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Mandy@sh.itjust.works to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Game Revival Projects?

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Game Revival Projects?

Mandy@sh.itjust.works to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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So, there are projects like these;

https://www.dfworkshop.net/

https://vcmi.eu/

https://github.com/ihhub/fheroes2

https://zdoom.org/index

Projects that in one way or another aim to modernize a classic, or try make it more playable on modern machine, or just try to expand on things (like gzdoom does)

what other projects are out there in a similar vein?

I find this a little difficult to search for, even with specific terms (i tried finding myself)

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  • DosDude@retrolemmy.com
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    Eduke32 - https://eduke32.com/

    OpenTTD - https://openttd.org/

    Commander Genius - https://github.com/gerstrong/Commander-Genius

    Open Lara - https://github.com/XProger/OpenLara/releases

    Open Jazz - https://github.com/AlisterT/openjazz

    City of Heroes - https://cityofheroes.dev/

    Scummvm - https://www.scummvm.org/downloads

    Red Nukem - https://github.com/nukeykt/NRedneck/releases

    OpenRA - https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/releases

    SDLPoP - https://github.com/NagyD/SDLPoP

    Among others.

    • Mandy@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      thats a very nice list, thank you but im also VERY interested in “among others” lol

      • DosDude@retrolemmy.com
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        There’s loads of source ports and game engine recreations. I think if you search for “source port” you can find most. For example

        Ship of Harkinian an Ocarina of Time port

        SpaceCadetPinball from windows 9x/xp

        Rigel Engine for a native higher res Duke nukem 2.

        Lemmini a Lemmings port

        DXX Retro a descent 1/2 port

        RVGL a re-volt port

        Among others.

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    Dunno if this is exactly the kind of thing you have in mind, but a person known as ‘Yuvi’ has been singlehandedly maintaining publicly available servers for the original Demon’s Souls for about 4 years (the official servers shut down about 5 years ago).

    Thanks to Yuvi, you can still play the original game with all online functionality, regardless of whether you’re playing on PS3 or RPCS3.

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      any and all kind of project keeping an older game alive are welcome, thank you

  • theinternetisforporn14@lemmynsfw.com
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    There is forged alliance forever . It revived supreme commander 1

    • hihellobyeoh@lemmy.world
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      So fun, I need to look into it again.

      • naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        beyond all reason is a remake/successor to total annihilation too btw

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    There’s OpenGOAL which makes the Jak and Daxter games run on modern PCs natively. AFAIK only the first game works flawlessly so far. They’re such great games, I’m glad someone is going for it.

    Someone also ported Mario64 to PC a while ago. You need to jump through some hoops to get it yourself, or sail the high seas to find an exe file that’s already compiled.

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      oh, interesting, ill check em out

  • Krulsprietje@lemm.ee
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    Oh you have found a rabbit hole now… enjoy! :)

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    CorsixTH - Theme Hospital

    OpenRCT2 - Rollercoaster Tycoon 2

    RVGL - Re-Volt

    Rollcage

    Rollcage 2

    The Zod Engine - Z

    • Mandy@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      so many choices coming in, thank you for the contribution

      • B0NK3RS@lemmy.world
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        Also found this buried in my bookmarks!

        https://trilarion.github.io/opensourcegames/index.html

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          now thats a treasure trove

          • Peffse@lemmy.world
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            https://osgameclones.com/ is also a good one

            • Mandy@sh.itjust.worksOP
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              bu gawd, thats lie the library of alexandria, thank you

  • echo64@lemmy.world
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    Freespace 2 Open, the games source was released in the early 2000’s under a … dubious licence that may or may not be legal to work with but no one really knows and it’s been more than 20 years so eh

    Freespace 2 far and away my favourite space game, nothing else comes close to the tension of war that game setup so it’s great that you don’t have to run a .exe from the 90s to play the game. lots of mods for it now too thanks to this project

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      havent played freespace in so long, ill check those out too

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    Discovery Freelancer is a multiplayer Freelancer mod. I’ve only discovered it today, but I’m already a couple of hours in.

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      havent played the game in a hot second, guess i gotta dust up the old drive lol

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      I was really into this at one point I’m glad it’s still about. Played plenty of x3 style games since and none have really been as fun as freelancer was.

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    DevilutionX Diablo I

    OpenMW Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

    Mineclone 2 Minecraft

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    Prince of Persia 1 - SDLPoP

    Sonic in 3rd person - Sonic Robo Blast 2

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    • Ultima - Graphics patch
    • Ultima II - Upgrade patch
    • Ultima III - Upgrade patch
    • Ultima IV - xu4 or the upgrade patch, but actually the Sega Master System version is probably the best official version
    • Ultima V - Upgrade patch
    • Ultima VI - ScummVM
    • Ultima VII - Exult
    • Ultima VIII - ScummVM
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      a fellow ultima enjoyer, very nice

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    I see you’ve mentioned Zdoom, I"ve sank many hours into Brutal Doom (Extermination Day), Blade of Agony and Golden Doom. Found the Hakros Launcher recently which opened some doors (though not the most up to date, still a decent gateway).

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      (on reread I see it was gzdoom, oh well)

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    There’s also OpenMW a recompilation project of Morrowind.

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