Recomp / Games / MS-DOS

Deadly Dave

Open source remake of John Romero's 1988 DOS game Dangerous Dave, aiming to replicate its look and feel on modern systems.

Rewrite Human-led wip
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Commits, 30 days0
Latest release—
Last pushFeb 3, 2026

GitHub figures as of 2026-10-14, refreshed daily.

Facts

Original
Dangerous Dave (1988)
Platform
MS-DOS
Method
Rewrite
Provenance
Human-led · Repo created 2020, predates AI coding tools (GitHub) what this means
Status
wip
Licence
GPL-3.0
Team
skoperst
Started
2020-08
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 Dangerous Dave you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.

This project was rebuilt by skoperst. Facts last checked 2026-10-14.

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