{
  "added_at": "2026-11-08",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/sp00nznet/battlepod/blob/8430e9da6d6c98246d52f4534d1feb41566aed39/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "battlepod reconstructs the Virtual World Entertainment BattleTech cockpit as a bring-up harness and playable emulator. It runs the cockpit's 68020 software from a user-supplied image, models serial and Remote I/O devices, decodes display lists, and records hardware and inter-pod protocol findings.",
  "description_zh": "battlepod 将 Virtual World Entertainment 的 BattleTech 座舱重建为启动研究工具和可玩的模拟程序。它运行用户提供映像中的 68020 软件，模拟串口及 Remote I/O 设备，解析显示列表，并记录硬件和座舱间通信协议的研究结果。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/battlepod-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/battlepod-case/",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/sp00nznet/battlepod/blob/8430e9da6d6c98246d52f4534d1feb41566aed39/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "battlepod-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/battlepod-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/battlepod-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/battlepod-case/index.md",
  "name": "battlepod: reconstructing the BattleTech arcade cockpit",
  "name_zh": "battlepod：还原 BattleTech 街机座舱",
  "reconstruction_method": "other",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "A user's own VWE Release 13.1.8 image set.",
    "A C compiler, GNU make 4 or later, Git and Python 3.8 or later; SDL2 and pkg-config are required for the cockpit windows.",
    "The author reports alpha status; sound and the secondary display are absent.",
    "MIT License."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要用户自己的 VWE Release 13.1.8 映像集。",
    "需要 C 编译器、GNU make 4 或更高版本、Git、Python 3.8 或更高版本；座舱窗口还需 SDL2 与 pkg-config。",
    "作者标记为 alpha；音效和副显示器尚未实现。",
    "采用 MIT 许可证。"
  ],
  "targets": [
    "firmware",
    "game",
    "protocol"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/sp00nznet/battlepod",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}