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OpenEnroth

Open reimplementation of the engine used by Might and Magic VI to VIII.

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Facts

Original
Might and Magic VI, VII and VIII (1998)
Platform
Windows
Method
Rewrite
Provenance
Human-led · Repo created 2016, predates AI coding tools (GitHub) what this means
Status
wip
Licence
LGPL-3.0
Team
OpenEnroth
Started
2016-12
Runs on
Windows, Linux, macOS
Needs the original
Yes: you supply your own legally obtained copy

How to get it legally

This project ships code only. Build or download it from the official repository, then supply data from a copy of Might and Magic VI, VII and VIII you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.

This project was rebuilt by OpenEnroth. Facts last checked 2026-10-14. Suggest a correction

Sources

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