Rival Realms is a fantastic but little-known real-time strategy game from 1998, developed by Activ Pub and published by Titus Software. Almost all traces of this game have now disappeared from the internet. This project is an attempt to remake it.
With some difficulty, the original game can still be run on Windows 10, however it is buggy and unstable. A remake could fix these issues, add support for higher resolutions, and much more.
This repository contains one Visual Studio solution file, which consists of multiple projects (outlined below). Note that there are some dependencies between the projects, so they cannot be compiled in isolation.
Rival Realms remake.
Unit tests for
Open-Rival.
Installer for Open-Rival, that combines the various utilities listed below.
Standalone utility to extract the original game's audio.
Standalone utility to extract individual scenarios from campaign files.
Standalone utility to extract the original game's images.
Standalone utility to extract the original game's interface images.
Standalone utility to combine images into textures.
I have tried to track down the copyright holders without much success. If you are reading this and you have any connection to this game, please contact me! But until that time, I consider it to be abandonware.
That said, I have gone to great lengths to keep any proprietary game assets out of this repo. Everything contained herein is entirely fan-made, and all assets are extracted from the original game at installation. The only exception to this is the WMA soundtrack, which cannot be extracted from the game directory as it resides on the original CD.
- Discord Server
- Intro and CD Soundtrack
- MIDI Soundtrack
- [2016] Let's Play
- [2019] Multiplayer Gameplay & Set-up Guide
- [2019] Gameplay
- [2020] Gameplay
- [2021] Let's Play
- Upscaled Cutscenes