# Chronon: reimplementing Anachronox on Quake 2

> Chronon is an open-source reimplementation of Anachronox on the Quake 2 engine. The README says the work follows public documentation and observation, and that nothing is playable yet.

- 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/hogsy/chronon>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/hogsy/chronon/blob/a54d3deae8768af702884ddd8be921a32e229a2d/readme.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/chronon-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/chronon-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/chronon-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- The engine can initialise itself from an Anachronox game directory and load the game's DAT packages.
- The README names no license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/hogsy/chronon/blob/a54d3deae8768af702884ddd8be921a32e229a2d/readme.md>

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