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{{stub}}Game engine recreations Sometimes a full system emulator is overkill. This is especially true when a developer only wants to get one game (sometimes called game engine re-implementations or remakes) are unofficial recreations a number of game engines. Allowing you to play games on different systems to which they where originally created. This requires you to have that use the original game assets and load them in the game same engine recreation) working. Game engine recreations are mostly done thru reverse engineering In that case, reimplementing that game alone would save more time than implementing the original game enginesplatform it runs on. Game engines which These kinds of projects are unofficial recreated common when abandonware has large communities; when the original source code developer has disbanded and can no longer support or update it, an effort is available are mostly called source ports. If its done by the original company then made to get it's simply called ports, remakes running natively on newer versions of-- and/or remastersentirely different-- operating systems and platforms.
|[https://github.com/djyt/cannonball CannonBall]|<span title="With Libretro">Multi-platform<sup>‡</sup></span>|[https://github.com/djyt/cannonball/wiki 0.3]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}|OutRun|-|[https://opentomb.github.io/ Open TombOpenTomb]
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* 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 '''[[wikipedia:Game engine recreation|game engine recreations]]''' (or alternatively '''game engine re-implementations'''). How the developers go about this process depends on their philosophy; they may opt to decompile 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.* In rare cases, games are released as open-source by the publishers themselves, allowing developers to perform a '''source port''' of the code. This page skips the step of figuring out how the game works. The most common example that's often used is id Software's release of Doom in 1997. It led to [[wikipedia:List of Doom source ports|so many ports being released]] that the community began to joke about what devices haven't gotten it running yet. Some projects are implemented in ways that the original developer did not intend; for example, for a WIPplatform other than which publishers marketed it for. Feel free And they're not just limited to game engines either; [https://webamp.org/ Webamp] is a JavaScript application that reimplements 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 mods to continue to help out!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. For a complete list of these projects, see [https://osgameclones.com/ Open Source Game Clones].
==Multi game engine==
! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulatorsEmulators|Recommended]]
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!colspan="9"|Adventure
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|[[ResidualVM]]
|Multi-platform
|[http://www.residualvm.org/downloads/ 0.3.1]
|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|3D adventure games (Grim Fandango, Escape from Monkey Island & Myst III: Exile)
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|[[ScummVM]]
|[https://www.scummvm.org/downloads/ 2.0.0]
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|Adventure games (LucasArts and , Sierra, Activision, Humongous & more)|-!colspan="9"|FPS
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|[[ResidualVM]]XLEngine|Multi-platformWindows, Linux|[httphttps://wwwgithub.residualvm.orgcom/Mindwerks/downloadsXLEngine/ releases 0.31.10]
|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|3D adventure games (LucasArts and more)Star Wars: Dark Forces, Daggerfall. <br/>''Later:'' Outlaws, Blood, Shadow Warrior.|-!colspan="9"|RPG
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|[[EasyRPG]]
|Multi-platform
|[https://easyrpg.org/player/downloads/ 0.56.30]
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|RPG Maker 2000/2003games|-|[[Neko RPGXP Player]]|Android|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.kernys.rgss&hl 2.01]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}|RPG Maker XP/VX/VA/MV games|-|[https://xoreos.org/ xoreos]|Windows, Linux, macOS|[https://github.com/xoreos/xoreos 0.0.5]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} <small>(WIP)</small>|BioWare's Aurora engine & derivatives <br/>(BioWare's 7 PC/console RPGs, Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, The Witcher)|-!colspan="9"|RTS|-|[http://www.openra.net/ OpenRA]|Windows, Linux, macOS, BSD|[https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/releases Git]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|Early Westwood games (Command & Conquer, C&C: Red Alert, Dune 2000). <br/>''Soon:'' 2nd-gen C&C (C&C: Tiberian Sun).|-!colspan="9"|Shoot 'em up|-|ReC98|Multi-platform|[https://github.com/nmlgc/ReC98 Git]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} <small>(WIP)</small>|Touhou 1 - 5
|}
! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulatorsEmulators|Recommended]]
! scope="col"|Supported game(s)
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|<span title="With Libretro">Multi-platform<sup>‡</sup></span>
|[https://github.com/opentomb/OpenTomb/releases Git]
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|Tomb Raider 1-5
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|[https://openrw.org/ OpenRW]
|Linux, Windows, macOS, OpenBSD
|[https://github.com/rwengine/openrw Git]
|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|Grand Theft Auto III
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!colspan="9"|FPS
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|[http://www.descent2.de/ D2X-XL] <br/>[https://www.dxx-rebirth.com/ DXX-Rebirth]
|Windows, Linux, macOS
|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/d2x-xl/ 1.18.74] <br/>[https://github.com/dxx-rebirth/dxx-rebirth/releases 0.60 Beta 2]
|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|Descent, Descent II
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|Shockolate
|Windows, Linux, macOS
|[https://github.com/Interrupt/systemshock/releases 0.7.7]
|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|System Shock: Enhanced Edition
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|[https://github.com/AxioDL/urde URDE]
|Linux, Windows, macOS, Wii
|[https://github.com/AxioDL/urde/releases Git]
|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||?{{✗}} <small>(WIP)</small>
|Metroid Prime 1-3
|-
!colspan="9"|Platform|-|NXEngine <br/>nxengine-evo|Multi-platform|[http://nxengine.sourceforge.net 1.0.0.6] <br/>[https://github.com/nxengine/nxengine-evo/releases 2.6.4]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}|Cave Story|-|rawgl|Multi-platform|[https://github.com/cyxx/rawgl/releases 0.2.1]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|Another World/Out of This World|-|REminiscence|<span title="With Libretro">Multi-platform<sup>‡</sup></span>|[http://cyxdown.free.fr/reminiscence/ 0.4.5]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|Flashback (Another World's spiritual sequel)|-|[http://www.bigorno.net/xrick/ xrick]|Multi-platform|[http://www.bigorno.net/xrick/download.html #021212]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}|Rick Dangerous|-!colspan="9"|Racing|-|[https://github.com/djyt/cannonball CannonBall]|<span title="With Libretro">Multi-platform<sup>‡</sup></span>|[https://github.com/djyt/cannonball/wiki 0.3]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}|OutRun|-|NFSIISE|Windows, Linux, macOS, <br/>ARM devices (Android)|[https://github.com/zaps166/NFSIISE/releases Git]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|Need for Speed II: SE|-|OpenMC2|Linux, macOS (Both on Wine)|[https://github.com/LRFLEW/OpenMC2/releases 0.0.2]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|Midnight Club II|-|[https://yethiel.gitlab.io/RVDocs/ RVGL]|Windows, Linux, mobile|[https://rvgl.re-volt.io 19.0430a]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|Re-Volt|-|[https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/stunt-car-remake.79671/ stuntcarremake]|Linux, OpenPandora. <br/>Windows (Old).|[https://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=stuntcarremake_ptitseb Build 07]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|Stunt Car Racer Remake (Windows remake of Stunt Car Racer on Amiga/AtariST)|-|OpenLGR|Windows, Linux, macOS|[https://github.com/james-knippes/openlgr Git]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|Lego Racers|-|[https://openswe1r.github.io/ OpenSWE1R]|Windows, Linux, macOS|[https://github.com/OpenSWE1R/openswe1r Git]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} <small>(WIP)</small>|Star Wars Episode 1: Racer|-!colspan="9"|RPG|-|[http://arx-libertatis.org/ Arx Libertatis]|Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD|[https://github.com/arx/ArxLibertatis/releases 1.1.2-r1]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|Arx Fatalis|-|[https://github.com/afritz1Interkarma/OpenTESArena OpenTESArenadaggerfall-unity Daggerfall Unity]
|Windows, Linux, macOS
|[https://www.dfworkshop.net/projects/daggerfall-unity/live-builds/ PreAlpha 0.7]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall|-|[http://www.gemrb.org/ GemRB]|Multi-platform|[https://github.com/afritz1gemrb/OpenTESArenagemrb/releases 0.8.05]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|Infinity Engine <br/>(Baldur's Gate series (1998–2001), Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale series (2000–2002))|-|[https://makipl.github.io/OpenVIII/ OpenVIII]|Windows, Linux <br /><small>(Android, iOS planned)</small>|[https://github.com/MaKiPL/OpenVIII Git]
|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
|The Elder Scrolls 1: ArenaFinal Fantasy VIII
|-
|[https://openmwgithub.org com/OpenSWE1R/openswe1r OpenMW]
|Windows, Linux, macOS
|[https://openmw.org/downloads/ 0.4445.0]
|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind|-|[https://github.com/afritz1/OpenTESArena OpenTESArena]|Windows, Linux, macOS|[https://github.com/afritz1/OpenTESArena/releases 0.9.0]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} <small>(WIP)</small>|The Elder Scrolls I: Arena|-!colspan="9"|RTS|-|[https://openage.sft.mx/ openage]|Windows, Linux, macOS, BSD|[https://github.com/SFTtech/openage/releases 0.3.0]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}|Age of Empires, AoE II (HD), Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds|-|[http://www.ta3d.org/home-en.php TA3D]|Windows, Linux, macOS|[https://github.com/zuzuf/TA3D/releases 0.6.0]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}|Total Annihilation|-|[http://timjones.io/blog/tags/opensage/ OpenSAGE]|Windows, Linux, macOS|[https://github.com/OpenSAGE/OpenSAGE/releases 0.3.0]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} <small>(WIP)</small>|EA's Command & Conquer games <br/>(C&C: Generals, C&C: Generals - Zero Hour) <br/>''Soon:'' The Battle for Middle-earth series (2004-2006), C&C 3 & expansion.|-!colspan="9"|RTT|-|Syndicate Wars Port |Windows, Linux, macOS|[http://swars.vexillium.org/ 0.3]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}|Syndicate Wars|-|[http://freesynd.sourceforge.net/ FreeSynd]|Windows, Linux, macOS|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freesynd/ 0.7.5]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|Syndicate (1993)|-!colspan="9"|TBS|-|[https://ctp2.darkdust.net/ civctp2]|Windows, Linux, Pandora, Pyra|[https: Morrowind//github.com/civctp2/civctp2/releases 2010-04-01] <br/>([https://github.com/ptitSeb/ctp2 ctp2] for Linux/Pandora/Pyra])|{{✗}} ||{{~}} ||{{✓}}|Call to Power II
|-
|[https://openxcom.org/ OpenXcom]
|[https://openxcom.org/git-builds/ Git]
|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|UFO: Enemy Unknown (X-Com: UFO Defense), X-COM: Terror From the Deep|-|[https://www.civone.org/ CivOne]|Windows, Linux, macOS|[https://github.com/SWY1985/CivOne Git]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} <small>(WIP)</small>|Sid Meier's Civilization|-!colspan="9"|Sim - Construction/Management|-|[http://corsixth.com/ CorsixTH]|Windows, Linux, macOS, BSD|[https://github.com/CorsixTH/CorsixTH/releases 0.63 Beta 1]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|Theme Hospital|-|[https://www.reddit.com/r/locomotion/ OpenLoco]|Windows, Linux, macOS|[https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenLoco/releases 19.03]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|Chris Sawyer's Locomotion|-|[https://openrct2.org/ OpenRCT2]|Windows, Linux, macOS|[https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2/releases 0.2.2]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|RollerCoaster Tycoon 2|-|[https://www.openttd.org/en/ OpenTTD]|Multi-platform|[https://github.com/OpenTTD/OpenTTD/releases 1.9.1]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|Transport Tycoon Deluxe
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