Case study

Duke2Reconstructed: matching Duke Nukem II source reconstruction

Duke2Reconstructed rebuilds Duke Nukem II's DOS source in C and assembly from disassembly of the original executable. The author reports that an era-appropriate build produces a byte-identical binary after LZEXE compression, while original names and file organization remain approximations.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

Stars: 374
Last commit: 2025-04-13
Language: C
License (GitHub): GPL-2.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: An era-appropriate DOS toolchain is required for the documented build.
Limits: Original identifiers and source-file organization cannot be recovered exactly from the executable.
License: GPL-2.0 license.

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BibTeX

@misc{duke2reconstructed-case,
  title = {{Duke2Reconstructed: matching Duke Nukem II source reconstruction}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/lethal-guitar/Duke2Reconstructed}},
  url = {https://github.com/lethal-guitar/Duke2Reconstructed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/duke2reconstructed-case/}}
}

Plain text

Duke2Reconstructed: matching Duke Nukem II source reconstruction. https://github.com/lethal-guitar/Duke2Reconstructed (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/duke2reconstructed-case/

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README.md GitHub · lethal-guitar/Duke2Reconstructed · Revision 980cee9