Open Source C++ Games for MS-DOS

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.

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.

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.

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 2.1.9 and has been released on 19/08/2025. 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/...

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.

Iter Vehemens ad Necem (IVAN) is a graphical roguelike game, which currently runs in Windows, DOS and Linux. It features advanced bodypart and material handling, multi-colored lighting and, above all, deep gameplay.

Game Launcher is a cross platform, universal front end for emulators. The main goal is to provide a user interface that is easy to use and attractive, yet does not look like a traditional user interface. It should work with any emulator.

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 relatively easy to win but feature rich fantasy roguelike game with a highly interactive world. Avanor was once a great land, but now it is an isolated valley kingdom under serious threat. You, as the hero must save Avanor, or dominate it.

RARS is the Robot Auto Racing Simulation, in which the drivers are robot programs. It is intended as a competition among programmers. It consists of a simulation of the physics of cars, a graphic display of the race, and a robot driver for each car.

Fortune displays random text messages that are intended to be fun. It uses the original fortune-mod text database, but has a user-friendly interface. You can download versions for Dos, Windows, Linux and a Java-version for any OS.

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.

This is going to be an open source version of CM01/02 game. (A popular textbase soccer manager game.)

ArdReil is a multiplayer, multiplatform, networked strategy game of galactic conquest and resource management, providing opportunities for diplomacy, betrayal, cunning, and cooperation. Unite the Galaxy - preferably under your own flag.

SNEeSe is an emulator for the Nintendo SNES console for x86 PCs. SNEeSe is written in 32-bit C, C++, and NASM x86 assembly. Project goal is to make as accurate, functional, and usable an emulation core as is reasonably possible.

WING (Wing Is Not Galaga) is a take off on the arcade classic Galaga. It has 6 levels of play single player action, pre-rendered 2.5d graphics, a dynamically generate background, and .wav quality audio.

JustEmpire and TEmpire (Tiny Empire) are two Empire-derivative games based (very!) loosely on Walter Bright's original Empire concept (classicempire.com), using JustBasic (justbasic.com) and Borland Turbo C/C++ (bdn.borland.com/museum). Others possible.

Anarchy Online Emulator, Heavily based on GlaphanKing's DragonFlyff source.

AfA-Scumm is the 2D adventure engine powering AmberfishArts, a community for enthusiasts of classic adventure games as well as a hub for high-quality fan projects. Coded in C++, AfA-Scumm is both very portable and feature rich.

A collection of little C/C++ programs that use the Allegro library for some nice graphic effects (oscilator, fontconverter, textprinting effects, logger, etc). These can also be included in your own Allegro projects.

AllegRT is a 3D engine for making games based on 3D realtime raytracing for realistic results. It is based on and designed to work with Allegro.

Amberfish Arts is a community for enthusiasts of classic adventure games as well as a hub for high-quality fan projects. IP-SCUMM 2.0 is the 2D adventure engine behind some of those projects. Coded in C++, IP-SCUMM is both very portable and feature rich.

Analysis of numerous Dota replays. kills,deaths,ckills,cdenies,assists,firstblood,winrate. You can make some IDs to one ID for a person use different ID. Then make the reslut into HTML and XLS.

This is a port based on Moritz "Ripper" Kroll's WOLF4SDL port for Wolfenstein 3D, a game developed 1992 by id Software and published by Apogee. The source code to the game has been released as GPL. The port implements a "bot" for this game, where the player is controlled by the computer, in the attempt to solve every level autonomously. Available as binaries for Windows and OS X, and as source package for Linux/UNIX (requires SDL and SDL_mixer to build). An experimental build has been released for 16-bit DOS and can be run with DOSBox. See the following YouTube videos for demonstration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H4a7JfuKRw (alpha02, SDL) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04n72MSuZIA (alpha01, DOS experimental) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAtqihh__jM (alpha01, SDL) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_0CONDuIvk (prerelease, SDL) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ooIlHWqP68 (prerelease, SDL)

This is Coot Wars, a clone of the popular game Drug Wars by John E. Dell, but with senior citizens! Heavily in debt thanks to hospital fees, you must turn to black-market prescription drug trading to survive. A console game.