DOSDOS · 1997 · top-down open-world action / driving

Grand Theft Auto

Grand Theft Auto (DOS, 1997) has an open-source reimplementation, codenamecpp/carnage3d, and 5 other public projects, including a matching decompilation and a decompilation.

Data checked 2026-10-13 · unbaked registry

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Projects

Carnage3D

ReimplementationC++, OpenGL566 starspushed 2026-08-09MIT license

Reimplementation of Grand Theft Auto 1 [GTA1]

Playable reimplementation of GTA1 engine (WIP features)

OpenGTA

ReimplementationC++44 starspushed 2021-06-02custom license

OpenGTA: copy of http://ogta.fifengine.de/

Unplayable; historic (ogta.fifengine.de) ()

gta1_re

Matching decomp · Decompreccmp10 starspushed 2026-07-04no license

Early WIP by the gta2_re team

gta

Static recomp9 starspushed 2026-08-26MIT license

Static recompilation of the original Grand Theft Auto (1997), GTA London 1969/1961, and Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999) for modern Windows (x86-64)

emupedia-game-WebGL-GTA

ReimplementationJavaScript implementation of GTA (Emupedia fork/mirror)0 starspushed 2018-07-06no license

JavaScript implementation of GTA

Hosted/mirrored by Emupedia (emupedia.net retro-OS web hub); mostly forks of upstream projects, many unmaintained since 2019-2022

jnmartin84 private WIP

Matching decomp

Private WIP: decomp 90% byte-match, 10% equivalent (Visual C++ 4.2); Dreamcast port playable (listed on jnmartin84 WIP_list, 2026-10-09; no public repo)

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What you need

You need your own copy of the game: these projects ship code only.

Same toolchain

GameMethodYearStarsLast push

DOSCarmageddonMatching decompDecomp+119971.2k2026-10-12 PCTouhou 8: Imperishable NightMatching decompDecomp+320041052026-10-12 PCLEGO RacersMatching decompDecomp+41999922026-10-03 PCTouhou 10.5: Scarlet Weather RhapsodyMatching decompAI-assisted decomp+12008572026-10-02 PCGrand Theft Auto 2Matching decompReimplementation+119991152026-10-12 PCMagic: The Gathering – ShandalarMatching decompDisassembly+119971052026-10-12 PCCarmageddon II: Carpocalypse NowMatching decompReimplementation1998462026-10-12 PCStronghold CrusaderMatching decompDisassembly2002842026-10-12

More on DOS

GameMethodYearStarsLast push

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Found via osgameclones.com/, sp00nznet?tab=repositories, emupedia.net/, jnmartin84/WIP_list

GitHub data checked 2026-10-13. Notes are summaries from the research pass; the project pages are the authority.