# Another World: a Commander X16 port of the original virtual machine

> Another World is ported to Commander X16 in 65C02 assembly, using data files from the user's MS-DOS game copy. The implementation adapts the original virtual-machine architecture for the X16 and builds with CC65. The author reports performance and audio limits, including missing music.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/cosmicr/anotherx16>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/cosmicr/anotherx16/blob/f15c671f4f1dbf8e4280c25923f48fb5a8e3784e/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/another-world-commander-x16-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/another-world-commander-x16-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/another-world-commander-x16-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** The MS-DOS version's MEMLIST.BIN and BANK01 through BANK0D files are required.
- **Prerequisites:** CC65 is required to build the source.
- **Testing evidence:** The author reports that real-hardware operation remains untried and music is absent.
- **License:** GPL-3.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/cosmicr/anotherx16/blob/f15c671f4f1dbf8e4280c25923f48fb5a8e3784e/README.md>

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