Case study

Chicken Invaders 1: rebuilding the 1999 game

Chicken Invaders 1 rebuilds the original 1999 game in C++ with a separate UveDX engine layer. Its reverse-engineering notes cover game classes, scoring and file formats, while the author reports that the current build is playable despite remaining bugs and decompiled variable names.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 3
Last commit: 2026-08-01
Language: C++
License (GitHub): AGPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Original Chicken Invaders assets must be supplied separately.
Prerequisites: CMake 3.25 or later for the root build.
Limits: The project remains in progress with bugs and decompiled variable names.
License: AGPL-3.0 license.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{chicken-invaders-1-case,
  title = {{Chicken Invaders 1: rebuilding the 1999 game}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/LockBlock-dev/chicken-invaders}},
  url = {https://github.com/LockBlock-dev/chicken-invaders},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/chicken-invaders-1-case/}}
}

Plain text

Chicken Invaders 1: rebuilding the 1999 game. https://github.com/LockBlock-dev/chicken-invaders (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/chicken-invaders-1-case/

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README.md GitHub · LockBlock-dev/chicken-invaders · Revision 8b1f4a0
doc/reverse_engineering/README.md GitHub · LockBlock-dev/chicken-invaders · Revision 8b1f4a0