{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/sp00nznet/bw/blob/eb48ae2773c016723778957ff19665a9beb72e52/tools/decomp/README.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "Black & White reconstructs the 2001 game's systems in portable C++ using analysis of its original x86 executable. An IDA and Ghidra pipeline walks RTTI vtables to recover class methods; the native viewer runs reconstructed world loading, physics, animation, scripting and audio paths.",
  "description_zh": "Black & White 通过分析 2001 年原版游戏的 x86 可执行文件，以 C++ 重建游戏系统。IDA 与 Ghidra 流程沿 RTTI 虚函数表恢复类方法；原生查看器运行重建的场景加载、物理、动画、脚本和音频功能。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/black-and-white-reconstruction-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/black-and-white-reconstruction-case/",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/sp00nznet/bw/blob/eb48ae2773c016723778957ff19665a9beb72e52/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "black-and-white-reconstruction-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/black-and-white-reconstruction-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/black-and-white-reconstruction-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/black-and-white-reconstruction-case/index.md",
  "name": "Black & White: reconstructing the game from its x86 binary",
  "name_zh": "Black & White：从 x86 程序重建游戏",
  "reconstruction_method": "decompilation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "A personal copy of the Black & White v1.0 binary is needed for the decompilation pipeline.",
    "IDA Professional 9.1 idalib is the primary decompiler; Ghidra is used for comparison.",
    "The native reconstruction remains partial.",
    "MIT."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "运行反编译流程需要自行取得的 Black & White v1.0 可执行文件。",
    "主要反编译工具为 IDA Professional 9.1 idalib，并使用 Ghidra 交叉比对。",
    "原生重建工作仍未完成。",
    "许可证为 MIT。"
  ],
  "targets": [
    "binary",
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/sp00nznet/bw",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}