So, there are projects like these;
https://github.com/ihhub/fheroes2
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)
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.
oh, interesting, ill check em out
There is forged alliance forever . It revived supreme commander 1
So fun, I need to look into it again.
beyond all reason is a remake/successor to total annihilation too btw
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
havent played freespace in so long, ill check those out too
- 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
a fellow ultima enjoyer, very nice
Oh you have found a rabbit hole now… enjoy! :)
Prince of Persia 1 - SDLPoP
Sonic in 3rd person - Sonic Robo Blast 2
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).
(on reread I see it was gzdoom, oh well)
so many choices coming in, thank you for the contribution
Also found this buried in my bookmarks!
now thats a treasure trove
https://osgameclones.com/ is also a good one
bu gawd, thats lie the library of alexandria, thank you
