Remakes of old PC games

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Games developed for DOS or early microcomputers (such as the Spectrum, Commodore 64, BBC Micro, etc.) date back to the 1980s. Simply put, these games are old. Graphics, sound, user experience, and interface were vastly different compared to recent games. Game development has made significant strides over the years, and today’s games are in a completely different league. Despite this, some of these archaic games are fondly remembered by enthusiasts dedicated enough to invest significant effort into remaking them.

Some of these old games have been recreated from scratch to varying degrees of faithfulness, whether by major gaming companies, indie developers, or individual fans in their spare time. Some of these remakes are available to download as free games or even as open-source software on various sharing sites. Others can only be played online, and some are available for purchase.

What's the difference between a remake and a port?
A remake is a faithful recreation of an old game, remade from scratch. A port is a conversion for a different system; it’s not remade from scratch and usually requires the original to run properly. A remaster is a new version of an old game with improved graphics, sound, and other enhancements.

This is a list of remakes, ports, and remastered versions that I know of. I’m probably missing more than a few, but it’s a good starting point if you're looking to play some high-quality remakes.

	Original title	Genre	Original release	Remakes, ports, remasters
	Alley Cat	action	1984	Alley Cat Remeow edition
	Arcade Volleyball	action	1987	GPL: Arcade Volleyball Zorlim's Arcade Volleyball
	Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars	action	1990	Commander Genius
	Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes	action	1990	Commander Genius
	Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die!	action	1990	Commander Genius
	Digger	action	1983	Digger Remastered Digger for Wii
	Donkey Kong	action	1983	Champ Kong, remake Aldo Again Aldo's Adventure CHAMP Kong David's Kong
	Gods	action	1991	Gods remake
	Jumpman	action	1984	Classic Jumpman Jumpman Lives!
	Jumpman Lives!	action	1991	Classic Jumpman
	Nebulus	action	1988	Towel toppler remake
	One Must Fall 2097	action	1994	OpenOMF: a remake project
	Pac-Man	action	1983	World's Biggest Pac-Man Pac PC Pack-Man PC-Man
	Paperboy	action	1988	Paper Kids
	Prince of Persia	action	1990	Princess of Persia
	Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame	action	1993	Princess of Persia
	Rick Dangerous	action	1989	Rick Dangerous in flash xrick linux remake
	Super ZZT	action	1992	DreamZZT
	ZZT	action	1991	DreamZZT
	Cadaver	action-adventure	1990	Cadaver remake
	Castle Adventure	action-adventure	1984	Castle: a rewrite of Castle Adventure
	Flashback: The Quest for Identity	action-adventure	1993	REminiscence - a rewrite of the Flashback engine
	La Abadia del Crimen	action-adventure	1987	Abadia del Crimen remake
	System Shock	action-adventure	1994	System Shock reboot
	Day of the Tentacle	adventure	1993	Day of the Tentacle Remastered
	Full Throttle	adventure	1995	Full Throttle Remastered
	Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers	adventure	1993	Gabriel Knight 1 remake: 20th anniversary edition
	Gold Rush!	adventure	1988	Gold Rush! remake by Sunlight Games
	Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis	adventure	1992	The Keys to Atlantis
	King's Quest 1: Quest for the Crown	adventure	1984	Remake by AGD Interactive
	King's Quest 2: Romancing the Throne	adventure	1985	Remake by AGD Interactive
	King's Quest 3: To Heir is Human	adventure	1986	Infamous adventures remake Remake by AGD Interactive
	Maniac Mansion	adventure	1987	Maniac Mansion Deluxe Maniac Mansion Deluxe
	Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge	adventure	1991	Monkey Island 2 special edition
	Quest for Glory 2: Trial by Fire	adventure	1990	Remake by AGD Interactive
	Space Quest 2: Vohaul's Revenge	adventure	1987	Infamous adventures remake
	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	adventure	1984	Hitchhiker's java remake
	The Secret of Monkey Island	adventure	1990	Secret of Monkey Island special edition
	Zork I: The Great Underground Empire	adventure	1982	Zork I online
	Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz	adventure	1983	Zork II online
	Zork III: The Dungeon Master	adventure	1984	Zork III online
	Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz	adventure	1989	Zork Zero online
	Atomix	puzzle	1990	WAtomic, a remake for Windows
	Blockout	puzzle	1989	Play Blockout in your browser
	Bombuzal	puzzle	1989	Bombzuka
	Lemmings	puzzle	1991	Lemmigs remake
	Puzznic	puzzle	1990	Puzztrix remake
	Rockford: The Arcade Game	puzzle	1987	Hunters
	Sherlock: The Game of Logic	puzzle	1991	Sherlock Free for Android
	Death Rally	racing	1996	Death Rally Remedy remake
	Street Rod	racing	1989	Street Rod online
	Street Rod 2: The Next Generation	racing	1991	Street Rod online
	Stunts	racing	1990	Ultimate Stunts, a remake
	Wipeout	racing	1995	Wipeout Phantom Edition Wipeout Rewrite
	Adventure Construction Set	rpg	1987	Adventure Creation Kit, a remake
	Amberstar	rpg	1992	Amberworld interpreter
	Betrayal at Krondor	rpg	1993	xBaK
	Diablo	rpg	1996	Diablo Web: Diablo 1 for web browsers
	Dungeon Crawl	rpg	1997	The RLTiles Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
	Dungeon Master	rpg	1992	Return to chaos Dungeon Master Open Edition
	Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures	rpg	1993	Dungeon Craft
	Larn	rpg	1986	NLard remake
	Moria	rpg	1992	Steve Kertes' C port of IMoria
	Sorcerian	rpg	1990	Sorcerian Original
	Telengard	rpg	1985	Telengard remake
	The Bard's Tale	rpg	1987	The Bard's Tale Trilogy
	The Bard's Tale 2: The Destiny Knight	rpg	1988	The Bard's Tale Trilogy
	The Bard's Tale 3: Thief of Fate	rpg	1990	The Bard's Tale Trilogy
	The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind	rpg	2002	The Elder Scrolls Renewal total conversion mods
	Times of Lore	rpg	1989	Times of lore on the Oric
	Ultima 1: The First Age of Darkness	rpg	1987	Ultima Restoration Ultima Java
	Ultima 2: Revenge of the Enchantress	rpg	1983	Windows Native Ultima II
	Ultima 3: Exodus	rpg	1985	LairWare Ultima III for Mac
	Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar	rpg	1985	XU4 - Ultima IV recreated
	Ultima 5: Warriors of Destiny	rpg	1988	Ultima V Lazarus Neat Ultima V
	Ultima 6: The False Prophet	rpg	1990	Nuvie The Ultima 6 project
	Ultima 7 Part 1: The Black Gate	rpg	1992	Exult
	Ultima 7 Part 2: Serpent Isle	rpg	1993	Exult
	Ultima Underworld 2: Labyrinth of Worlds	rpg	1993	Labyrinth of worlds
	Armor Alley	shooter	1991	Armor Alley web remake
	Defender	shooter	1983	Defendguin
	Descent	shooter	1995	DXX - Rebirth Into Cerberon for Doom3
	Duke Nukem 3D	shooter	1996	JonoF's Duke 3D Duke Nukem 3D High resolution pack
	Magic Carpet	shooter	1994	Ogrian carpet
	NetWars	shooter	1993	NetWars GL NetWorst
	R-Type	shooter	1989	R-Type Dimensions EX
	Radix: Beyond the Void	shooter	1995	RAD
	Rise of the Triad: Dark War	shooter	1994	Birgers WinROTT page
	Tyrian 2000	shooter	1999	OpenTyrian port
	Virus	shooter	1988	Ajax port of Virus
	Wizball	shooter	1987	Wizball remake
	Xenon	shooter	1988	Xenon 1 - a remake
	A-Train	simulation	1992	Free Train
	Alter Ego: Female Version	simulation	1986	Alter Ego Female version online
	Alter Ego: Male Version	simulation	1986	Alter Ego male version online
	Dope Wars	simulation	1998	DopeWars 1.5 DopeWars classic for Andoid
	Jones in the Fast Lane	simulation	1991	Tycoon Jones: a remake
	Mad TV	simulation	1991	Tvgigant RottzTV
	Santa Paravia en Fiumaccio	simulation	1988	SP2003
	SimTower	simulation	1994	OpenSkyscraper remake
	The Clue!	simulation	1994	Clou! Open Source Project
	Theme Hospital	simulation	1997	CorsixTH
	Transport Tycoon	simulation	1994	OpenTTD Simutrans
	Transport Tycoon Deluxe	simulation	1995	OpenTTD Simutrans
	Sensible Soccer	sports	1992	Sociable Soccer
	Speedball 2	sports	1992	Speedball 2 Evolution Speedball 2 HD
	Age of Empires	strategy	1997	Age of Empires Definitive Edition
	Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings	strategy	1999	Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition
	Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021	strategy	1987	ArdReil: Anacreon Reconstruction Project
	Colonization	strategy	1994	FreeCol Free Conquest & Colonization of America
	Command & Conquer: Red Alert	strategy	1996	Open RA game engine Free RA game engine for Linux OpenRedAlert game engine
	Dune 2000	strategy	1998	Dune 2000 GruntMods Edition
	Gary Grigsby's War in Russia	strategy	1993	War in Russia: Matrix Edition
	Heroes of Might and Magic	strategy	1995	Free heroes engine
	Jagged Alliance 2	strategy	1999	Jagged Alliance 2 Stracciatella
	Master of Magic	strategy	1994	Empires of Sorcery Master of Magic remake
	Mega lo Mania	strategy	1992	Gigalomania, multi platform remake
	QBasic Gorillas	strategy	1991	Gorillas remake in Python Mascot Mashup: Gorillas
	Star Control 2	strategy	1992	Star control Timewarp The Ur-Quan masters
	Steel Panthers	strategy	1995	winSPWW2 winSPMBT Steel panthers at Matrix games
	Syndicate	strategy	1993	FreeSynd project
	Syndicate Wars	strategy	1996	Syndicate wars port
	The Settlers	strategy	1993	Freeserf Widelands Serflings
	Warlords	strategy	1990	Warbarons FreeLords
	Warlords 2	strategy	1993	FreeLords Warbarons
	X-COM: Terror from the Deep	strategy	1995	OpenXcom
	X-COM: Ufo Defense	strategy	1994	OpenXcom
	Z	strategy	1996	The Zod Engine open source remake
	Star Wars: TIE Fighter	vehicle simulation	1994	Star Wars TIE Fighter Special Edition
	Star Wars: X-Wing	vehicle simulation	1993	Star Wars X-Wing Special Edition
	Wing Commander	vehicle simulation	1990	Wing Commander 1 Remake
	Wing Commander: Armada	vehicle simulation	1994	PiArmada: a clone
	Wing Commander: Privateer	vehicle simulation	1993	Gemini Gold
	Adventure	action-adventure		Indenture
	African Adventure: In Search of Dr. Livingston	adventure		African Adventure
	Arkanoid	action		Aquanoid Bananoid
	Asteroids	shooter		Astro Fire CHAMP Asteroids EGA-Roids XQuest
	Attack of the Mutant Camels	shooter		Attack of the Mutant Camels
	Auf Wiedersehen Monty	action		Auf Wiedersehen Monty
	Bagman	action		Bagman
	Ballblazer	sports		3D Cyber Blaster Masterblazer
	Bomb Jack	action		Bomb Jack remake
	BurgerTime	action		Hamburger Hell
	Centipede	shooter		CHAMP Centipede
	Civilization II	strategy		Civilization II: Test of Time
	Columns	puzzle		Beyond Columns
	Damocles	vehicle simulation		MDDClone
	Duck Hunt	shooter		Duck Hunt
	Finders Keepers	action		Finders Keepers
	Ghostbusters	action		Ghostbusters
	Ghosts 'n Goblins	action		Ghosts 'n Goblins remake
	Hamurabi	simulation		Hamurabi remake
	Jet Set Willy	action		Jet Set Willy remake
	Joust	action		Joust VGA
	King's Quest 3	adventure		King's Quest III Redux: To Heir is Human
	Lemonade Stand	simulation		Lemonade Tycoon
	Lords of Midnight	strategy		Lords of Midnight
	Manic Miner	action		Manic Miner remake
	Mario Bros	action		Mario Bros VGA
	Ms. Pac-Man	action		CHAMP Ms. Pac-man Ms Pac PC
	Paratrooper	shooter		Ack-Ack Attack! Night Raid
	Pengo	action		Pango Push-Push Penguin
	Pirates	simulation		Pirates! Gold
	Pyjamarama	action		Pyjamarama
	Q*Bert	action		Bert and the Snake J-Bird Pyramid Power
	Qix	action		Antix Xonix
	River Raid	shooter		River Raid remake
	Space Invaders	shooter		Invaders 78 Space Commanders Space Commanders 2 Space Invaders Space Invaders 2001 The Invaders
	Star Trek	simulation		EGA Trek
	Super Mario Bros	action		Mario and Luigi Super Mariio Bros Super Mario Fusion: Revival
	Tempest	shooter		Tempest 2000
	Tetris	puzzle		Acid Tetris Porntris
	The Great Giana Sisters	action		The Great Giana Sisters
	The Manhole	adventure		The Manhole: CD-ROM Masterpiece Edition
	The Pharaoh's Curse	action		Pharoah's Curse
	The Way of the Exploding Fist	action		The Way of the Exploding Fist PC
	Wizard of Wor	action		Wizard of Wor 98
	Xenon 2	shooter		Xenon 2000: Project PCF