{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/dcostap/aoe1-decomp/blob/6d6d8b14023aa74e6ac30a6c88229d5b818fb805/orig/README.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "Reconstructs the 17 July 1998 beta of Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome as C++ source compiled with Visual C++ 5.0. The project checks individual functions against the original empiresx.exe and uses recorded gameplay inputs to compare behavior; the author reports 5,013 byte-identical functions, with other functions still differing.",
  "description_zh": "项目以 Visual C++ 5.0 编译重建《Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome》1998 年 7 月 17 日测试版的 C++ 源码，逐函数对照原版 empiresx.exe，并用录制的操作比较游戏行为。作者报告有 5,013 个函数实现字节匹配，其余部分仍存在差异。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/age-of-empires-rise-of-rome-beta-decomp-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/age-of-empires-rise-of-rome-beta-decomp-case/",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/dcostap/aoe1-decomp/blob/6d6d8b14023aa74e6ac30a6c88229d5b818fb805/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "age-of-empires-rise-of-rome-beta-decomp-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/age-of-empires-rise-of-rome-beta-decomp-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/age-of-empires-rise-of-rome-beta-decomp-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/age-of-empires-rise-of-rome-beta-decomp-case/index.md",
  "name": "Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome — a function-matched beta decompilation",
  "name_zh": "Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome：测试版逐函数匹配反编译",
  "reconstruction_method": "matching-decompilation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Windows, Python 3.12, Visual C++ 5.0, MASM ml.exe 14.36, and DirectPlay libraries from Visual C++ 6.0 are required.",
    "A retail Age of Empires and Rise of Rome installation supplies the game data; comparison needs the beta empiresx.exe, and research tools need its PDB.",
    "The author reports 56 functions remain nonmatching.",
    "CC0-1.0."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要 Windows、Python 3.12、Visual C++ 5.0、MASM ml.exe 14.36，以及 Visual C++ 6.0 的 DirectPlay 库。",
    "游戏数据须由《Age of Empires》及《Rise of Rome》零售版安装提供；与原版比对需要测试版 empiresx.exe，研究工具还需要其 PDB。",
    "作者报告仍有 56 个函数未匹配。",
    "许可证为 CC0-1.0。"
  ],
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/dcostap/aoe1-decomp",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}