# AZMCO: reconstructing Motor City Online and its renderers

> AZMCO reconstructs parts of Motor City Online, including an offline launcher and DirectX renderer modules. The author traces most source to reverse engineering original binaries and distinguishes the game's DirectX 7 and DirectX 8 renderer versions; the game is still incomplete.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Binary · Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/americusmaximus/AZMCO>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/americusmaximus/AZMCO/blob/8ec2a42db7ed6b495cc41f98082d020f915e3405/README.MD>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/azmco-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/azmco-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/azmco-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft DirectX 8.0a SDK.
- **Limits:** The author states that the game is incomplete; 64-bit builds, modern input support, and Linux or Mac ports are future goals.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/americusmaximus/AZMCO/blob/8ec2a42db7ed6b495cc41f98082d020f915e3405/README.MD>

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