R.E.L.I.V.E.
Fan-made engine replacement for the first two Oddworld games, built from reverse engineering the originals.
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- Original
- Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee and Abe's Exoddus (1997)
- Platform
- Windows
- Method
- Rewrite
- Provenance
- Human-led · Repo created 2018, predates AI coding tools (GitHub) what this means
- Status
- released
- Licence
- none
- Team
- AliveTeam
- Started
- 2018-06
- 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 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee and Abe's Exoddus you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.
This project was rebuilt by AliveTeam. Facts last checked 2026-10-14. Suggest a correction
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