Homebrew The 1990s PC port thread!

[SLiV3R]

The PC ports from the 1990s is one of the coolest things that has happened the last ½ year for the (N)3DS. So I thought I would make an overview for people that don’t read that much in this forum. So they can navigate and discuss about all these wonderful games and their 3DS ports!

ScummVM (1987 --> )
ScummVM 3DS (TheCruel)

Wolfenstein 3D (1992)
ctrWolfen - (Rinnegatamante)

Doom I (1993)
prboom3ds - (elhobbs)

Doom II (1994)
prboom3ds - (elhobbs)

Heretic (1994)
heretic3ds - (elhobbs)

Quake 1 (1996)
Spectre3ds - (elhobbs)
ctrQuake - (MasterFeizz)

Duke Nukem 3D (1996)
EDuke32 - (MasterFeizz)

Hexen II (1997)
ctrHexenII - (Rinnegatamante)
hexen2 - (elhobbs)

Let me know what I have missed, as I have probably missed a lot. I will add those then!
Also, I havent tested some of the ports. So there can be a couple that are in an early development state. Let us know about that.

Are there any other 1990s PC games that you would like to have ported for the 3DS in the future?


EDIT I: All the likes this post gets goes obviously to elhobbs, Rinnegatamante & MasterFeizz, not me

EDIT II: This is a list of games people in this thread have requested to be ported:



Age of Empires I & II
Bermuda Syndrome
Diablo I
Dungeon keeper
Half Life
Heart of Darkness
Insaniquarium Delux
Magic Carpet I & II
MDK I & II
Mechwarrior
Open Tyrian
Platypus
Pong the next level
Quake II
Rollercoaster Tycoon I & II
ScummVM (Game engine)
SimCity
Super Mario War
Supaplex
Syobon Action
The complete Apogee collection
The Elder Scrolls I: Arena
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Tiberian Sun
Tomb Raider I-IV
Tron
Witch Blast
Wacky wheels!
Worms I & II





EDIT III: Some guys have asked for github and forum discussion links. Here they are:

ScummVM 3DS:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-scummvm-3ds.422051/
https://github.com/Cruel/scummvm/tree/3ds

ctrWolfen:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-ctrwolfen-wolfenstein-3d-port-for-3ds.406196/
https://github.com/Rinnegatamante/ctrWolfen

prboom3ds:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/doom.376939/
https://github.com/elhobbs/prboom3ds
https://github.com/devinacker/prboom-3ds

heretic3ds:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/wip-heretic3ds.412751/
https://github.com/elhobbs/heretic3ds

ctrQuake:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-ctrquake-quake-1-port.400170/
https://github.com/masterfeizz/ctrQuake
spectre3ds:
https://github.com/elhobbs/spectre3ds?files=1

EDuke32:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/wip-duke-nukem-3d.402436/
https://github.com/masterfeizz/EDuke3D

ctrHexenII:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-ctrhexenii-dirty-hexen-ii-porting-for-3ds.415779/
https://github.com/Rinnegatamante/ctrHexenII
hexen2:
https://github.com/elhobbs/hexen2


EDIT IV: These links could be helpful for the dreamers (gamers) & the daredevils (developers):
http://osgameclones.com

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open-source_video_games

 

[Mazamin]

Very useful thread! Keep it updated

 

[tom2199]

I really don't know if it's possible, but a Rollercoaster Tycoon or a SimCity port would be awesome!

 

[Nikolay]

I would love a Fallout 1 & 2 port.

 

[DjoeN]

...

Are there any other 1990s PC games that you would like to have ported for the 3DS in the future?

Duke Nukem (1991)
Duke Nukem II (1993)
Rise of The Triad (1994)
Wacky Wheels (1994)

[EDIT]
Hell, why not the complete Apogee collection

As Apogee Software[edit]
Developer

• 1986 – Beyond the Titanic
• 1986 – Block Five
• 1986 – Diamond Digger (aka Raiders of the Forbidden Mine and Gold Miner)
• 1986 – Maze Machine
• 1986 – Maze Runner (aka Rogue Runner)
• 1987 – Kroz series
• 1987 – Supernova
• 1988 – Night Bomber
• 1988 – The Thing
• 1988 – Trek Trivia
• 1988 – Word Whiz
• 1989 – Meteors (aka Asteroid Rescue)
• 1990 – Phrase Master
• 1991 – Arctic Adventure
• 1991 – Crystal Caves
• 1991 – Duke Nukem
• 1992 – Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
• 1992 – Secret Agent
• 1993 – Bio Menace
• 1993 – Duke Nukem II
• 1993 – Major Stryker
• 1993 – Monster Bash
• 1994 – Rise of the Triad
• 1995 – Realms of Chaos
• 1996 – Stargunner

Publisher/producer

• 1988 – Trivia Whiz – Micro F/X Software
• 1988 – Star Trek: The Next Generation Trivia – Micro F/X Software
• 1989 – The Thor Trilogy – Scenario Software
• 1990 – Pharaoh's Tomb – Micro F/X Software
• 1990 – Monuments of Mars – Scenario Software
• 1990 – Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons – id Software
• 1991 – Dark Ages – Scenario Software
• 1991 – Commander Keen: Goodbye Galaxy! – id Software
• 1991 – Paganitzu – Trilobyte
• 1991 – Jumpman Lives! – Shamusoft Designs
• 1992 – Wolfenstein 3D – id Software
• 1992 – Word Rescue – Redwood Games
• 1992 – Math Rescue – Redwood Games
• 1993 – Alien Carnage (aka Halloween Harry) – SubZero Software
• 1993 – Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold – JAM Productions
• 1994 – Blake Stone: Planet Strike – JAM Productions
• 1994 – Boppin' – Accursed Toys
• 1994 – Hocus Pocus – Moonlite Software
• 1994 – Mystic Towers – Animation F/X
• 1994 – Raptor: Call of the Shadows – Mountain King Studios
• 1994 – Wacky Wheels – Beavis Soft
• 1994 – Rise of the Triad
• 1995 – Xenophage: Alien Bloodsport – Argo Games
• 1996 – Death Rally – Remedy Entertainment

 

[TimX24968B]

half life.

(I swear if this gets made, the name of the app HAS TO BE "half life 3(ds)")

 

[daxtsu]

I would love a Fallout 1 & 2 port.

While that would be amazing, without source code, it's more or less not possible.

 

[KaduPSE]

The Elder Scrolls (Probably not possible at all). But Hexen is amazing, if the bugs get fixed it would be one of the best homebrew available for the 3DS.

 

[driverdis]

I would like soneone to port Doom 3 and Return to Castle Wolfenstein to 3DS while we are at it, despite not being 90's era games (RTCW is close as it is late 2001). I realize this will probably never happen as the New 3DS specs would probably be just enough to run RTCW and the work involved would be huge.

 

[SLiV3R]

The Elder Scrolls (Probably not possible at all). But Hexen is amazing, if the bugs get fixed it would be one of the best homebrew available for the 3DS.

Well, The Elder Scrolls: Arena & The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall should be possible, I think. Daggerfall would actually be very cool!!!

 

[Rinnegatamante]

Well, The Elder Scrolls: Arena & The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall should be possible, I think. Daggerfall would actually be very cool!!!

They're both closed source so no, impossible. You can play them probably with Dosbox core from Retroarch?

 

[SLiV3R]

They're both closed source so no, impossible. You can play them probably with Dosbox core from Retroarch?

But I thought they were freeware? Closed source freeware, then :/

 

[ShaneMichael]

Can someone make Arcade Ports too? Like Tron?

 

[Rinnegatamante]

But I thought they were freeware? Closed source freeware, then :/

Closed source = Impossible to port. Doesn't matter if it's commercial, shareware, freeware, 3dsware, wiiware, WarioWare or others

 

[CeeDee]

I know this isn't necessarily 1990s. But I'd love to see these.
A Cave Story port that isn't RetroArch-based and still uses the data files from the PC versions (allowing hacks) would be fun. I tried modding the 3DS eShop port to no avail.
Syobon Action would be great too!
And perhaps Super Mario War - it was ported to Wii.

 

[KaduPSE]

There are people working on an open source Morrowind, but that's far from being viable to use on the 3DS. I'm actually happy with what we've got, it's very nice to have those classics on the 3DS.

 

[Rinnegatamante]

I know this isn't necessarily 1990s. But I'd love to see these.
A Cave Story port that isn't RetroArch-based and still uses the data files from the PC versions (allowing hacks) would be fun.
Syobon Action too!
And perhaps Super Mario War - it was ported to Wii.

Huh, Super Mario War is definitely the PSP game homebrew i used the most (and probably the only real reason why i had Time Machine installed for a long time on my PSP2000). If i can find sourcecodes for the PSP version maybe i could give it a try.

 

[SLiV3R]

There are people working on an open source Morrowind, but that's far from being viable to use on the 3DS. I'm actually happy with what we've got, it's very nice to have those classics on the 3DS.

Im also very happy with what we got right now. Even though some of the ports mentioned in OP needs small updates to be fully playable. But if we gets a couple of more 1990s PC ports, I would be even more happy

 

[LarBob]

I absolutely adore Duke Nukem 3D.

 

[SLiV3R]

I absolutely adore Duke Nukem 3D.

Of the ported games mentioned in OP. I have enjoyed Quake 1 most. Then Heretic. And then Duke Nukem 3D, those ports are near perfect! But if/when Hexen II gets more stable and with c-stick/nub support, Im sure I will like Hexen II best