Is It Ported? answers one question for every classic game: can you play it today in a browser, on PC or on your phone, and does it actually work? We find the browser ports, recompilations, decompilations and fan PC ports, play them on real devices and publish what we measured, with the date.
Who runs Is It Ported?
Is It Ported? is an independent site run by its owner, a PC player who reviews every page under the pen name Sam Carver. Our pages are written under the pen name Rowan Hale, with an AI assistant helping with research and first drafts, as our editorial policy explains.
We started the site because searching for “is this game ported?” mostly turns up fake ports, re-uploads and dead links, and almost nobody says which ports actually run. We wanted one place that answers that question honestly, with a date on every answer.
Every page names who tested it, who wrote it and who reviewed it. Our author pages list the devices each tester uses.
Why test every port ourselves?
Fan ports change fast. A browser port can work in the morning and be taken down by the evening. Lists that copy announcements can’t tell you whether a port actually runs. So we only publish a working status after a person has played the port on real devices, and every result carries its test date.
What makes our pages different?
- Real tests: device, browser, load time, download size and smoothness, measured by us.
- Dates on everything: when we tested, when the status changed, when we checked a site’s safety.
- Safety checks: we check every site that hosts a port before we link to it.
- Honest answers: if a port is fake, unsafe or taken down, we say so and show what still works.
How do we stay independent?
We are not affiliated with any game publisher, platform holder or port author. Port authors can report mistakes, but they can’t change our results. We never accept payment for coverage or for a better result.
How is the site funded?
Is It Ported? is free to read. We plan to show ads on some pages later. Ads never appear on pages about ports that stream a commercial game’s files, and advertisers never influence our results. Our editorial policy explains the rules.
What we never do
- We never host or link game files, ROMs, ISOs or BIOS files.
- We never publish a test result we didn’t measure.
- We never change a player’s report.
Contact us
Questions, tips and corrections are welcome. See the contact page for the right address.