Case study
Cryogenic: reimplementing the 1992 Dune game
Cryogenic is a C# reimplementation of Cryo's Dune, the 1992 CD version, running on Spice86. Builds target Linux, macOS, and Windows on .NET 10.
- Targets
- Game
- Category
- Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship
- Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed
- Evidence class
- C1 partial scope or analysis entry
- Stars
- 61
- Last commit
- 2026-08-14
- Language
- C#
- License (GitHub)
- Apache-2.0
GitHub data as of 2026-11-10
Evidence

- Observed
- Code, documentation, download and demo observed; a full-reconstruction candidate for manual Class 0 review.
- Scope
- Partial
- Checked
- 2026-11-09
Requirements & limits
- License: Apache License 2.0.
Cite
BibTeX
@misc{cryogenic-dune,
title = {{Cryogenic: reimplementing the 1992 Dune game}},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/OpenRakis/Cryogenic}},
url = {https://github.com/OpenRakis/Cryogenic},
urldate = {2026-11-07},
note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/cryogenic-dune/}}
}Plain text
Cryogenic: reimplementing the 1992 Dune game. https://github.com/OpenRakis/Cryogenic (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/cryogenic-dune/
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About this entry
The description was reviewed against primary sources.
Primary sources
- README.md GitHub · OpenRakis/Cryogenic · Revision 113bd49
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