# Solo developer builds launchers to revive old racing games on modern PCs

> Original title: I have lots of old games (some abandonware) that I wanted to bring back to modern PCs, so I built launchers for many of them and I explai...

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- Published: 2026-11-02T13:57:54.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/fyycmnf3uzolisofaxye9m3jw
- Original: https://x.com/AkitaOnRails/status/2117254877545898016

## Summary

A solo developer built launchers that bring abandonware and other older racing games, including Colin McRae 1, DiRT 2007, Screamer Trilogy, and OutRun 2006 Coast to Coast, to modern PCs. The author explains the work in a blog post and publishes each launcher as a separate GitHub repository.

## Post

I have lots of old games (some abandonware) that I wanted to bring back to modern PCs, so I built launchers for many of them and I explain what I did here:

Blog: https://akitaonrails.com/en/2026/11/02/i-fixed-several-old-racing-games-using-ai/

Or you can jump straight to the GitHub repos.

Colin McRae 1: https://github.com/akitaonrails/rea-colin-mcrae

Colin McRae 1 Recomp: https://github.com/akitaonrails/rea-colin-mcrae-recomp

Colin McRae DiRT 2007: https://github.com/akitaonrails/rea-dirt

Screamer Trilogy: https://github.com/akitaonrails/rea-screamer-trilogy

Colin McRae 3:
https://github.com/akitaonrails/rea-colin-mcrae-3

Colin McRae 4:
https://github.com/akitaonrails/rea-colin-mcrae-4

OutRun 2006 Coast to Coast: https://github.com/akitaonrails/rea-outrun-2006

Sega Rally Revo:
https://github.com/akitaonrails/rea-sega-rally-revo

cc @AmigamagazineGA @VEsoterica