Source codes of Famous Games

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Source codes of Famous Games

Hi!

There are many hit games, that are out-of-date, and have their code released to the public.

Such code would be of great interest for the programmer, wishing to see some good (and often creative) principles of game design, but not the theory (as in many books), but the real deal.

So, do you know of any sites, providing lists of (now) open-sourced games and game engines?

Note that I am not interested in the current AAA-level open-source game engines, as I already know quite a few and this is a different matter altogether. I am looking for historical gems!

Thanks!

+1 A:

It's not a list of many games, but you can look through the code of one particular historical gem.

David 2010-09-03 11:51:16

I am not sure, that's the place to make the list of gem's codes and I am looking for a list that is _already_ done. Thanks anyway!

Albus Dumbledore 2010-09-03 13:34:02

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Quite a few gems in here. ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/

Jay 2010-09-03 11:54:15

These are only ID games, but is the official thing! Thanks!

Albus Dumbledore 2010-09-03 13:31:05

Wow! Never knew that Q4's source has been released, too. Thanks!

Albus Dumbledore 2010-09-03 13:43:46

I am sure there is a lot to learn in the Q4 source but I don't think it contains everything needed to build the game. I could be wrong though.

Jay 2010-09-03 14:31:33

Well, Wikipedia says it's the full source. Thanks!

Albus Dumbledore 2010-09-03 16:22:22

It is the full game code, does not include the engine. This is the code that you need to build a mod for it, not the entire game.

bcsanches 2010-09-06 19:14:11

Well, too bad then.

Albus Dumbledore 2010-09-06 19:43:49

+1 A:

You are in a maze of twisty little passages...

Don Roby 2010-09-03 12:48:05

Thanks! I was talking of some more serious games, i.e. closer to game design problems. Although, I myself enjoyed Hugo 2, too.

Albus Dumbledore 2010-09-03 13:36:06

By the way, never heard of this game and it seems full of creativity. Thanks!

Albus Dumbledore 2010-09-03 13:43:14

+1 A:

Also you can find some other gems: http://www.3drealms.com/duke3d/index.html http://www.3drealms.com/sw/index.html http://www.3drealms.com/rott/index.html

Search for source on those pages that you will find the download link.

bcsanches 2010-09-06 19:17:07

Yeah, I've seen these. Thanks. The more successful games there however, doesn't have source codes.

Albus Dumbledore 2010-09-06 19:42:48

+1 A:

There was this thread over on the gamedev stackexchange board: Which is more general open source games.

And then this wikipedia link: List of open source games.

The Communist Duck 2010-09-06 19:20:42

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