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Betrayal at Krondor: byte-exact source reconstruction

This reconstructs the 1993 DOS game Betrayal at Krondor from its binaries and builds them byte for byte. The README lists release 1.00, floppy, June 16, 1993, checksum c943fd895a57, and release 1.02, CD-ROM, March 21, 1994, checksum e254770143e0. A browser asset viewer reads files the player places in viewer/data/.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07

Stars: 37
Last commit: 2026-08-02
Language: Assembly

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Build steps are in docs/BUILDING.md. The viewer command is uv run bak viewer.
License: MIT for the original work in this repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{betrayal-at-krondor,
  title = {{Betrayal at Krondor: byte-exact source reconstruction}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/canassa/betrayal-at-krondor}},
  url = {https://github.com/canassa/betrayal-at-krondor},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/betrayal-at-krondor/}}
}

Plain text

Betrayal at Krondor: byte-exact source reconstruction. https://github.com/canassa/betrayal-at-krondor (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/betrayal-at-krondor/

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README.md GitHub · canassa/betrayal-at-krondor · Revision 1fc2a69