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Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

A good looking terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display...

Stack

QML

GitHub topics

#linux #macos #qml #qt #retro #terminal

Updated: 2026-05-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-11-22
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 568 open

26,406

stars

Forks: 1,025
Commits: 858 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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chocolate-doom/chocolate-doom

Chocolate Doom is a Doom source port that is minimalist and historically accurate.

Stack

C CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#c #doom #fps #fps-game #games #gplv2

Updated: 2026-09-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2005-07-23
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 335 open

2,411

stars

Forks: 718
Commits: 5,402 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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TheOrcDev/8bitcn-ui

A set of retro-designed, accessible components and a code distribution platform. Open Source. Open Code.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Express Next.js Nuxt React pnpm

GitHub topics

#8-bit #components #retro #shadcn #ui

Updated: 2026-10-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-03-27
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 19 open

2,049

stars

Forks: 121
Commits: 602 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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steffest/BassoonTracker

Webbased old-school Amiga music tracker in plain old javascript - Plays and edits Amiga Mod files and FastTracker XM files

Stack

JavaScript Express Vite npm

GitHub topics

#amiga #fasttracker #music-creation #protracker #retro #tracker

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-01-12
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 31 open

1,168

stars

Forks: 72
Commits: 534 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

cxong/cdogs-sdl

Classic overhead run-and-gun game

Stack

C CMake Conan Poetry

GitHub topics

#2d #2d-game #c #game #games #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-10-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-04-01
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 112 open

1,091

stars

Forks: 157
Commits: 4,458 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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OpenHV/OpenHV

An Open Source Pixelart Science-Fiction Real-Time-Strategy game

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#game #mod #multiplayer #openra #pixelart #retro

Updated: 2026-08-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-12-29
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 67 open

1,070

stars

Forks: 60
Commits: 3,169 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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bradharding/doomretro

The classic, refined DOOM source port. For Windows PC.

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#boom #c #doom #doom2 #fps #free-software

Updated: 2026-10-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-12-21
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 107 open

776

stars

Forks: 92
Commits: 21,331 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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graememcc/micropolisJS

A port of Micropolis to JS/HTML5

Stack

JavaScript Express npm

GitHub topics

#game #retro #simulation

Updated: 2025-07-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-10-27
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 20 open

723

stars

Forks: 119
Commits: 322 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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NuSkooler/enigma-bbs

ENiGMA½ BBS Software

Stack

JavaScript Bundler npm

GitHub topics

#activitypub-server #ansi #ascii #bbs #bulletin-board #fidonet

Updated: 2026-09-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-09-23
History: 7 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 53 open

667

stars

Forks: 125
Commits: 3,632 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

daniel5151/ANESE

Another NES Emulator - written for fun & learning - first implementation of wideNES

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#6502 #apu #assembly #cmake #cross-platform #emulation

Updated: 2022-01-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-10-13
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 6 open

403

stars

Forks: 30
Commits: 204 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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zlfn/rust-gb

Write Game Boy games in Rust

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#8-bit #embedded #game-boy #game-development #gameboy #gbdk

Updated: 2026-09-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-06-02
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 0 open

348

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 194 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

Henrique194/chocolate-quake

A purist Quake source port that restores the original look and feel of v1.09 and earlier.

Stack

C CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#c #fps #fps-game #games #gplv3 #quake

Updated: 2026-09-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-05-31
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 15 open

216

stars

Forks: 14
Commits: 97 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ams-hackers/gbforth

👾 A Forth-based Game Boy development kit

Stack

Forth npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#dmg #forth #game-development #gameboy #retro #z80

Updated: 2025-10-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-04-26
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 75 open

151

stars

Forks: 24
Commits: 845 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

asmotor/asmotor

Powerful macro (cross) assembler package for several CPUs

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#680x0 #68k #amiga #assembler #commodore #gameboy

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-09-21
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 37
Commits: 817 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Kartones/gameboy

Gameboy development examples and tools

Stack

Assembly

GitHub topics

#assembler #gameboy #retro

Updated: 2026-02-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-02-21
History: 5 history points
License: Unlicense
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 25 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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Zal0/Super-Princess-2092-Exodus

Our entry for the gbjam 2016

Stack

C .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#game-boy #gameboy #gbdk #platformer #retro #sdcc

Updated: 2022-11-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-10-07
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 429 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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CorvidLabs/MacNTop

📊 macOS menu bar system monitor with retro CRT aesthetics

AI dev

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#appkit #crt #macos #menu-bar-app #menubar #monitoring

Updated: 2026-09-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-01-20
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 1
Commits: 30 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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