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)
The Mario 64 PC port is a pretty impressive feat, basically a complete open source reverse-engineering of the N64 game which you can then compile as a native binary (using you own copy of the ROM (legally acquired, of course) for the assets) with QoL improvements such as 60fps, wide-screen, high-resolution, free camera movement, and more. Plenty of different versions out there, I liked Render96ex.
It definitely required a little bit of technical knowledge, though that was on Linux, I believe there’s a Windows version which might be a bit more beginner-friendly. There are also other forks of the project which might be simpler to start with.
idk man, 14 steps seems a little much for a game i dont really like the control of, 14 steps to install a game and make it run as a lot in general honestly
You can install Mods to change the controls, for normal analog camera, Mouse and keyboard support or the mod that changes Mario’s Moveset to the Mario Odyssey Moveset
Also one of the original goals of GOG was to revive good old games and make them run on modern systems out of the box. Often using one of the open source engines mentioned above. Plus DOSBox.
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The Mario 64 PC port is a pretty impressive feat, basically a complete open source reverse-engineering of the N64 game which you can then compile as a native binary (using you own copy of the ROM (legally acquired, of course) for the assets) with QoL improvements such as 60fps, wide-screen, high-resolution, free camera movement, and more. Plenty of different versions out there, I liked Render96ex.
i tried running it once, never got to actually…getting it to run, ill try again
It definitely required a little bit of technical knowledge, though that was on Linux, I believe there’s a Windows version which might be a bit more beginner-friendly. There are also other forks of the project which might be simpler to start with.
Well, i don’t wanna do self Promotion but if you are using Windows i have a short 4 Min. Tutorial
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idk man, 14 steps seems a little much for a game i dont really like the control of, 14 steps to install a game and make it run as a lot in general honestly
You can install Mods to change the controls, for normal analog camera, Mouse and keyboard support or the mod that changes Mario’s Moveset to the Mario Odyssey Moveset
hmmm, interesting
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OpenMW is the first thing that occurs to me.
There’s also OpenTTD.
https://github.com/diasurgical/devilution
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Theres flashpoint, who archived a bunch of the flash games ecosystem into a downloadable database and emulator
Would you count something like this: https://archive.org/details/internetarcade ?
hell yeah, didnt know this was a thing, thank you for showing me!
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You should look for “game name open source”. That should yield good results. Or just looking at the games available in Linux distributions.
Every game from id until (including) Doom 3 was open sourced. So each one of them has such a project.
Off the top of my head there are projects for:
Also one of the original goals of GOG was to revive good old games and make them run on modern systems out of the box. Often using one of the open source engines mentioned above. Plus DOSBox.
You can find them at openra.net
They have reimplementation of Command & Conquer, Red Alert and Dune 2000. Excellent work really.
I’m on a discord server with a Win9x era masochist that has made Streets of SimCity, SimCopter, and SimCity 2000, among other games, work on modern systems. His patchers are here: http://krimsky.net/patchers.html
does that mena they decry everything past 9x?
what did you do to the links? i cant click em or copy em