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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.
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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]]
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulatorsEmulators|Recommended]]
! scope="col"|Supported game(s)
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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)
|-
|[[ScummVM]]
|Multi-platform
|[https://www.scummvm.org/downloads/ 2.0.0{{ScummVMVer}}]
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|Adventure games (LucasArts and , Sierra, Activision, Humongous & more)|-!colspan="9"|FPS|-|XLEngine|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}|[https://github.com/Mindwerks/XLEngine/releases 0.1.0]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}|Star Wars: Dark Forces, Daggerfall. <br/>''Later:'' Outlaws, Blood, Shadow Warrior.
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|[http://m210.duke4.net/ BuildGDX]|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[ResidualVMhttp://m210.duke4.net/ Website]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|Blood, Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, Powerslave/Exhumed, Redneck Rampage, Redneck Rampage Rides Again, Witchaven, Witchaven II, TekWar, Legend of the Seven Paladins|-|[https://github.com/AxioDL/urde URDE]|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://github.com/AxioDL/urde/releases Git]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} <small>(WIP)</small>|Metroid Prime 1-3|-!colspan="9"|RPG|-|[[EasyRPG]]
|Multi-platform
|[https://easyrpg.org/player/downloads/ 0.6.0]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|RPG Maker 2000/2003 games|-|[[Neko RPGXP Player]]|{{Icon|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]|{{Icon|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)|-|[http://www.residualvmgemrb.org/downloadsGemRB]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|Android}}|[https://github.com/gemrb/gemrb/ releases 0.38.5]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|Infinity Engine <br/>(Baldur's Gate series (1998–2001), Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale series (2000–2002))|-!colspan="9"|RTS|-|[http://www.openra.1net/ OpenRA]|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|BSD}}|[https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/releases Git]
|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|3D adventure Early Westwood games (LucasArts and moreCommand & Conquer, C&C: Red Alert, Dune 2000). <br/>''Soon:'' 2nd-gen C&C (C&C: Tiberian Sun).
|-
|[https://openage.sft.mx/ openage]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|BSD}}|[https://github.com/SFTtech/openage/releases 0.3.0]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}|Age of Empires, AoE II (HD), Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds|-|[EasyRPGhttp://timjones.io/blog/tags/opensage/ OpenSAGE]|align=left|{{Icon|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"|Shoot 'em up|-|ReC98
|Multi-platform
|[https://easyrpggithub.orgcom/playernmlgc/downloadsReC98 Git]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} <small>(WIP)</ 0small>|Touhou 1 - 5|-!colspan="9"|Action-adventure|-|[https://opentomb.github.5io/ OpenTomb]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://github.3com/opentomb/OpenTomb/releases Git]
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|RPG Maker 2000/2003Tomb Raider 1-5
|}
|-
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Operating SystemPlatform(s)
! scope="col"|Latest Version
! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulatorsEmulators|Recommended]]
! scope="col"|Supported game(s)
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|[https://openrw.org/ OpenRW]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://github.com/rwengine/openrw Git]
|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|Grand Theft Auto III
|-
|[https://gta-asm.github.io/ San Andreas Unity]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|Android}}
|[https://github.com/GTA-ASM/SanAndreasUnity#download 3.2]
|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
|-
|[https://github.com/diasurgical/devilutionX DevilutionX]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|Haiku|Switch}}
|[https://github.com/diasurgical/devilutionX/releases 1.0.0]
|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{na|text=TBD}}
|Diablo
|-
!colspan="9"|FPS
|-
|[http://www.descent2.de/ D2X-XL] <br/>[https://www.dxx-rebirth.com/ DXX-Rebirth]
|align=left|{{Icon|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
|-
|[http://maniacsvault.net/ecwolf/ ECWolf]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|Android}}
|[http://maniacsvault.net/ecwolf/download.php 1.3.3]
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny, Super 3D Noah’s Ark
|-
|[https://docs.libretro.com/library/prboom/ PrBoom]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://github.com/libretro/libretro-prboom Git]
|{{✓}} ||? ||{{✓}}
|Doom 1-2, Final Doom
|-
|Shockolate
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://github.com/Interrupt/systemshock/releases 0.7.7]
|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|System Shock 1
|-
|[https://disenchant.net/tyrquake/ Tyrquake]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://disenchant.net/git/tyrquake.git Git]
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|Quake 1
|-
|vitaQuake II
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|Vita}}
|[https://github.com/Rinnegatamante/vitaQuakeII Git], [http://vitadb.rinnegatamante.it/#/info/278 PS Vita]
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|Quake 2
|-
!colspan="9"|Platform
|-
|NXEngine <br/>nxengine-evo
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|[http://nxengine.sourceforge.net 1.0.0.6] <br/>[https://github.com/nxengine/nxengine-evo/releases 2.6.4]
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|Cave Story
|-
|rawgl
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|[https://github.com/cyxx/rawgl/releases 0.2.1]
|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|Another World/Out of This World
|-
|REminiscence
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Android}}
|[http://cyxdown.free.fr/reminiscence/ 0.4.5]
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|Flashback (Another World's spiritual sequel)
|-
|Super Mario 64 PC Port
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}
|[https://share.dmca.gripe/X8plCoMeXl8vrrnM.7z Unofficial leak](Not updated)<!--has the source code and both leaked versions (Windows only)--><br>[https://sm64pc.info/sm64pcbuilder2/ Source Builder]
|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|Super Mario 64
|-
|[http://www.bigorno.net/xrick/ xrick]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|GameCube|BeOS|Amiga|GP32}}
|[http://www.bigorno.net/xrick/download.html #021212]
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|Rick Dangerous
|-
!colspan="9"|Racing
|-
|[https://github.com/djyt/cannonball CannonBall]
|<span titlealign="With Libretro">Multi-platform<sup>‡</sup></span>left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|Pandora|LinuxARM}}
|[https://github.com/djyt/cannonball/wiki 0.3]
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|OutRun
|-
|NFSIISE|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|Android}}|[https://opentombgithub.com/zaps166/NFSIISE/releases Git]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|Need for Speed II: SE|-|OpenMC2|align=left|{{Icon|Linux|macOS}} (via [[Wine]])|[https://github.com/LRFLEW/OpenMC2/releases 0.0.2]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|Midnight Club II|-|[https://yethiel.gitlab.io/ Open TombRVDocs/ RVGL]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|Android|LinuxARM|Pandora}}|[https://rvgl.re-volt.io 19.0430a]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|Re-Volt|-|[https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/stunt-car-remake.79671/ stuntcarremake]<span titleref group="With Libretro"N>Multi-platformBased on Stunt Car Racer Remake for Windows<sup/ref>|align=left|{{Icon|Windows7|Linux|Pandora}}|[https://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail‡app=stuntcarremake_ptitseb Build 07]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|Stunt Car Racer (Amiga / AtariST)|-|OpenLGR|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://github.com/james-knippes/openlgr Git]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|Lego Racers|-|[https://openswe1r.github.io/ OpenSWE1R]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://github.com/OpenSWE1R/openswe1r Git]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} </supsmall>(WIP)</spansmall>|Star Wars Episode 1: Racer|-!colspan="9"|RPG|-|[http://arx-libertatis.org/ Arx Libertatis]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/opentombarx/OpenTombArxLibertatis/releases Git1.1.2-r1]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|Arx Fatalis|-|[https://github.com/Interkarma/daggerfall-unity Daggerfall Unity]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://www.dfworkshop.net/projects/daggerfall-unity/live-builds/ PreAlpha 0.7]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}}||{{✓}}|The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall|-|[https://makipl.github.io/OpenVIII/ OpenVIII]|Tomb Raider 1align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}} <!-- planned: {{Icon|Android|iOS}} --5>|[https://github.com/MaKiPL/OpenVIII Git]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|Final Fantasy VIII
|-
|[https://github.com/AxioDLOpenSWE1R/urde URDEopenswe1r OpenMW]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux|macOS, Wii}}|[https://githubopenmw.comorg/AxioDLdownloads/urde/releases Git0.45.0]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||?{{✓}}|Metroid Prime 1-3The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
|-
|[https://github.com/afritz1/OpenTESArena OpenTESArena]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux, |macOS}}|[https://github.com/afritz1/OpenTESArena/releases 0.89.0]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||?{{✗}} <small>(WIP)</small>|The Elder Scrolls I: Arena|-!colspan="9"|RTS|-|[http://www.ta3d.org/home-en.php TA3D]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://github.com/zuzuf/TA3D/releases 0.6.0]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}|Total Annihilation|-!colspan="9"|RTT|-|Syndicate Wars Port |align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[http://swars.vexillium.org/ 0.3]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}|Syndicate Wars|-|[http://freesynd.sourceforge.net/ FreeSynd]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freesynd/ 0.7.5]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|Syndicate (1993)|-!colspan="9"|TBS|-|[https://ctp2.darkdust.net/ civctp2]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|Pandora}} Pyra|[https://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]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://openxcom.org/git-builds/ Git]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|UFO: Enemy Unknown (X-Com: UFO Defense), X-COM: Terror From the Deep|-|[https://www.civone.org/ CivOne]|align=left|{{Icon|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]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|BSD}}|[https://github.com/CorsixTH/CorsixTH/releases 0.63 Beta 1]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|Theme Hospital|-|[https: Arena//www.reddit.com/r/locomotion/ OpenLoco]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenLoco/releases 19.03]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|Chris Sawyer's Locomotion|-|[https://openrct2.org/ OpenRCT2]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2/releases 0.2.3]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|RollerCoaster Tycoon 2|-|[https://www.openttd.org/en/ OpenTTD]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://github.com/OpenTTD/OpenTTD/releases 1.9.1]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|Transport Tycoon Deluxe
|}
==Notes==
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[[Category:Game engine recreations]]
[[Category:Not really emulators]]
