Open source · read out of the original files
Old games, rebuilt. Every mechanic is read out of the original files first and implemented second. What you download is code and nothing else. Maps, graphics, fonts and texts are made on your machine, from the CDs on your shelf.
Projects
One project is playable, one is in progress. The current state always lands in the repository first.
The 1997 real-time strategy game, reimplemented in Godot 4 and C#.
A faithful reimplementation of "Akte Europa" (1997). Skirmishes and the 33-mission campaign are playable. Not a single byte of the original ships with it — the program derives maps, graphics, fonts and texts from your own CDs on first launch.
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An MMORPG in Unity — in development.
Not a remake but something of its own: an MMORPG built in Unity. The project is still mid-development, so there is deliberately nothing here yet about the world, the rules or the schedule. More once there is something to show.
How it works
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Every mechanic is reconstructed from the binary before it is implemented, even where inventing something would be quicker. A reading only counts once a number backs it up.
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Not a byte of the original is passed on. The program derives everything from your own discs. No original, no game, and no trouble with rights holders either.
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The source is on GitHub under GPL-3.0. The code separates what comes from the data and what is my own assumption. Misreadings get withdrawn, not painted over.
Contribute
Code, reverse engineering, graphics, testing, translation or docs. Voluntary, with no application process.
Support
I build this in the evenings and on weekends: opening up file formats, checking numbers, withdrawing misreadings. If that is worth something to you, you can leave something behind. It is not required, everything stays free.
One-off, no account needed, any amount. Goes straight to chr1zZo.
Donate via PayPalReport bugs, test the format readers, star the repository, tell someone. For a niche project, visibility is often worth more than money.
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