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freeablo: a cross-platform reimplementation of the Diablo 1 engine

Cross-platform reimplementation of the Diablo 1 game engine. The README says the project is archived, that original data files are required, and that the current build can walk the town, animate players and NPCs, enter the dungeon, fight with melee and limited ranged and magic attacks, drop loot, and buy and sell items.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 2.2k
Last commit: 2023-04-13
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

The original Diablo 1 data files are required. The README links prebuilt binaries on the project releases page.
The README names no license.

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BibTeX

@misc{freeablo,
  title = {{freeablo: a cross-platform reimplementation of the Diablo 1 engine}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/wheybags/freeablo}},
  url = {https://github.com/wheybags/freeablo},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/freeablo/}}
}

Plain text

freeablo: a cross-platform reimplementation of the Diablo 1 engine. https://github.com/wheybags/freeablo (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/freeablo/

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readme.md GitHub · wheybags/freeablo · Revision 7e0844e