community game ports and decompilations
Recent window: last 5.3 months (2026-04-28 → 2026-10-06), compared with the prior 5.3 months.
These projects decompile, emulate, and port classic console video games to modern platforms like PC, browsers, and other consoles. They are primarily created and used by retro gaming enthusiasts, modders, and digital preservationists. This cluster stands apart from commercial game development tools by focusing on reverse engineering, fan-made ports, and compatibility runtimes.
Members
| Name | Source | Upvotes ▼ | Launched |
|---|---|---|---|
| pt-pc | GITHUB | 988 | 2026-10-07 |
| tidewater | GITHUB | 811 | 2026-09-23 |
| Files.md | HN | 730 | 2026-05-18 |
| bloodborne_pc | GITHUB | 604 | 2026-10-01 |
| Ely-GPUI-Components | GITHUB | 447 | 2026-09-30 |
| inkwave | GITHUB | 343 | 2026-09-26 |
| orbit-store-ps5 | GITHUB | 343 | 2026-10-02 |
| melee-pc | GITHUB | 314 | 2026-09-14 |
| bbhost | GITHUB | 286 | 2026-10-07 |
| Oberon System 3 runs natively on Raspberry Pi 3 (with ready SD card) | HN | 245 | 2026-04-12 |
| blackbox | GITHUB | 238 | 2026-10-06 |
| OpenTIE and OpenXWA, Modern Ports of Tie Fighter and X-Wing Alliance | HN | 231 | 2026-08-27 |
| RetroTick | HN | 195 | 2026-02-27 |
| D2R-3D | GITHUB | 187 | 2026-09-27 |
| CBFD-Recompiled | GITHUB | 187 | 2026-09-26 |
| psp-web-recomp | GITHUB | 184 | 2026-10-07 |
| Prompt-to-Excalidraw demo with Gemma 4 E2B in the browser (3.1GB) | HN | 163 | 2026-04-19 |
| PS5X360 | GITHUB | 163 | 2026-10-03 |
| FGOAC-scooby | GITHUB | 157 | 2026-09-14 |
| nfsmw-nx | GITHUB | 154 | 2026-09-27 |
| ArkWeb | GITHUB | 150 | 2026-10-02 |
| TUI for managing XDG default applications | HN | 138 | 2026-01-25 |
| re4 | GITHUB | 128 | 2026-09-15 |
| strikers | GITHUB | 122 | 2026-09-10 |
| A Project Oberon System version running on RISC-V instead of RISC-5 | HN | 121 | 2026-08-09 |
| REGTA-3DSPort-Complete | GITHUB | 118 | 2026-09-13 |
| AnyPad-PS5 | GITHUB | 115 | 2026-10-03 |
| Parasite-Eve-HD-Remaster | GITHUB | 111 | 2026-09-21 |
| Porpoise-Dolphin-Emulator-for-PS5 | GITHUB | 110 | 2026-10-04 |
| Parasite-Eve-2-HD-Remaster | GITHUB | 110 | 2026-09-11 |
| PS5SX2 | GITHUB | 105 | 2026-09-25 |
| Create a full language server in Go with 3.17 spec support | HN | 93 | 2026-03-24 |
| SoS-PS5 | GITHUB | 93 | 2026-10-03 |
| OpenXW | GITHUB | 91 | 2026-09-28 |
| simfleet | GITHUB | 90 | 2026-09-25 |
| king-kong-recompiled | GITHUB | 90 | 2026-10-05 |
| Shirei, cross-platform GUI framework in native Go | HN | 89 | 2026-07-12 |
| Iron-Wolf | HN | 88 | 2026-02-21 |
| er-mario | GITHUB | 87 | 2026-09-30 |
| gorex | GITHUB | 86 | 2026-10-05 |
| XPSemu | GITHUB | 83 | 2026-10-01 |
| Xing4.0-29B-A4B | GITHUB | 81 | 2026-09-17 |
| pkg-mutant-shop | GITHUB | 80 | 2026-10-01 |
| ProsperoStore | GITHUB | 77 | 2026-10-02 |
| unofficial-stremio-ps5-port | GITHUB | 76 | 2026-10-05 |
| ZeldaWWHDRecomp | GITHUB | 76 | 2026-10-01 |
| DolphinPS4 | GITHUB | 74 | 2026-10-04 |
| nebula-decode | GITHUB | 73 | 2026-09-23 |
| VanillaPlusMegapack | GITHUB | 69 | 2026-09-15 |
| ps5-pkg-manager | GITHUB | 68 | 2026-09-17 |