{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/openblack/bw1-decomp/blob/fd018f4897aa07faa3e168f9943e33bec32ab6ac/docs/getting_started.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "Black & White is being reconstructed as C and C++ source for multiple Windows PE/COFF and Classic Mac OS PEF releases. The workflow splits user-supplied game binaries into objects, builds reconstructed source with period toolchains, and compares objects with objdiff.",
  "description_zh": "项目为多个 Windows PE/COFF 与经典 Mac OS PEF 版本的《Black & White》重建 C/C++ 源码。工作流程将用户自备游戏程序拆分为目标文件，使用对应年代的工具链编译重建源码，再借助 objdiff 对照。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/black-and-white-1-decomp-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/black-and-white-1-decomp-case/",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/openblack/bw1-decomp/blob/fd018f4897aa07faa3e168f9943e33bec32ab6ac/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "black-and-white-1-decomp-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/black-and-white-1-decomp-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/black-and-white-1-decomp-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/black-and-white-1-decomp-case/index.md",
  "name": "Black & White: decompiling the Windows and Classic Mac OS game builds",
  "name_zh": "Black & White：反编译 Windows 与经典 Mac OS 游戏版本",
  "reconstruction_method": "matching-decompilation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "An existing game copy and the original binaries for the selected version are required; Windows builds also need the game's DLLs.",
    "The documented Windows builds require decrypted executables and period MSVC libraries; Python and Ninja drive configuration and builds.",
    "The decompilation is in progress across multiple versions.",
    "CC0-1.0 license."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要已有的游戏副本及所选版本的原始二进制文件；Windows 版本还需要游戏附带的 DLL。",
    "文档中的 Windows 构建需要解密后的可执行文件和对应年代的 MSVC 库；配置与构建使用 Python 和 Ninja。",
    "多个版本的反编译工作仍在进行。",
    "CC0-1.0 许可证。"
  ],
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/openblack/bw1-decomp",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}