# Call of Duty 2: Big Red One: reconstructing Xbox game code in C++

> Call of Duty 2: Big Red One reconstructs the original Xbox game's code as C++ toward a native Linux and Windows build. Ghidra analysis and function naming support the work; a comparison harness checks rewritten functions against the originals, primarily during gameplay and, for some functions, offline. The author reports 7,067 rewritten functions, while most mission-script functions remain unfinished.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Binary · Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/SmokeDoggy044/CoD2-BRO-Decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/SmokeDoggy044/CoD2-BRO-Decomp/blob/e9dab1cce92100cf98562c2da1c641b16606a37d/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/cod2-big-red-one-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/cod2-big-red-one-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/cod2-big-red-one-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires the user's own Call of Duty 2: Big Red One Xbox game files.
- **Limits:** The author reports 7,067 rewritten functions; most mission-script functions remain to be rewritten.
- **License:** Project-authored code is licensed under GPL-2.0-or-later; third-party licenses are listed in LICENSES/README.md.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/SmokeDoggy044/CoD2-BRO-Decomp/blob/e9dab1cce92100cf98562c2da1c641b16606a37d/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/SmokeDoggy044/CoD2-BRO-Decomp/blob/e9dab1cce92100cf98562c2da1c641b16606a37d/assets/README.md>

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