} None
|1991c
|1991c
|Low
|20+
|20+
|AD
|A visual novel engine designed for DOS, PC-98, FM Towns and the Sharp X68000.
|An engine designed for DOS, PC-98, FM Towns and the Sharp X68000.
|-
|AI5Win
| {{gray}} None
|1997<abbr title="Circa">c</abbr>
|25+
|The Windows 9x port of the AI5 engine
|-
|-
|AVG32
| style="background: lightyellow;"| AVG32
| {{gray}} None
|1993c
|1993c
|Low
|25+
|25+
|AHD
|Although it's unknown how many games were made with AVG32, the engine was vary popular with 90s visual novel developers. This engine was used to make classics like Air, Kanon and Gakuen Heaven.
|Although it's unknown how many games were made with AVG32, the engine was vary popular with 90s VN developers. This engine was used to make classics like Air, Kanon and Gakuen Heaven.
|- id="B"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''B''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|-
|BlueGale
|BlueGale
| {{gray}} None
|2003
|2003
|None
|8
|8
|BND
|A custom engine developed by and named after BlueGale, a developer of adult visual novels.
|A custom engine developed by and named after BlueGale, a developer of adult visual novels.
|- id="C"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''C''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|-
|CatSystem
|CatSystem
| {{gray}} None
|1998
|1998
|Low
|100+
|100+
|AD
|
|
|-
|-
|CodeX RScrip
|CodeX RScrip
| {{gray}} None
|2002
|2002
|Low
|70
|70
|EA
|Custom visual novel engine developed and used by Liar-soft.
|Custom engine developed and used by Liar-soft.
|-
|-
|Comic Maker
|Comic Maker
| {{gray}} None
|1998c
|1998c
|Medium
|180+
|180+
|D
|This hard to research engine was mainly used by dōjin developers.
|This hard to research engine was mainly used by dōjin developers, an engine recreation would help preserve many Japanese indie games.
|- id="E"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''E''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|-
|Director
|Ethornell / <abbr title="Buriko General Interpreter">BGI</abbr>  
|1985
| {{gray}} None
|Added
|160+
|HD
|While ScummVM has support for Macromedia Director, there is no official support for almost all of the VN's made with Director and there likely never will be, even when the versions of Director they run on are supported. there are roughly less then 15 VN's that fit their rules and policies<br>
<br>
If you want an unfiltered look at visual novels currently work in ScummVM, you can go to the [https://director.miraheze.org| Director Database] for that info.
|-
|Ethornell \ <abbr title="Buriko General Interpreter">BGI</abbr>  
|2004
|2004
|Medium
|90+
|90+
|E
|- id="H"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''H''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|-
|Hot Soup Processor
|Hot Soup Processor
| {{gray}} None
|1994
|1994
|Medium
|35+
|35
|HSP is a scripting language popular within Japanese indie game circles, it was used to make many visual novels, dōjin games and school projects.
|EH
|- id="I"
|HSP is a scripting language popular in Japan. its unlikely to get added to ScummVM because of the 35 visual novels made with it (since almost all of them have adult content) It would get added to preserve Japanese indie game history, dōjin titles and the many school projects made with HSP, that said, games made HSP are poorly documented \ archived,so a lot more research would be needed before it could be added.
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''I''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|-
|Interheart FPK
|Interheart FPK
| {{gray}} None
|1999
|1999
|None
|4
|4
|BD
|A custom engine developed by Interheart that was used to make a few of their games.
|A custom engine developed by Interheart that was used to make a few of their games.
|- id="K"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''K''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|-
|KaGuYa
|KaGuYa
| {{gray}} None
|2001
|2001
|None
|55
|55
|B
|Named after the company that develop it, this engine is used by almost every game by Atelier Kaguya.
|Named after the company that develop it, this engine is used by almost every game by Atelier Kaguya.
|-
|-
|KiriKiri
| style="background: lightyellow;"| KiriKiri
| {{gray}} None
|1998
|1998
|High
|3500+
|3500+
|HD
|One of the most widely use used engines, It has been used make classic visual novels like Fate/stay night, Witch on the Holy Night, 1999ChristmasEve and many other gems.
|One of the most widely use used engines, It has been used make classics like Fate/stay night, Witch on the Holy Night, 1999ChristmasEve and many other gems.
|- id="M"
|-
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''M''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|LiveMaker
|2003
|High
|1100+
|HD
|Mostly used by indie devs, it was to make dōjin classics like Shigatsu Youka, Dear My Abyss and Lemures Blue no Gozen 2 Ji. this
|-
|-
|Main System
|Main System
| {{gray}} None
|2002
|2002
|Low
|5
|5
|AD
|An engine almost entirely only used by BL game developer, Vivid Color.  
|An engine almost entirely only used by BL game developer, Vivid Color.  
|-
|-
|Majiro Script Engine
|Majiro Script Engine
| {{gray}} None
|2004
|2004
|Low
|118
|118
|AD
|
|
|-
|-
|Malie
|Malie
| {{gray}} None
|2001
|2001
|Low
|56
|56
|AD
|-
|-
|MAPL
|MAPL
| {{gray}} None
|1995
|1995
|None
|30
|30
|BD
|
|
|- id="N"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''N''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|-
|N2System
| style="background: lightyellow;"| N2System
| {{gray}} None
|2003
|2003
|Low
|12
|12
|AHD
|A custom engine developed by Nitroplus, it was used for many visual novel classics such as CHAOS;HEAD, Steins;Gate, and DRAMAtical Murder.
|A custom engine developed by Nitroplus, it was used for many visual novel classics such as CHAOS;HEAD, Steins;Gate, and DRAMAtical Murder.
|-
|-
|NScripter
| style="background: lightyellow;"| NScripter
| {{gray}} None
|1999
|1999
|High
|1100+
|1100+
|HD
|Widely used by both commercial and dōjin developers. NScripter gave us classics like Ever17, Kurai Nichiyoubi, Memories Off 2nd and the When They Cry series (Ciconia, Higurashi, Umineko)
|Widely used by both commercial and dōjin developers. NScripter gave us classics like Ever17, Kurai Nichiyoubi, Memories Off 2nd and the When They Cry series (Ciconia, Higurashi, Umineko)
|- id="Q"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''Q''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|-
|QLIE
|QLIE
| {{gray}} None
|2005<abbr title="Circa">c</abbr>
|2005<abbr title="Circa">c</abbr>
|None
|68
|68
|BD
|
|
|- id="R"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''R''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|-
|RealLive
|RealLive
| {{gray}} None
|2001
|2001
|Medium
|100+
|100+
|D
|The successor to AVG32, it was used to make of the genres most well-known classics such as Little Busters, Clannad, & Planetarian
|The successor to AVG32, it was used to make of the genres most well known classics such as Little Busters, Clannad, & Planetarian
|- id="S"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''S''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|-
|SaiSys
|SaiSys
| {{gray}} None
|2000
|2000
|None
|60+
|60+
|BD
|A custom engine made by Aqua House, it was exclusivity used by them and their subsidiaries.  
|A custom engine made by Aqua House and used by them and their subsidiaries.  
|-
|-
|Shiina Rio
|Shiina Rio
| {{gray}} None
|2000
|2000
|Low
|150+
|150+
|AH
|An engine developed by Foster, it was exclusivity used by WillPlus and their subsidiaries
|An engine developed by Foster and used by WillPlus and their subsidiaries,
|-
|-
|System
| style="background: lightyellow;"| System
| {{gray}} None
|1988
|1988
|Low
|150+
|150+
|AH
|Dating all the way back to 1988. Every game AliceSoft has made runs on a version of this engine. They currently use System 4.x to develop their games.
|Dating all the way back to 1988. Every game AliceSoft has made runs on a version of this engine. They currently use System 4.x to develop their games. While they have released some all ages games, most aren't, so the chance they will add support for this engine is low and if they do add support, its unlikely they will any version beyond version 1.0, aka, the historic version that put AliceSoft on the map.  
|-
|-
|System-98
| style="background: lightyellow;"| System-98
| {{gray}} None
|1993
|1993
|None
|11
|11
|BHD
|A custom engine made by Excellents for the PC-98, , it was exclusivity used by them and their subsidiaries.  
|A custom engine made by Excellents for the PC-98 and used by them and their subsidiaries.  
|-
|-
|System-NNN
|System-NNN
| {{gray}} None
|2000
|2000
|Low
|110
|110
|AD
|
|
|- id="T"
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''T''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
|-
|-
|TMR-Hiro ADV System
|TMR-Hiro ADV System
| {{gray}} None
|2005
|2005
|None
|25
|25
|E
|
|-
|TyranoScript
|2015
|None
|3000+
|ET
|TyranoBuilder is an engine designed for making visual novels.
|-
|Wolf RPG Editor
|1998
|Medium
|140+
|E
|
|-
|YU-RIS
|2001<abbr title="Circa">c</abbr>
|Low
|400+
|E
|
|
|}
|- id="W"
 
| colspan="6" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''W''' <small>{{IndexComp}}</small>
===VN Engine Ports===
<div style="max-width:110%; overflow:auto;">
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! Engine
! <abbr title="Released">REL</abbr>
! <abbr title="Likelihood of Getting Added to ScummVM">LGASVM</abbr>
!data-sort-type="number"| <abbr title="Number Of Games">NOG</abbr>  
!class="unsortable"|Description
|-
|-
|WADVIZ
|WADVIZ
| {{gray}} None
|1997<abbr title="Circa">c</abbr>
|1997<abbr title="Circa">c</abbr>
|None-B
|9+
|9+
||The Windows 9x port of the ADVIZ engine
|The Windows 9x port of the ADVIZ engine
|-
|AI5Win
|1997<abbr title="Circa">c</abbr>
|Low-A
|25+
|The Windows 9x port of the AI5 engine
|}
|}


=Engines Added to ScummVM=
==Miscellaneous Engines==
<div style="max-width:120%; overflow:auto;">
 
===Still Compatible ===
These engines are still compatible with modern hardware & operating systems and would not benefit from an engine recreation just yet.
 
{|class="wikitable sortable"
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col"|Name
|+
! Released
! style="width: 15%"|Name
! scope="col"|Support
!Released
! class="unsortable"|Description
! style="width: 5%"|ScummVM support
!class="unsortable"|Description
|-
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Access Access]
|ChoiceScript
|1991c
|2010
|{{Blue}} Decent
| {{gray}} None
|
|
|-
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=ADL ADL]
|[https://www.mobygames.com/group/8911/game-engine-clausewitz Clausewitz]
|1980
|2007
| {{Green}} Good
|{{OFS}}
|
|
|-
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=AGS Adventure Game Studio]
|Construct
|1997
|2007
| {{Blue}} Decent
|{{OFS}}
|
|
|-
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=AGI AGI]
|[https://www.mobygames.com/group/9180/game-engine-ego-game-technology-engine/ Ego Engine]
|1984
|2007
| {{Green}} Good
|{{OFS}}
|
|
|-
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=AGOS AGOS]
|[https://www.mobygames.com/group/16917/3d-engine-essence/ Essence]
|1989
|2004
|{{Blue}} Decent
|{{OFS}}
|
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Composer Composer]
|1995
| {{Green}} Good
|
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Cryomni3D Cryomni3D] \ [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Cryo Cryo]
|1995
| {{Yellow}} Low
|
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=DGDS DGDS]
|1990
| {{Yellow}} Low
|
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Director Director]
|1985
| {{Yellow}} Low
|
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Freescape Freescape]
|1987
|{{Blue}} Decent
|
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Glk Glk]
|????
| {{Green}} Good
|
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Gob Gob]
|1990c
| {{Blue}} Decent
|
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=GrimE GrimE]
|1998
| {{Blue}} Decent
|
|
|-
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Groovie Groovie]
|Godot
|1993
| {{Blue}} Decent
|
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Hadesch Hadesch]
|1998
| {{Yellow}} Low
|
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=HDB HDB]
|2001
|2001
| {{Green}} Good
|{{OFS}}
|
|
|-
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Hopkins Hopkins]
|[[Mugen]]
|1998
|1999
| {{Green}} Good
|{{OFS}}
|
|
|-
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Hugo Hugo]
|[[OpenBOR]]
|1990
|2005
| {{Green}} Good
|{{OFS}}
|
|
|-
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Hypno Hypno]
|Ren'Py
|1995
|2004
| {{Blue}} Decent
|{{OFS}}
|
|
|-
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Illusions Illusions]
|[https://www.mobygames.com/group/19234/3d-engine-sol/ Sol]
|1997
|2008
| {{Yellow}} Low
|{{OFS}}
|
|
|-
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Kingdom Kingdom]
|TyranoScript
|1995
|2015
| {{Blue}} Decent
|{{OFS}}
|
|TyranoBuilder is an engine designed for making visual novels.
|-
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Kyra Kyra]
|Unity
|1991
|2005
| {{Blue}} Decent
|{{OFS}}
|
|
|-
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Legend Legend]
|YU-RIS
|1990
|2001<abbr title="Circa">c</abbr>
|{{Red}}  Preliminary
|{{OFS}}
|ScummVM git fork
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=MADE MADE]
|1992
| {{Blue}} Decent
|
|
|}
===Console Engines===
These engines were either made for video game consoles or the main focus for these engines were consoles.
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! style="width: 15%"|Name
!Released
!data-sort-type="number"| <abbr title="Number Of Games">NOG</abbr>
! style="width: 5%"|ScummVM support
!class="unsortable"|Description, SVM Support & Other Recreation Projects
|-
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Mohawk Mohawk]
|Alchemy
|1993
|2002
| {{Blue}} Decent
|41
|
|{{OFS}}
|initially developed by Intrinsic Graphics before being bought by Vicarious Visions. Alchemy was used to make games like Crash Nitro Kart, Marvel Ultimate Alliance & X-Men: Legends.
|-
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=MADS MADS] \ [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=M4 M4]
|Infernal
|1992
|2002
| {{Yellow}} Low
|24
|
|{{OFS}}
|An engine developed by Terminal Reality.
|-
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=mTropolis mTropolis]
| style="background: lightyellow;"| Jade
|1995
|2003
| {{Yellow}} Low
|10
|
|{{OFS}}
|Proprietary game engine developed by Ubisoft. This is the engine that powered Beyond Good & Evil, Rayman: Raving Rabbids and the Prince of Persia Sands of Time Trilogy.
|-
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Nancy Nancy]
|Vicious Engine
|1996
|2005
| {{Yellow}} Low
|17+
|{{OFS}}
|
|
|-
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=QdEngine QdEngine]
|[https://www.mobygames.com/group/5189/3d-engine-slayer/ Slayer]
|????
|2002
| {{Blue}} Decent
|12
|{{OFS}}
|
|
|-
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Ring Ring]
|Zero
|1999
|1999
|{{Red}} Preliminary
|9
|ScummVM git fork
|{{OFS}}
|An engine developed by Pandemic Studios.
|-
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=SAGA SAGA]
|Zouna
|1994
|2002
| {{Blue}} Decent
|30+
|{{OFS}}
|
|
|}
===Mobile Engines===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! style="width: 20%"|Name
!Released
!data-sort-type="number"| <abbr title="Number Of Games">NOG</abbr>
! style="width: 5%"|ScummVM support
!class="unsortable"|Description, SVM Support & Other Recreation Projects
|-
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=SCI SCI]
|[https://www.mobygames.com/group/9112/game-engine-abyss/ ABYSS]
|1988
|2005
| {{Blue}} Decent
|9
|{{OFS}}
|
|
|-
|-
|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=SCUMM SCUMM]
|Cosmos
|1987
|2013
| {{Blue}} Decent
|4
|
|{{OFS}}
|A proprietary engine developed by Ubisoft for iOS and Android.
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|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=SLUDGE SLUDGE]
|[[ExEn]]
|2003
|2000
|{{Red}} Preliminary
|125+
|{{OFS}}
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|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Tetraedge Tetraedge]
|[[Mascot Capsule 3D|Mascot Capsule]]
|2001
|2001
| {{Yellow}} Low
|600
|{{OFS}}
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|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Tinsel Tinsel]
|[[Mophun]]
|1995
|2002
| {{Blue}} Decent
|310+
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|{{OFS}}
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|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=TsAGE TsAGE]
|1992
| {{Yellow}} Low
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|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Ultima Ultima]
|Various
| {{Yellow}} Low
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|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Wintermute Wintermute]
|[[X-Forge]]
|2003
|2003
| {{Yellow}} Low
|10+
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|[https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Yaga Yaga]
|[[WGE|Wireless Game Engine]]
|2002
|2001c
|{{Red}} Preliminary
|22+
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=Also See=
==Also See==
[[Game engine recreations and source ports]]
* [[Game engines: Games]]
* [[Game engine recreations and source ports]]
* [[Preservation projects]]
* [[ScummVM]]
* [[Visual novel problem]]
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Main article: Game engine recreations and source ports

This is a list of known game engines.

Before diving in

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  • ScummVM does get referenced on this page because it's the main active engine recreation project (there's almost no other project like it)
  • This page is not limited to the ScummVM project, while they have allowed some non-adventure games to be added like RPGs & strategy games, other projects are needed for engines they most likely won't accept.
  • Engines with historical significance are highlighted in yellow.

Multi-Genre

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These engines were used to make games of varying genres, and benefit the most from engine recreations do to the large variety of titles made with them.

Some of these engines such as Macromedia Director and mTropolis were also used to make non-game related software.

Name ScummVM Support Released NOG Description & Other Recreation Projects
Atlas None 1994 47+ Developed by Davidson & Associates, It was used make many kids games and oddities like What's Her Face!, Superstar Rivals and the 2002 adaptation of American Idol. It's place in Video game history is in edutainment, Atlas was used to make entries in classic franchises like the Davidson's Learning Center series, Blaster series, and the JumpStart series. it was used to make quite a few Fisher-Price games as well.
Chrome None 2001 28+ An engine developed by Techland.
Composer Good 1995
Dagor Engine None 2003 16
Director Low 1985
DIV Games Studio None 1999 12+
Entropy None 2002 3 The engine used to make Tribes: Aerial Assault, Area 51 (2005) and The Hobbit (2003)
Freescape Decent 1987
Genesis3D None 1999 14+
Gob Decent 1990c
HyperCard None 1987 Developed by Apple, HyperCard was used to make hundreds games and software for MacOS computers from 1987 to roughly 1999. An engine recreation for modern computers would have a major impact on video game and software preservation but this would also be a huge project as well.
Hypno Decent 1995 4
ImaginEngine Technology None 1997 13 An in-house engine developed by ImaginEngine. It was first used to make "Monster Maker Ultra Edition" and games for Hasbro like Operation & Tonka Construction 2, it would later get used to make educational titles like Arthur's Camping Adventure, Blue's Room & three Clifford The Big Red games.
Klik & Play None 1994
Kyra Decent 1991 6
LithTech Jupiter None 2002 18 Developed by Monolith Productions. It was used to make some well-known titles like No One Lives Forever 2, Tron 2.0, and Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault. In an unexpected change in circumstances, there is a chance of it getting added to ScummVM, as Jupiter was used make two adventure games(Mysterious Journey II, Sentinel: Descendants in Time)
and three RPG's (Face of Mankind, Rubies of Eventide, Mistmare)
MADE Decent 1992 4
Media Station Preliminary 1994 23 - 30
Mohawk Decent 1993
mTropolis Low 1995
Pie in the Sky None 1993c 20+
ToolBook None 1990 Developed by Asymetrix. ToolBook is authoring platform that was to make video games and software, most of which are undocumented making impossible to say how many games / software were made with it. Although ToolBook has always been marketed, to varying degrees, towards the education sector, Asymetrix would later almost exclusively target the e-learning market once it became clear that they couldn't compete with platforms like Macromedia Director or even mTropolis. The final version of ToolBook was release in 2012 with support ending in 2017.
Torque None 2001 41
Torque GEA None 2006 9
TsAGE Low 1992
WAP32 None 1997 3 Developed by Brian Goble, "Windows Animation Package 32" was the engine powering three of Monolith Productions most well-known games, the hack & slash dungeon crawler, Get Medieval, puzzle/strategy game, Gruntz and the Classic 2D platformer, Claw.
World Builder (Synergistic) None 1989 6
Yaga Preliminary 2002

Genre Specific

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These engines were made for a specific genre of game

Action

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Name ScummVM Support Released NOG Description & Other Recreation Projects
Black Hawk Engine None 2001 6
Build Engine None 1995 18+
Glacier None 2000 12 An engine developed by IO Interactive
Shoot 'em up Construction Kit None 1988 16+

Adventure

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Name Engine
Type 		ScummVM Support Year NOG Description & Other Recreation Projects
A A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Access 2D Decent 1991c 6
ADL Text Good 1980 7
ADVENT Text None 1985 4
Adventure Game Studio 2D Decent 1997
Adventure Game Toolkit Text None 1987
Adventure Maker 2D None 2001 13+ A point-and-click Game Engine and Toolkit developed by Giovanni Albani and the "Adventure Maker Team" It hasn't been updated since 2013 and seems to be a mostly dead project by now.
Adventure Master Text / 2D None 1984
Adventure Programming Engine 2D None 1990 2 Adventure game engine developed by Accolade, APE was used to make two games: Altered Destiny and Les Manley in: Search for the King.
AGDS 3D / 2.5D Preliminary 2003 5 The "Advanced Graphic Development System" or AGDS for short, is an engine developed by Future Games, they used it to make adventure games like The Black Mirror, Alter Ego and NiBiRu - Age of Secrets
AGI 2D Good 1984
AGOS 2D Decent 1989 8
Alcachofa 2D Preliminary 2000 10
ALG FMV Decent 1990 6
B A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
BAGEL 2D Decent 1995 2
BTZ Text None 1985 4
C A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
CineActive FMV None 1995c 3+ An engine developed by Peter Marx for FMV games. There are only three game currently known to of used this engine: Terror T.R.A.X.: Track of the Vampire, Johnny Mnemonic and the windows version of Capcom's Fox Hunt.
Cinematique 2D Decent 1989 2
Cougar 3D / 2.5D None 2001 4 Developed by House of Tales Entertainment, Cougar is an Adventure Game engine that was used to make The Moment of Silence, Overclocked: A History of Violence, 15 Days and the infamous, The Mystery of the Druids.
CPAL3D 3D / 2.5D None 2004 7
Cryomni3D / Cryo 3D / 2.5D Low / Low 1995
D A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
DGDS 3D / 2.5D Low 1990 4
F A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Filmation 2D None 1984 5
G A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Gadget Player FMV / 2D None 1997 3
Generic Adventure Game System Text None 1985
Glk Text / 2D Good Various
Graphic Adventure Creator (GAC) Text / 2D None 1985 30+
GrimE 2.5D Decent 1998 2
Groovie 2D / 2.5D / FMV Decent 1993 5
I A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Illusions 2D Low 1997 2
Inglish Text None 1982 5 The engine used by Beam Software for their "Tolkien Software Adventure" series
L A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Legend Text / 2D Preliminary 1990 11 ScummVM git fork
M A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
M4 2D Low 1995 2 a continuation of MADS (MicroProse Adventure Development System) by Sanctuary Woods.
MADS 2D Low 1992 4
Magnus 2D None 1997c 14 Engine developed by Ivanoff Interactive A/S.
O A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Opalium 3D / 2.5D None 2006 3 Developed by Nebulaquest, Opalium is an Adventure Game engine that was used to make Paradise, Sinking Island and Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals
P A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Panda3D 3D / 2.5D None 2003 8
Parallaction 2D Low 1992 3
Phoenix3D 3D / 2.5D None 2000 7
PhoenixVR 3D / 2.5D Low 1999 9
Playground 2D None 2006 72 An engine developed by PlayFirst that was used to make many casual games and adventure games like Emerald City Confidential and the Dream Chronicles series.
Professional Adventure Writer (PAW) Text / 2D None 1987 100+
Q A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Quest Engine 2D / 2.5D Decent 2003c 14
R A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Ring 2.5D Preliminary 1999 7 ScummVM git fork
S A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
SAGA 2D Decent 1994 4
SCI 2D Decent 1988
SCUMM 2D Decent 1987
SLUDGE 2D Preliminary 2003 15
Spark Casual Engine 2D None 2011 16+ An engine developed by Artifex Mundi that was used to make adventure games.
ST Adventure Creator (STAC) Text / 2D None 1988 16+
T A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Tetraedge 3D / 2.5D Low 2001 13
The Quill Text None 1983 100+
V A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Video Reality 2D None 1997 2 The engine SouthPeak Interactive used for Temüjin and Dark Side of the Moon.
Virtools 3D / 2.5D None 2000 26+ Many Adventure Games from early to mid 2000s were made with this engine including contemporary classics like Still Life and Syberia.
Visionaire 2D None 2006 47+
W A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Wintermute 2D / 2.5D Low 2003
World Builder (SBS) 2D Decent 1984

Edutainment

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Name ScummVM Support Released NOG Description & Other Recreation Projects
ARQ None 1998 2+ An engine developed by Top Meadow. Only two games are known, so far, to have used ARQ: Heaven Quest (1998) and Gil's Bible Jumble (2001)
DAS Preliminary 8
FPCCS None 2008 9 All games made for the Fisher-Price Computer Cool School PC peripheral used the same engine. There is currently no way to play these games without the peripheral.
Sun / SunX None 199? 5+ An engine developed by Sunburst Communications, It was use by them for most if not all of their mid to late 90s-era games .
Titan None 199? 22 Developed by Compedia, They used this engine to make under thirty educational games, before moving to Macromedia Director for all their games.
VBS Engine None 2003 5 This engine gets its name from how all the games using this engine were made for Vacation Bible School (VBS) events. The games that use this engine are: Take the Plunge, Construction Zone, Power Up, Trading Places and Treasures of the Nile. These games were all developed by Jon Alexander during the early to mid 2000s.

RPG

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Name ScummVM Support Released NOG Description & Other Recreation Projects
CRAB Low 2012 3
Gold Box None 1988 22
Infinity Engine None 1998 10 Engine developed by BioWare, it was used to make Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate II, Icewind Dale and Planescape Torment
VirtualDungeon None 1992 2+ Engine developed by Neurosport to make pseudo-3D 1st-person RPG's
Wolf RPG Editor None 1998 140+
XnGine None 1995 9 Engine developed by Bethesda Softworks. It was used to make Elder Scrolls Battlespire, Redguard and Daggerfall
zEngine / ZenGine None 2001 2 The engine used to make Gothic and Gothic II.

Simulation

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Name ScummVM Support Released NOG Description & Other Recreation Projects
Prism 3D None 2001 17 An engine developed by SCS Software.

Strategy

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Name ScummVM Support Released NOG Description & Other Recreation Projects
BRender None 1995 25
Europa None 2000 9
CatCore None 2002 20 An engine developed by Cat Daddy Games that was used to make most of there games. It was used to make games such as Medieval Conquest, School Tycoon and Mall Tycoon 3
Genie Engine None 1997 3 An engine developed by Ensemble Studios, it was used to make Age of Empires, Age of Empires II, Age of Empires Definitive Editions, Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds and the expansion packs for these three games.
S3D None 1998 3 Engine developed by PopTop Software for Railroad Tycoon II, Tropico, and Tropico 2
SAGE None 2003 5 Engine developed by Electronic Arts LA for games like Command & Conquer Generals, Command & Conquer 3 and both Battle for Middle-earth games.

Visual Novel

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Name ScummVM Support Released NOG Description & Other Recreation Projects
A A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ADV98V None 1991c 70 A Visual Novel engine designed for the PC-98 series of computers.
ADVIZ None 1992c 7+ A Visual Novel engine developed for the PC-98.
AGS None 1993 6 This is not that AGS, it a much older engine developed by C's Ware for the PC-98 that was use to make 90s classics like Eve ~Burst Error~, Desire and Love Potion. these games are some of the most impotent games in video game history, with of them being some of, if not, the first visual novels to get an English translation.
AI / AI4 None 1989 80 Custom visual novel engines designed for the PC-98 series of computers used to make some of the earliest games made by the ELF Corporation.
AI5 None 1991c 20+ A visual novel engine designed for DOS, PC-98, FM Towns and the Sharp X68000.
AI5Win None 1997c 25+ The Windows 9x port of the AI5 engine
AVG32 None 1993c 25+ Although it's unknown how many games were made with AVG32, the engine was vary popular with 90s visual novel developers. This engine was used to make classics like Air, Kanon and Gakuen Heaven.
B A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
BlueGale None 2003 8 A custom engine developed by and named after BlueGale, a developer of adult visual novels.
C A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
CatSystem None 1998 100+
CodeX RScrip None 2002 70 Custom visual novel engine developed and used by Liar-soft.
Comic Maker None 1998c 180+ This hard to research engine was mainly used by dōjin developers.
E A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Ethornell / BGI None 2004 90+
H A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Hot Soup Processor None 1994 35+ HSP is a scripting language popular within Japanese indie game circles, it was used to make many visual novels, dōjin games and school projects.
I A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Interheart FPK None 1999 4 A custom engine developed by Interheart that was used to make a few of their games.
K A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
KaGuYa None 2001 55 Named after the company that develop it, this engine is used by almost every game by Atelier Kaguya.
KiriKiri None 1998 3500+ One of the most widely use used engines, It has been used make classic visual novels like Fate/stay night, Witch on the Holy Night, 1999ChristmasEve and many other gems.
M A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Main System None 2002 5 An engine almost entirely only used by BL game developer, Vivid Color.
Majiro Script Engine None 2004 118
Malie None 2001 56
MAPL None 1995 30
N A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
N2System None 2003 12 A custom engine developed by Nitroplus, it was used for many visual novel classics such as CHAOS;HEAD, Steins;Gate, and DRAMAtical Murder.
NScripter None 1999 1100+ Widely used by both commercial and dōjin developers. NScripter gave us classics like Ever17, Kurai Nichiyoubi, Memories Off 2nd and the When They Cry series (Ciconia, Higurashi, Umineko)
Q A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
QLIE None 2005c 68
R A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
RealLive None 2001 100+ The successor to AVG32, it was used to make of the genres most well-known classics such as Little Busters, Clannad, & Planetarian
S A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
SaiSys None 2000 60+ A custom engine made by Aqua House, it was exclusivity used by them and their subsidiaries.
Shiina Rio None 2000 150+ An engine developed by Foster, it was exclusivity used by WillPlus and their subsidiaries
System None 1988 150+ Dating all the way back to 1988. Every game AliceSoft has made runs on a version of this engine. They currently use System 4.x to develop their games.
System-98 None 1993 11 A custom engine made by Excellents for the PC-98, , it was exclusivity used by them and their subsidiaries.
System-NNN None 2000 110
T A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
TMR-Hiro ADV System None 2005 25
W A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
WADVIZ None 1997c 9+ The Windows 9x port of the ADVIZ engine

Miscellaneous Engines

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Still Compatible

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These engines are still compatible with modern hardware & operating systems and would not benefit from an engine recreation just yet.

Name Released ScummVM support Description
ChoiceScript 2010 None
Clausewitz 2007 Out of Scope
Construct 2007 Out of Scope
Ego Engine 2007 Out of Scope
Essence 2004 Out of Scope
Godot 2001 Out of Scope
Mugen 1999 Out of Scope
OpenBOR 2005 Out of Scope
Ren'Py 2004 Out of Scope
Sol 2008 Out of Scope
TyranoScript 2015 Out of Scope TyranoBuilder is an engine designed for making visual novels.
Unity 2005 Out of Scope
YU-RIS 2001c Out of Scope

Console Engines

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These engines were either made for video game consoles or the main focus for these engines were consoles.

Name Released NOG ScummVM support Description, SVM Support & Other Recreation Projects
Alchemy 2002 41 Out of Scope initially developed by Intrinsic Graphics before being bought by Vicarious Visions. Alchemy was used to make games like Crash Nitro Kart, Marvel Ultimate Alliance & X-Men: Legends.
Infernal 2002 24 Out of Scope An engine developed by Terminal Reality.
Jade 2003 10 Out of Scope Proprietary game engine developed by Ubisoft. This is the engine that powered Beyond Good & Evil, Rayman: Raving Rabbids and the Prince of Persia Sands of Time Trilogy.
Vicious Engine 2005 17+ Out of Scope
Slayer 2002 12 Out of Scope
Zero 1999 9 Out of Scope An engine developed by Pandemic Studios.
Zouna 2002 30+ Out of Scope

Mobile Engines

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Name Released NOG ScummVM support Description, SVM Support & Other Recreation Projects
ABYSS 2005 9 Out of Scope
Cosmos 2013 4 Out of Scope A proprietary engine developed by Ubisoft for iOS and Android.
ExEn 2000 125+ Out of Scope
Mascot Capsule 2001 600 Out of Scope
Mophun 2002 310+ Out of Scope
X-Forge 2003 10+ Out of Scope
Wireless Game Engine 2001c 22+ Out of Scope

Also See

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