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  • O [email protected]

    It was already on the list (TES III: Morrowind) 😉

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    I think I was looking for it under "M" like the idiot I tend to be when trying to launch it through steam.

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      Disclaimer: I changed a little the layout and thanks for the contributions!

      The Idea:

      On my old Mastodon Profile i've made a list of Rebuilds/Fan Remakes/SourcePorts (when possible opensource, no commercial remakes) for old PC Games, and i want to share it here on Lemmy too, so people can easily find it.

      Why?

      I've played lot of these games, and i'm glad there a Fans who still working on these games, to make it accessible on modern systems and giving them some QoL improvments.
      In my opinion, that's a great way to preserve old games from being forgotten and keep playable for new players.
      Also these people need some recognition (at least) for their hard work.

      I'm glad If you help to complete this list and contribute some games you know.

      In the moment there are alphabetical sorted:

      • 68 PC Games in total
      • 53 Remakes, SourcePorts etc.

      New additions will be marked with *

      The List:

      • Ambermoon - Ambermoon.net

      • Arx Fatalis - Arx Libertatis

      • Baldurs Gate (I, II, also Icewind Dale I and II) - GemRB

      • Caesar III - Augustus (a fork of Julius)

      • Caesar III - Julius

      • Call to Power II - Apolyton Call to Power II Source Code Project *

      • Civilization V - Unciv *

      • Clonk - OpenClonk *

      • Command and Conquer (+ Red Alert + Dune 2000) - openRA

      • Descent (1, 2) - Descent Rebirth

      • Descent 3 - Descent 3 *

      • Diablo - DevilutionX

      • Doom (I, II) - ZDoom

      • Dune II - Dune Legacy

      • Dungeon Keeper - KeeperFX

      • Elite - Elite: The New Kind

      • Fallout - Fallout Community Edition *

      • Fallout 2 - Fallout 2 Community Edition *

      • Final Fantasy IX - Memoria *

      • Gothic (should work) and Gothic II - OpenGothic *

      • Half Life - xash3d *

      • Heroes of Might and Magic II - fheroes2

      • Heroes of Might and Magic III - VCMI *

      • Jazz Jackrabbit 2 - Jazz² *

      • LEGO Rock Raiders - Manic Miners *

      • Chris Sawyer’s Locomotion - OpenLoco *

      • Marathon (1,2 and Infinity) - Aleph One

      • Master of Orion - 1oom *

      • Might and Magic VI (also VII and VIII is in work) - OpenEnroth

      • Quake - Ironwail

      • Quake III: Arena - ioquake3 *

      • Savage : The Battle of Newerth - SavageXR *

      • The Settlers - FreeSerf *

      • The Settlers II - Return to the roots (RTTR)

      • Stalker (Call of Pripyat and Call of Chernobyl) - OpenXRay*

      • Star Control 2 - The Ur-Quan Masters

      • Star Wars : Dark Forces - The Force Engine *

      • Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II - OpenJKDF2 *

      • Star Wars Jedi Knight II : Jedi Outcast and Jedi Knight : Jedi Academy - OpenJK

      • TES II : Daggerfall - Daggerfall Unity

      • TES III: Morrowind - OpenMW

      • Theme Hospital - CorsixTH

      • Tomb Raider I and II - TRX *

      • Transport Tycoon Deluxe - OpenTTD

      • Ultima IV - xu4

      • Ultima VII - Exult

      • Ultima Underworld I (and II) - Underworld Exporter

      • Rollercoaster Tycoon (I and II) - openRCT2

      • Warzone 2100 - Warzone 2100 *

      • WipeOut - WipeOut Phantom Edition

      • Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory - ET: Legacy *

      • X-COM: Enemy Unknown and Terror from the Deep - OpenXcom *

      • X-COM Apocalypse - OpenApoc

      There is also the List here https://osgameclones.com/, who did unknown to me the same.

      Addendum SCUMMVM:

      SCUMMVM is the first place for adventure games from Lucas Arts (Monkey Island etc.) or Sierra (Kings Quest etc) anf for the RPGs from Origin (Ultima VI), Westwood (Eye of the Beholder) and New World Compting (Might and Magic I, III and IV), but also many more. Here you can check the list of games out.

      Addendum "Inspired Games"

      I think that games divergence too much from the original games, but also should be mentioned.

      • Age of Empires - 0.A.D.

      • Cataclysm - Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

      • Civilization II and III - FreeCiv

      • Colonization - FreeCol

      • Escape Velocity - Endless Sky

      • Elite II - Pioneer

      • Lemmings - Pingus

      • The Settlers II - Widelands

      • Total Annihilation - Beyond all Reason

      • Warlords II - LordsAWar!

      Addendum Console Games:

      If you are looking for Ports for Console Games to PC here is this list on GitHub

      Also i would recommend the Open Source Port of the First two Jake and Daxter games

      Addendum Source Ports for Android

      moonpiedumplings made a list of Source Ports for Android on reddit

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      https://www.macsourceports.com/

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        I wouldn't say Unciv is a Civ5 clone with those graphics though...

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        So remake as the website says? 🤔

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          So remake as the website says? 🤔

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          I'd just say it's an inspiration and say it's a standard era 4x game. Graphically it's a demake, but the cpu opponents are superior to those from V I'd say

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          • O [email protected]

            Disclaimer: I changed a little the layout and thanks for the contributions!

            The Idea:

            On my old Mastodon Profile i've made a list of Rebuilds/Fan Remakes/SourcePorts (when possible opensource, no commercial remakes) for old PC Games, and i want to share it here on Lemmy too, so people can easily find it.

            Why?

            I've played lot of these games, and i'm glad there a Fans who still working on these games, to make it accessible on modern systems and giving them some QoL improvments.
            In my opinion, that's a great way to preserve old games from being forgotten and keep playable for new players.
            Also these people need some recognition (at least) for their hard work.

            I'm glad If you help to complete this list and contribute some games you know.

            In the moment there are alphabetical sorted:

            • 68 PC Games in total
            • 53 Remakes, SourcePorts etc.

            New additions will be marked with *

            The List:

            • Ambermoon - Ambermoon.net

            • Arx Fatalis - Arx Libertatis

            • Baldurs Gate (I, II, also Icewind Dale I and II) - GemRB

            • Caesar III - Augustus (a fork of Julius)

            • Caesar III - Julius

            • Call to Power II - Apolyton Call to Power II Source Code Project *

            • Civilization V - Unciv *

            • Clonk - OpenClonk *

            • Command and Conquer (+ Red Alert + Dune 2000) - openRA

            • Descent (1, 2) - Descent Rebirth

            • Descent 3 - Descent 3 *

            • Diablo - DevilutionX

            • Doom (I, II) - ZDoom

            • Dune II - Dune Legacy

            • Dungeon Keeper - KeeperFX

            • Elite - Elite: The New Kind

            • Fallout - Fallout Community Edition *

            • Fallout 2 - Fallout 2 Community Edition *

            • Final Fantasy IX - Memoria *

            • Gothic (should work) and Gothic II - OpenGothic *

            • Half Life - xash3d *

            • Heroes of Might and Magic II - fheroes2

            • Heroes of Might and Magic III - VCMI *

            • Jazz Jackrabbit 2 - Jazz² *

            • LEGO Rock Raiders - Manic Miners *

            • Chris Sawyer’s Locomotion - OpenLoco *

            • Marathon (1,2 and Infinity) - Aleph One

            • Master of Orion - 1oom *

            • Might and Magic VI (also VII and VIII is in work) - OpenEnroth

            • Quake - Ironwail

            • Quake III: Arena - ioquake3 *

            • Savage : The Battle of Newerth - SavageXR *

            • The Settlers - FreeSerf *

            • The Settlers II - Return to the roots (RTTR)

            • Stalker (Call of Pripyat and Call of Chernobyl) - OpenXRay*

            • Star Control 2 - The Ur-Quan Masters

            • Star Wars : Dark Forces - The Force Engine *

            • Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II - OpenJKDF2 *

            • Star Wars Jedi Knight II : Jedi Outcast and Jedi Knight : Jedi Academy - OpenJK

            • TES II : Daggerfall - Daggerfall Unity

            • TES III: Morrowind - OpenMW

            • Theme Hospital - CorsixTH

            • Tomb Raider I and II - TRX *

            • Transport Tycoon Deluxe - OpenTTD

            • Ultima IV - xu4

            • Ultima VII - Exult

            • Ultima Underworld I (and II) - Underworld Exporter

            • Rollercoaster Tycoon (I and II) - openRCT2

            • Warzone 2100 - Warzone 2100 *

            • WipeOut - WipeOut Phantom Edition

            • Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory - ET: Legacy *

            • X-COM: Enemy Unknown and Terror from the Deep - OpenXcom *

            • X-COM Apocalypse - OpenApoc

            There is also the List here https://osgameclones.com/, who did unknown to me the same.

            Addendum SCUMMVM:

            SCUMMVM is the first place for adventure games from Lucas Arts (Monkey Island etc.) or Sierra (Kings Quest etc) anf for the RPGs from Origin (Ultima VI), Westwood (Eye of the Beholder) and New World Compting (Might and Magic I, III and IV), but also many more. Here you can check the list of games out.

            Addendum "Inspired Games"

            I think that games divergence too much from the original games, but also should be mentioned.

            • Age of Empires - 0.A.D.

            • Cataclysm - Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

            • Civilization II and III - FreeCiv

            • Colonization - FreeCol

            • Escape Velocity - Endless Sky

            • Elite II - Pioneer

            • Lemmings - Pingus

            • The Settlers II - Widelands

            • Total Annihilation - Beyond all Reason

            • Warlords II - LordsAWar!

            Addendum Console Games:

            If you are looking for Ports for Console Games to PC here is this list on GitHub

            Also i would recommend the Open Source Port of the First two Jake and Daxter games

            Addendum Source Ports for Android

            moonpiedumplings made a list of Source Ports for Android on reddit

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            There's a guy called BlenderDumbass who is attempting to make a Libre/FOSS GTA clone called Dani's Race in UPBGE engine

            Here's his Matrix-Room if you wish to contact him

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            • O [email protected]

              Disclaimer: I changed a little the layout and thanks for the contributions!

              The Idea:

              On my old Mastodon Profile i've made a list of Rebuilds/Fan Remakes/SourcePorts (when possible opensource, no commercial remakes) for old PC Games, and i want to share it here on Lemmy too, so people can easily find it.

              Why?

              I've played lot of these games, and i'm glad there a Fans who still working on these games, to make it accessible on modern systems and giving them some QoL improvments.
              In my opinion, that's a great way to preserve old games from being forgotten and keep playable for new players.
              Also these people need some recognition (at least) for their hard work.

              I'm glad If you help to complete this list and contribute some games you know.

              In the moment there are alphabetical sorted:

              • 68 PC Games in total
              • 53 Remakes, SourcePorts etc.

              New additions will be marked with *

              The List:

              • Ambermoon - Ambermoon.net

              • Arx Fatalis - Arx Libertatis

              • Baldurs Gate (I, II, also Icewind Dale I and II) - GemRB

              • Caesar III - Augustus (a fork of Julius)

              • Caesar III - Julius

              • Call to Power II - Apolyton Call to Power II Source Code Project *

              • Civilization V - Unciv *

              • Clonk - OpenClonk *

              • Command and Conquer (+ Red Alert + Dune 2000) - openRA

              • Descent (1, 2) - Descent Rebirth

              • Descent 3 - Descent 3 *

              • Diablo - DevilutionX

              • Doom (I, II) - ZDoom

              • Dune II - Dune Legacy

              • Dungeon Keeper - KeeperFX

              • Elite - Elite: The New Kind

              • Fallout - Fallout Community Edition *

              • Fallout 2 - Fallout 2 Community Edition *

              • Final Fantasy IX - Memoria *

              • Gothic (should work) and Gothic II - OpenGothic *

              • Half Life - xash3d *

              • Heroes of Might and Magic II - fheroes2

              • Heroes of Might and Magic III - VCMI *

              • Jazz Jackrabbit 2 - Jazz² *

              • LEGO Rock Raiders - Manic Miners *

              • Chris Sawyer’s Locomotion - OpenLoco *

              • Marathon (1,2 and Infinity) - Aleph One

              • Master of Orion - 1oom *

              • Might and Magic VI (also VII and VIII is in work) - OpenEnroth

              • Quake - Ironwail

              • Quake III: Arena - ioquake3 *

              • Savage : The Battle of Newerth - SavageXR *

              • The Settlers - FreeSerf *

              • The Settlers II - Return to the roots (RTTR)

              • Stalker (Call of Pripyat and Call of Chernobyl) - OpenXRay*

              • Star Control 2 - The Ur-Quan Masters

              • Star Wars : Dark Forces - The Force Engine *

              • Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II - OpenJKDF2 *

              • Star Wars Jedi Knight II : Jedi Outcast and Jedi Knight : Jedi Academy - OpenJK

              • TES II : Daggerfall - Daggerfall Unity

              • TES III: Morrowind - OpenMW

              • Theme Hospital - CorsixTH

              • Tomb Raider I and II - TRX *

              • Transport Tycoon Deluxe - OpenTTD

              • Ultima IV - xu4

              • Ultima VII - Exult

              • Ultima Underworld I (and II) - Underworld Exporter

              • Rollercoaster Tycoon (I and II) - openRCT2

              • Warzone 2100 - Warzone 2100 *

              • WipeOut - WipeOut Phantom Edition

              • Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory - ET: Legacy *

              • X-COM: Enemy Unknown and Terror from the Deep - OpenXcom *

              • X-COM Apocalypse - OpenApoc

              There is also the List here https://osgameclones.com/, who did unknown to me the same.

              Addendum SCUMMVM:

              SCUMMVM is the first place for adventure games from Lucas Arts (Monkey Island etc.) or Sierra (Kings Quest etc) anf for the RPGs from Origin (Ultima VI), Westwood (Eye of the Beholder) and New World Compting (Might and Magic I, III and IV), but also many more. Here you can check the list of games out.

              Addendum "Inspired Games"

              I think that games divergence too much from the original games, but also should be mentioned.

              • Age of Empires - 0.A.D.

              • Cataclysm - Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

              • Civilization II and III - FreeCiv

              • Colonization - FreeCol

              • Escape Velocity - Endless Sky

              • Elite II - Pioneer

              • Lemmings - Pingus

              • The Settlers II - Widelands

              • Total Annihilation - Beyond all Reason

              • Warlords II - LordsAWar!

              Addendum Console Games:

              If you are looking for Ports for Console Games to PC here is this list on GitHub

              Also i would recommend the Open Source Port of the First two Jake and Daxter games

              Addendum Source Ports for Android

              moonpiedumplings made a list of Source Ports for Android on reddit

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              Morrowind: https://openmw.org/

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                Morrowind: https://openmw.org/

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                Is already on the list 😉

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                  Is already on the list 😉

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                  Ah sorry, I missed it somehow.
                  Thanks!

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                  • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.deB [email protected]

                    Star Wars Jedi Knight I and II: Jedi Academy and Jedi Outcast (Not stable) - OpenJK https://github.com/JACoders/OpenJK

                    Despite the official name being "Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy" it is not Jedi Knight I. It is actually a sequel to Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast. It came out only a year after JO and was announced in April. At first I thought it was an April Fool's joke because the screenshots looked like something that could easily be made with the mod tools at the time.

                    It wasn't called Jedi Knight III because you play a different character.

                    Anyways, the real Jedi Knight I was "Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II". An open source implementation is available at https://github.com/shinyquagsire23/OpenJKDF2

                    And to round it off, the open source implementation of Dark Forces is available at https://theforceengine.github.io/. I think it even supports the remaster.

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                    I actually really appreciate someone clarifying the chronology of these games, I've got them all in my steam library and can never remember the order they go in.

                    Do the OS remakes have any QoL improvements? I tried playing through them recently and had a very hard time with the manual save system since I'm used to autosave points in linear games like that.

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                    • excrubulent@slrpnk.netE [email protected]

                      I actually really appreciate someone clarifying the chronology of these games, I've got them all in my steam library and can never remember the order they go in.

                      Do the OS remakes have any QoL improvements? I tried playing through them recently and had a very hard time with the manual save system since I'm used to autosave points in linear games like that.

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                      As far as I know they don't add autosaves. I think the priority was things like proper wide-screen support and higher resolutions for the older games.

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                      • O [email protected]

                        Disclaimer: I changed a little the layout and thanks for the contributions!

                        The Idea:

                        On my old Mastodon Profile i've made a list of Rebuilds/Fan Remakes/SourcePorts (when possible opensource, no commercial remakes) for old PC Games, and i want to share it here on Lemmy too, so people can easily find it.

                        Why?

                        I've played lot of these games, and i'm glad there a Fans who still working on these games, to make it accessible on modern systems and giving them some QoL improvments.
                        In my opinion, that's a great way to preserve old games from being forgotten and keep playable for new players.
                        Also these people need some recognition (at least) for their hard work.

                        I'm glad If you help to complete this list and contribute some games you know.

                        In the moment there are alphabetical sorted:

                        • 68 PC Games in total
                        • 53 Remakes, SourcePorts etc.

                        New additions will be marked with *

                        The List:

                        • Ambermoon - Ambermoon.net

                        • Arx Fatalis - Arx Libertatis

                        • Baldurs Gate (I, II, also Icewind Dale I and II) - GemRB

                        • Caesar III - Augustus (a fork of Julius)

                        • Caesar III - Julius

                        • Call to Power II - Apolyton Call to Power II Source Code Project *

                        • Civilization V - Unciv *

                        • Clonk - OpenClonk *

                        • Command and Conquer (+ Red Alert + Dune 2000) - openRA

                        • Descent (1, 2) - Descent Rebirth

                        • Descent 3 - Descent 3 *

                        • Diablo - DevilutionX

                        • Doom (I, II) - ZDoom

                        • Dune II - Dune Legacy

                        • Dungeon Keeper - KeeperFX

                        • Elite - Elite: The New Kind

                        • Fallout - Fallout Community Edition *

                        • Fallout 2 - Fallout 2 Community Edition *

                        • Final Fantasy IX - Memoria *

                        • Gothic (should work) and Gothic II - OpenGothic *

                        • Half Life - xash3d *

                        • Heroes of Might and Magic II - fheroes2

                        • Heroes of Might and Magic III - VCMI *

                        • Jazz Jackrabbit 2 - Jazz² *

                        • LEGO Rock Raiders - Manic Miners *

                        • Chris Sawyer’s Locomotion - OpenLoco *

                        • Marathon (1,2 and Infinity) - Aleph One

                        • Master of Orion - 1oom *

                        • Might and Magic VI (also VII and VIII is in work) - OpenEnroth

                        • Quake - Ironwail

                        • Quake III: Arena - ioquake3 *

                        • Savage : The Battle of Newerth - SavageXR *

                        • The Settlers - FreeSerf *

                        • The Settlers II - Return to the roots (RTTR)

                        • Stalker (Call of Pripyat and Call of Chernobyl) - OpenXRay*

                        • Star Control 2 - The Ur-Quan Masters

                        • Star Wars : Dark Forces - The Force Engine *

                        • Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II - OpenJKDF2 *

                        • Star Wars Jedi Knight II : Jedi Outcast and Jedi Knight : Jedi Academy - OpenJK

                        • TES II : Daggerfall - Daggerfall Unity

                        • TES III: Morrowind - OpenMW

                        • Theme Hospital - CorsixTH

                        • Tomb Raider I and II - TRX *

                        • Transport Tycoon Deluxe - OpenTTD

                        • Ultima IV - xu4

                        • Ultima VII - Exult

                        • Ultima Underworld I (and II) - Underworld Exporter

                        • Rollercoaster Tycoon (I and II) - openRCT2

                        • Warzone 2100 - Warzone 2100 *

                        • WipeOut - WipeOut Phantom Edition

                        • Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory - ET: Legacy *

                        • X-COM: Enemy Unknown and Terror from the Deep - OpenXcom *

                        • X-COM Apocalypse - OpenApoc

                        There is also the List here https://osgameclones.com/, who did unknown to me the same.

                        Addendum SCUMMVM:

                        SCUMMVM is the first place for adventure games from Lucas Arts (Monkey Island etc.) or Sierra (Kings Quest etc) anf for the RPGs from Origin (Ultima VI), Westwood (Eye of the Beholder) and New World Compting (Might and Magic I, III and IV), but also many more. Here you can check the list of games out.

                        Addendum "Inspired Games"

                        I think that games divergence too much from the original games, but also should be mentioned.

                        • Age of Empires - 0.A.D.

                        • Cataclysm - Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

                        • Civilization II and III - FreeCiv

                        • Colonization - FreeCol

                        • Escape Velocity - Endless Sky

                        • Elite II - Pioneer

                        • Lemmings - Pingus

                        • The Settlers II - Widelands

                        • Total Annihilation - Beyond all Reason

                        • Warlords II - LordsAWar!

                        Addendum Console Games:

                        If you are looking for Ports for Console Games to PC here is this list on GitHub

                        Also i would recommend the Open Source Port of the First two Jake and Daxter games

                        Addendum Source Ports for Android

                        moonpiedumplings made a list of Source Ports for Android on reddit

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                        I just found Shockolate, a GPL-3 source port of system shock:

                        https://github.com/Interrupt/systemshock

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                        • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.deB [email protected]

                          As far as I know they don't add autosaves. I think the priority was things like proper wide-screen support and higher resolutions for the older games.

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                          Honestly anything to deal with the horrendous friction and instability of the original would be welcome. Even modded I think I had to stick with 4:3 which even with black bars was still not quite right on my modern system. It would have to be a better experience, even if I have to re-learn manual quicksaves.

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                          • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.deB [email protected]

                            As far as I know they don't add autosaves. I think the priority was things like proper wide-screen support and higher resolutions for the older games.

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                            Got them working, and was pleasantly surprised to find most of them had flatpak installers! Manual saving is still a pain but the engines running smoothly does make a big difference.

                            Although the dark forces installer doesn't work with the steam install so you have to copy the game data to the data folder to make it work.

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                              Disclaimer: I changed a little the layout and thanks for the contributions!

                              The Idea:

                              On my old Mastodon Profile i've made a list of Rebuilds/Fan Remakes/SourcePorts (when possible opensource, no commercial remakes) for old PC Games, and i want to share it here on Lemmy too, so people can easily find it.

                              Why?

                              I've played lot of these games, and i'm glad there a Fans who still working on these games, to make it accessible on modern systems and giving them some QoL improvments.
                              In my opinion, that's a great way to preserve old games from being forgotten and keep playable for new players.
                              Also these people need some recognition (at least) for their hard work.

                              I'm glad If you help to complete this list and contribute some games you know.

                              In the moment there are alphabetical sorted:

                              • 68 PC Games in total
                              • 53 Remakes, SourcePorts etc.

                              New additions will be marked with *

                              The List:

                              • Ambermoon - Ambermoon.net

                              • Arx Fatalis - Arx Libertatis

                              • Baldurs Gate (I, II, also Icewind Dale I and II) - GemRB

                              • Caesar III - Augustus (a fork of Julius)

                              • Caesar III - Julius

                              • Call to Power II - Apolyton Call to Power II Source Code Project *

                              • Civilization V - Unciv *

                              • Clonk - OpenClonk *

                              • Command and Conquer (+ Red Alert + Dune 2000) - openRA

                              • Descent (1, 2) - Descent Rebirth

                              • Descent 3 - Descent 3 *

                              • Diablo - DevilutionX

                              • Doom (I, II) - ZDoom

                              • Dune II - Dune Legacy

                              • Dungeon Keeper - KeeperFX

                              • Elite - Elite: The New Kind

                              • Fallout - Fallout Community Edition *

                              • Fallout 2 - Fallout 2 Community Edition *

                              • Final Fantasy IX - Memoria *

                              • Gothic (should work) and Gothic II - OpenGothic *

                              • Half Life - xash3d *

                              • Heroes of Might and Magic II - fheroes2

                              • Heroes of Might and Magic III - VCMI *

                              • Jazz Jackrabbit 2 - Jazz² *

                              • LEGO Rock Raiders - Manic Miners *

                              • Chris Sawyer’s Locomotion - OpenLoco *

                              • Marathon (1,2 and Infinity) - Aleph One

                              • Master of Orion - 1oom *

                              • Might and Magic VI (also VII and VIII is in work) - OpenEnroth

                              • Quake - Ironwail

                              • Quake III: Arena - ioquake3 *

                              • Savage : The Battle of Newerth - SavageXR *

                              • The Settlers - FreeSerf *

                              • The Settlers II - Return to the roots (RTTR)

                              • Stalker (Call of Pripyat and Call of Chernobyl) - OpenXRay*

                              • Star Control 2 - The Ur-Quan Masters

                              • Star Wars : Dark Forces - The Force Engine *

                              • Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II - OpenJKDF2 *

                              • Star Wars Jedi Knight II : Jedi Outcast and Jedi Knight : Jedi Academy - OpenJK

                              • TES II : Daggerfall - Daggerfall Unity

                              • TES III: Morrowind - OpenMW

                              • Theme Hospital - CorsixTH

                              • Tomb Raider I and II - TRX *

                              • Transport Tycoon Deluxe - OpenTTD

                              • Ultima IV - xu4

                              • Ultima VII - Exult

                              • Ultima Underworld I (and II) - Underworld Exporter

                              • Rollercoaster Tycoon (I and II) - openRCT2

                              • Warzone 2100 - Warzone 2100 *

                              • WipeOut - WipeOut Phantom Edition

                              • Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory - ET: Legacy *

                              • X-COM: Enemy Unknown and Terror from the Deep - OpenXcom *

                              • X-COM Apocalypse - OpenApoc

                              There is also the List here https://osgameclones.com/, who did unknown to me the same.

                              Addendum SCUMMVM:

                              SCUMMVM is the first place for adventure games from Lucas Arts (Monkey Island etc.) or Sierra (Kings Quest etc) anf for the RPGs from Origin (Ultima VI), Westwood (Eye of the Beholder) and New World Compting (Might and Magic I, III and IV), but also many more. Here you can check the list of games out.

                              Addendum "Inspired Games"

                              I think that games divergence too much from the original games, but also should be mentioned.

                              • Age of Empires - 0.A.D.

                              • Cataclysm - Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

                              • Civilization II and III - FreeCiv

                              • Colonization - FreeCol

                              • Escape Velocity - Endless Sky

                              • Elite II - Pioneer

                              • Lemmings - Pingus

                              • The Settlers II - Widelands

                              • Total Annihilation - Beyond all Reason

                              • Warlords II - LordsAWar!

                              Addendum Console Games:

                              If you are looking for Ports for Console Games to PC here is this list on GitHub

                              Also i would recommend the Open Source Port of the First two Jake and Daxter games

                              Addendum Source Ports for Android

                              moonpiedumplings made a list of Source Ports for Android on reddit

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                              Thrive was inspired by Spore, and many others.

                              https://www.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/

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