Open Source MS-DOS Games

ZSNES is a SNES/Super Famicom emulator for x86 computers. It runs on Windows, MS-DOS and Linux/FreeBSD and supports mode 7, sound, Super FX, and a lot more.

RetroArch is a way to run classic games on a wide assortment of Operating Systems and Consoles. Support the Developers on their Patron! https://www.patreon.com/libretro

Hammer of Thyrion (uHexen2) is a cross-platform port of Raven Software's Hexen II source. It is based on an older linux port, Anvil of Thyrion. HoT includes countless bug fixes, improved music, sound and video modes, opengl improvements, support for many operating systems and architectures, and documentation among many others.

Electronic Arts Inc. has released the source code for Command & Conquer Red Alert under the GPL V3 license below, with additional terms at the bottom. This ZIP file is the full repository snapshot and includes source code for Command & Conquer Red Alert. This release provides support to the Steam Workshop for the game. Command and Conquer: Red Alert is a classic real-time strategy (RTS) game developed by Electronic Arts, with its source code available on GitHub for archival and preservation purposes. This repository offers tools to assist with compiling and running the game on modern platforms. It supports Steam Workshop integration, and while not currently accepting contributions, the repository serves as an open-source preservation project for the game. Developers interested in restoring the game or adapting it for new environments will find helpful dependencies and build tools outlined in the repository.

A MAME and MESS port with an advanced video support for Arcade Monitors, TVs, and PC Monitors. It also contains a bootable Linux LiveCD/USB, a frontend with animated MNG/MP3 snapshots, a rom manager, and recompression utilities for compressed files.

NetHack - Falcon's Eye enhances the classic roguelike game NetHack with isometric high-res graphics, digitized effects, symphonic music and an intuitive mouse-driven interface, yet retains all the original gameplay and features.

NewWolf is a conversion of a famous 3D action game: Wolf3D by ID software. The purpose of this project is to make a stable, extencible and portable 32bit version of Wolf engine. To allow users run it in different resolutions and on various platforms.

MyMan is a video game for color and monochrome text terminals in the genre of Namco's Pac-Man.

The well-known KQ console-style RPG.

VGA Planets Assistant (VPA) is a client program for VGA Planets PBEM game. Requires: Dosbox from https://www.dosbox.com It works with original host (THOST: www.vgaplanets.com) and Portable Host (PHost: www.phost.de, phost-contrib.sf.net, hosted by https://planetscentral.com) and the new web-based NU-Host (https://www.planets.nu) by using additional tool streu's c2nu.pl (https://github.com/stefanreuther/c2nu). Maintained by sfplanets.

Simulator of a one-armed bandit (slot machine) from developers from the Soviet Union. At the start, the player has 9995 monetary units, the casino - 10005. The goal is to ruin the casino. First, you need to place a bet (from 5 to 375), then press Enter, and the slot machine will start working, and so on over and over again. On the left there is a list of combinations that give different points.

The original idea of Alexander V. Catapang Jr. in the Guess-Chess from the eGames package. Divine generator is an addition to the idea and transfer of rules to makruk, xiangqi and shogi.

FakeNES is a highly portable, Open Source NES and Famicom emulator. It runs on all modern operating systems and has an actively maintained DOS port for enthusiasts. Support for phones and other mobile platforms is under development. The majority of the project is entirely original code released under the zlib/libpng license. Contributed and third-party code is included under GNU licenses.

Nosefart plays NSF (NES sound format) files so you can listen to those old tunes without actually having to play the games. It runs in Linux, DOS/Windows, and as a plugin to various players, including Winamp and XMMS. It was mostly written by Matt Co

Kraptor is a classic shoot 'em up scroller game, where you must fight against tons of bad dudes. This is a full game with massive destruction, powerful weapons, and high speed action in varied levels. Works for Linux, DOS, Windows, QNX, Mac Os, etc..

A console/text based chess program with XBoard/CECP and UCI API, available on all major platforms. You may need a graphical chess interface to use it. Please refer to README.md in the files section for installation instructions. The last stable release is 2.2.0 and has been released on 13/04/2026. Belofte 0.2.0 till 0.9.20 (c/c++): Xboard 1 & 2 (CECP) - Linux/Unix/(Windows) Belofte 2.1.1 and up (c++11) : UCI and Xboard 2 - Linux/Windows/Mac/Android/... For access to code, please clone the git repository. Compiles and Runs on 32/64 bit on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android (ARM/x86) and Raspberry. Released under GNU v2 license. (means free to copy, free to modify, free to use, ...) Works fine with Arena/Cutechess/BanksiaGui/Winboard/Xboard/...

MegaZeux (MZX) is a simple but powerful game creation system. It currently officially builds on Windows (9x, 2k, XP), Linux (multiplatform), and MacOS X. Versions prior to 2.80 are available only for MS-DOS.

Rogue Clone IV is an open-source reproduction of everybody's favorite role-playing game: rogue. There are currently ports to 16-bit DOS and 32-bit Windows.

Star Trek 24/7: LCARS (Starfleet) GUI, full-screen alarm clock & calendar, games, utilities, sims, maps, graphical LCARS library, file manager, viewers, players, animation. Requires a HighColor/TrueColor DOS-based laptop w/ std. graphics & sound cards.

PSID64 is a program that converts PSID and RSID files into C64 executables. This allows users to play PSID and RSID files (originally used by the PlaySID program) on a real Commodore 64 computer or emulator such as VICE.

A very special TETRIS clone, the Queen of Tetrises, the TETRIS Queen, with 50 levels, 30 musics, total support for 2 player, and two modes: classic & destructor (with bombs and mega-bombs), this and much more in one free game developed with Allegro lib.

VisPatch is a tool for patching quake maps for transparent water in glquake: it is used for preparing and applying the patch files. This is a thoroughly revised version of the old source for unix (linux, freebsd, ...), as well as windows.

«Rock-Paper-Scissors» is a hand game originating in China, usually played between two or three people, in which each player simultaneously forms one of three shapes with an outstretched hand. These shapes are «rock» (a closed fist), «paper» (a flat hand), and «scissors» (a fist with the index finger and middle finger extended, forming a V). A simultaneous, zero-sum game, it has three possible outcomes: a draw, a loss, or a win.

Using the simple line-graphics available in the Turbo's "graphics.h" graphics library, create a classic, fully functional paranoid-clone with the ability to create custom scenarios, and with several variations (sizes/numbers) of balls, bricks and bats. High-scores are recorded into a text file for later perusal.

The KevEdit repo has moved to https://github.com/cknave/kevedit