# Dorado: reconstructing a Zune HD application runtime

> Dorado reconstructs a Zune HD application runtime for .zcp and .ccgame packages. It parses NX and cabinet containers, remaps .NET Compact Framework identities and runs managed XNA 3.1 applications against a clean-room compatibility layer; the implemented desktop host also tests game rendering.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: App
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/project-dorado/dorado-emu>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/project-dorado/dorado-emu/blob/8b1fee63b15e7e22c302bf0db0335b36c0efd4c8/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/dorado-emu-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/dorado-emu-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/dorado-emu-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** .NET 8 SDK and user-provided Zune HD application packages.
- **Limits:** The Android host is planned; encrypted marketplace packages require the owner's unwrapped key.
- **License:** MIT.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/project-dorado/dorado-emu/blob/8b1fee63b15e7e22c302bf0db0335b36c0efd4c8/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/project-dorado/dorado-emu/blob/8b1fee63b15e7e22c302bf0db0335b36c0efd4c8/docs/emu-architecture.md>

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