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Web Gaming Servers

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These servers allow to play various games through your web browser & do not need special clients on your devices. A browser game is a video game that is played via using a web browser. They can be single-player or multiplayer games.

EmulatorJS

Emulatorjs - In browser web based emulation portable to nearly any device supporting web browsers for many retro consoles using a web server. A mix of emulators is used between Libretro and EmulatorJS. There is a Docker version to make it easier to setup and run. The source-code is available for review. You can read the documentation for more information. This version allows you to store everything locally on your server so it doesn't get removed from the internet.

WebRcade

WebRcade - A responsive browser-based gaming web server powered by feeds. Games natively execute within the browser across a wide variety of platforms as directed by cloud-based gaming feeds. You can review the source-code to see how everything works. You can read the documentation for more information. There is a docker version to make setup & running it easier. This version allows you to point to everything on the internet so you don't have to store anything locally on your server.

Cards against Humanity

Massive Decks is a free, open source comedy party game based on Cards against Humanity. Play with friends! It has clients for PC, mobile & chromecast.

The open-source of the source code can be found here and the docker version here.

Diplomacy

Diplomacy is a strategic board game created by Allan B. Calhamer in 1954 and released commercially in the United States in 1959. Its main distinctions from most board wargames are its negotiation phases (players spend much of their time forming and betraying alliances with other players and forming beneficial strategies) and the absence of dice and other game elements that produce random effects. Set in Europe in the years leading to the Great War, Diplomacy is played by two to seven players, each controlling the armed forces of a major European power (or, with fewer players, multiple powers). Each player aims to move their few starting units and defeat those of others to win possession of a majority of strategic cities and provinces marked as "supply centers" on the map; these supply centers allow players who control them to produce more units. Following each round of player negotiations, each player can issue attack and support orders, which are then executed during the movement phase. A player takes control of a province when the number of provinces that are given orders to support the attacking province exceeds the number of provinces given orders to support the defending province.

The open-source of the source code can be found here and the docker version here.

DOS

DOSBox is a free and open-source emulator which runs software for MS-DOS compatible disk operating systems—primarily video games. It was first released in 2002, when DOS technology was becoming obsolete. Its adoption for running DOS games is widespread, with it being used in commercial re-releases of those games as well.

The open-source of the source code can be found here and the docker version here

Legend of the Red Dragon

Legend of the Green Dragon (LotGD) is a text-based RPG originally developed by Eric Stevens and JT Traub, directly based on Seth Able's "Legend of the Red Dragon" (LoRD). This is an open source version of the game "Legend of the Red Dragon". You can find the source code here and the docker version here.

Risk

Risk is a strategy board game of diplomacy, conflict and conquest for two to six players. The standard version is played on a board depicting a political map of the world, divided into forty-two territories, which are grouped into six continents. Turns rotate among players who control armies of playing pieces with which they attempt to capture territories from other players, with results determined by dice rolls. Players may form and dissolve alliances during the course of the game. The goal of the game is to occupy every territory on the board and, in doing so, eliminate the other players. The game can be lengthy, requiring several hours to multiple days to finish. European versions are structured so that each player has a limited "secret mission" objective that shortens the game.

The open-source of the source code can be found here and the docker version here.

TradeWars

TradeWars is an old BBS game that was very much in the style of 4X games. The player is a trader in a galaxy with a fixed set of other players (either human or computer). The players seek to gain control of resources: usually fuel ore, food, and equipment, and travel through sectors of the galaxy trading them for money or undervalued resources. Players use their wealth to upgrade their spaceship with better weapons and defenses, and fight for control of planets and star bases.

You can find the open-source BlackNova Traders source code and the docker version here.

Transport Tycoon Deluxe

OpenTTD is an open source simulation game based upon the popular Microprose game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe", written by Chris Sawyer. It attempts to mimic the original game as closely as possible while extending it with new features.

You can find the open-source code here and the docker version here.

Virtual Online Tabletop

An open-source virtual online tabletop for playing games with friends using Mythic Table.

You can find the open-source code here and the docker version here.