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OpenRW — an unofficial open-source recreation of the classic RenderWare-era GTA engine.
OpenRW "Open ReWrite" is an un-official open source recreation of the classic Grand Theft Auto III game executable
Key facts
- Repository: rwengine/openrw
- Stars: 2,205 — Forks: 197 — Open issues: 117
- Main language: C++
- License: GPL-3.0
- Created: 2015-04-24 — Last push: 2025-06-18
- Topics: c-plus-plus, game-engine, gta, gta3, linux-game, macosx-game
From the README
OpenRW is a cross-platform, open source re-implementation of Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto III, a classic 3D action game first published in 2001. OpenRW has been ported to Linux, macOS, Windows, and several variants of BSD. A legitimate copy of the original PC game is required to run OpenRW. Without This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;…
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