leilei's libre'd game data overview


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Sure you know of the Doom and Quake ones, but what about everything else?

This is not a generic game clones list, it's an overview of formats, tools, and data projects that exist (not new different games based on them)


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TITLE Code License Platform Engine ART pipeline LEVEL pipeline SOUND pipeline DATA formats Projects Downstream Covered by Gamedatapackager? Original game sold
Soldat (2002) aaa

First-person Shooters / "Boomer Shooter" *gags*

TITLE Code License Platform Engine ART pipeline LEVEL pipeline SOUND pipeline DATA formats Projects Downstream Covered by Gamedatapackager? Original game sold
a good game aaa
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold (1993) DOS Wolf3d Yes
Blake Stone: Planet Strike! (1994) DOS Wolf3d Yes
Command & Conquer: Renegade (2002) GPLv3 Windows 98 W3D Yes
Doom (1993) GPL v2+ DOS / Linux idTech 1 Deutex any Doom map editor + Deutex Deutex WAD LMP MUS WAV MID FreeDoom Phase 1 (Modified BSD, Vanilla compatible) Debian Yes Yes
Doom II (1994) GPL v2+ DOS / Linux idTech 1 Deutex any Doom map editor + Deutex Deutex WAD LMP MUS WAV MID FreeDoom Phase 2 (Modified BSD, Vanilla compatible) Debian Yes Yes
Doom3 (2004) GPL v3+ Windows XP / Linux idTech 4 DarkRadiant PK4 MD5 WAV OGG Yes
Doom3 BFG Edition (2012) GPL v3+ Windows 7 / Linux idTech 4+ Yes
Descent (1995) NOT GPL DOS Descent DevIl HOG PIG SOW Yes
Descent II (1996) NOT GPL DOS Descent DevIl HOG PIG SOW Yes
Descent 3 (1999) GPLv3 Windows 95 Descent3 Yes
Duke Nukem 3D (1996) GPLv2 + BUILDLIC DOS Build Mapster32 ART GRP MAP VOC CON Yes
Heretic (1994) GPLv2 DOS idTech 1 WAD LMP MUS WAV MID WAD Blasphemer (Modified BSD) Yes
Hexen (1995) GPLv2+ DOS idTech1 WAD LMP MUS WAV MID TXT WAD Yes
Hexen II (1997) GPLv2+ Windows 95 idTech2 PAK MDL WAV LMP WAD BSP MAP Yes
Marathon 2 (1995) GPLv2+ Macintosh System 7 No
Quake (1996) GPLv2+ DOS idTech2 PAK MDL WAV LMP WAD BSP MAP LibreQuake (Modified BSD)
Open Quartz (GPLv2, 2001)
Yes
Quake II (1997) GPLv2+ Windows 95 idTech2 PAK MD2 WAV PCX BSP MAP Yes
Quake III: Arena(1999) GPLv2+ Windows 95 idTech3 PK3 MD3 ROQ WAV JPG TGA BSP SHADER TXT MAP ARENA OpenArena (GPLv2) Yes
Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001) GPLv3+ Windows 98 idTech 3 PK3 MD3 MDC MDX ROQ WAV JPG TGA BSP MAP SHADER TXT Yes
Rise of the Triad (1995) GPLv2+ DOS Wolf3d+ Yes
Serious Sam: The First Encounter (2001) GPLv3+ Windows 98 Serious Yes
Shadow Warrior (1997) GPLv2 + BUILDLIC DOS Build Yes
Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (2002) GPLv2 Windows 98 idTech 3 Yes
Star Wars: Jedi Academy (2003) GPLv2 Windows 98 idTech 3 Yes
System Shock (1994) GPLv3 Macintosh System 7 Yes
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (2003) GPLv3+ Windows 98 idTech 3 No
Wolfenstein 3D (1992) DOS Wolf3d Yes
Wolfenstein 3D (2012) GPLv3 Browser Wolf3d Yes

Shmups

TITLE Code License Platform Engine ART pipeline LEVEL pipeline SOUND pipeline DATA formats Projects Downstream Covered by Gamedatapackager? Original game sold
Raptor: Call of the Shadows (1994) DOS Yes
Tyrian (1995) DOS No

Puzzles

Racing

Sports

Strategies

TITLE Code License Platform Engine ART pipeline LEVEL pipeline SOUND pipeline DATA formats Projects Downstream Covered by Gamedatapackager? Original game sold
Command & Conquer (1995) GPLv3 DOS Yes
Command & Conquer: Red Alert (1996) GPLv3 DOS, Windows 95 Yes
Command & Conquer Generals: Zero Hour (2004) GPLv3 Windows XP Yes
Warzone 2200 (1999) Windows 95 No
WinBolo (1999) GPLv3 Windows 95 No

Simulations

Special clean-room reverse-engineered / Re-implementation section

TITLE Reimplementations Platform Original Engine ART pipeline LEVEL pipeline SOUND pipeline DATA formats Projects Downstream Covered by Gamedatapackager? Original game sold
Blood (1997) nBlood DOS Yes
Cannon Fodder (1993) OpenFodder Amiga
Chasm: The Rift (1997) Chasm-Reverse DOS Yes
Commander Keen in Goodbye Galaxy! (1991) OmniSpeak DOS Yes
Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons (1990) VortaKeen DOS Yes
Doom (Jaguar) (1994) Calico Jaguar No
Doom 64 (1997) Doom64EX Nintendo 64 Yes
Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty / The Battle for Arrakis (1992) Open Dune/ OpenDynasty DOS No
Dune 2000 (1998) OpenRA Windows 95 No
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002) OpenMW Windows 98 netImmerse/Gamebryo Yes
Grand Theft Auto III (2001) OpenRW Playstation 2 / Windows 98 Yes
Powerslave / Exhumed (1996) ReExhumed DOS Build Yes
Redneck Rampage (1997) RedNukem DOS Build Yes
Starcraft (1998) Stratagus (Stargus) Windows 95 Yes
Star Wars: Dark Forces (1995) The Force Engine DOS Jedi Yes
Star Wars: Jedi Knight (1997) OpenJKDF2 Windows 95 Sith Yes
Strife (1996) svStrife, Vavoom, Zdoom Windows 95 idTech 1 Yes
Tomb Raider (1996) openlara DOS, Playstation Yes
Total Annihilation (1997) TA Spring Windows 95 Yes
Transport Tycoon Deluxe (1995) OpenTTD DOS OpenTTD's OpenGFX OpenMSX OpenSFX projects Debian No
Warcraft: Orcs and Humans (1994) Stratagus (War1gus) DOS No
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995) Stratagus (Wargus) DOS Aleona's Tales (GPLv2)
FreeCraft Media Project(GPLv2, 2003)
No
X-COM: UFO Defense/Enemy Unknown (1994) OpenXCOM DOS Yes

Tools for formats

Format Type Command-line tools GUI tools/plugins Format specs
ART (Build) Texture/sprite archive Fart / Digest (GPLv2) Slade, Editart
WAD (Doom) Data archive Deutex (GPLv2) Slade
WAD2 (Quake) Texture/picture archive Qpakman (GPLv2) Wally
PAK (Quake) Data archive Qpakman (GPLv2) PakExplorer
PK3 Data archive infozip, 7zip any archive tool that handles zip it's literally a zip file