Case study

Blake Stone: static recompilation of Aliens of Gold and Planet Strike

Blakestone statically recompiles Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold and Planet Strike from user-supplied DOS executables into native Windows, Linux and macOS programs. Its lift driver uses pcrecomp to translate 16-bit x86 functions to C, while a local runtime implements the DOS, video, audio and input services the games expect.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 3
Last commit: 2026-11-03
Language: C
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Users need their own Aliens of Gold v2.10R and Planet Strike V1.01 game files; other versions are untested.
Testing evidence: The project is in alpha: the author reports scripted conformance runs, but neither game has had a full playthrough and macOS has not been run on a Mac.
License: MIT license.

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BibTeX

@misc{blakestone-case,
  title = {{Blake Stone: static recompilation of Aliens of Gold and Planet Strike}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/sp00nznet/blakestone}},
  url = {https://github.com/sp00nznet/blakestone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/blakestone-case/}}
}

Plain text

Blake Stone: static recompilation of Aliens of Gold and Planet Strike. https://github.com/sp00nznet/blakestone (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/blakestone-case/

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README.md GitHub · sp00nznet/blakestone · Revision be28ddc
docs/architecture.md GitHub · sp00nznet/blakestone · Revision be28ddc