# 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/.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: 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/canassa/betrayal-at-krondor>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/canassa/betrayal-at-krondor/blob/1fc2a69e306af1623cd22f3390a5569302059f4d/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/betrayal-at-krondor/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/betrayal-at-krondor/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/betrayal-at-krondor/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/canassa/betrayal-at-krondor/blob/1fc2a69e306af1623cd22f3390a5569302059f4d/README.md>

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