Games (Collections & Awesome Lists): open-source projects that exist because someone reverse engineered a closed product, sorted by GitHub stars.
Tutorials, tools and resources for reverse engineering video games
Game Boy development resources, including emulators, disassemblies, hardware research and link-cable protocols
YAML database of open-source remakes, reimplementations and clones of games
Rated list of decompiled, recompiled and reverse-engineered games
PS Vita resource list incl. RE tools, file formats and homebrew
List of emulators for consoles, computers and arcade machines written in JavaScript
Actively maintained open-source game remakes and engine reimplementations
Game Boy Advance development resources, including open SDKs, emulators and hardware tests
Databank of Unreal Engine modding and reverse engineering tools
Curated list of fan-made PC ports of console games via decompilation/recompilation
Curated list of game decompilations, recompilations and disassemblies
Awesome list of emulators
List of video game decompilation projects gathered from around the internet
Website/repo on reverse engineering retro games, consoles and dev kits
Collaborative website for matching decompilation of functions
Nintendo 64 development resources: open SDKs, emulators, decomp tooling, format tools and flashcart hardware
Curated list of open-source emulators for consoles, handhelds and arcade systems
List of 1200+ game decompilations, disassemblies and static recompilations grouped by platform
A non-exhaustive list of free custom server backend implementations for various games
Docs, tools and resources for reverse engineering video game file formats
Software emulators and simulators of PCs, home computers, consoles and devices
Emulator development resources, reference emulators and hardware test ROMs
Sega Dreamcast development links and tools, including VMU emulation and Maple Bus interfaces
List of games rebuilt inside other games: cross-game mashups, engine ports and playable ports
PlayStation 2 apps, homebrew SDKs, emulators and file tools
Collection of game unpacking tools
Collection of open-source Android game emulator projects
Curated list of original and reverse engineered 6502 game source code
Public backup of the XeNTaX game file format reverse engineering forum and wiki
Links for Ratchet and Clank modding and reverse engineering
List of open-source AI tools for making, decompiling and remixing games
Recompiled N64 and Xbox 360 ROMs using N64Recomp and XenonRecomp.
Original Xbox development resources: XBE format tools, open SDKs, emulators and hardware docs
Excellent resources for world of warcraft private servers in rust
Russian-language catalog of game decompilations, recompilations and native ports
A curated list of awesome Xbox 360 game recompilation projects
Link-only index of community game ports (decomps, recomps) running natively on Apple Vision Pro
List of reverse-engineered, decompiled and AI-rebuilt games
Nintendo DS ROM hacking resources: file format libraries, game editors, decompilation references and debuggers
Curated list of Ultima Online projects including server emulators
ROM hacking resources: disassemblies, game file editors and retro graphics tools
List of game recompilation, source port and decompilation projects
Catalog of native PC and Android ports of classic games from decomps and recomps
List of game decompilations, reconstructions, recompilations and native ports, grouped by game
Documentation and libraries for many game file formats
Large table of emulators for consoles, handhelds, computers and phones, with Android availability
Progress dashboard for matching game decompilation projects
Wikipedia table of fan-made game engine recreations
Obtainium pack of Android ports of game decompilations and recompilations