Case study

Epic Pinball HD: reimplementing the DOS pinball engine for macOS

Epic Pinball HD reimplements the DOS Epic Pinball engine as a native macOS app with classic and enhanced modes. It imports tables and media from the user's own copy, runs some original executable rules through a small x86 runtime and compares classic-mode behavior with original code in Unicorn. Across all 13 tables, the author reports matches in 415/415 physics scenarios, 415/415 rules scenarios and 413/415 full-main-loop scenarios.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 0
Last commit: 2026-10-02
Language: Swift
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A legally owned Epic Pinball CD image or installed game files are required.
Prerequisites: An Apple silicon Mac with macOS 14 or later, Swift 6.x, libopenmpt and pkgconf is required.
Testing evidence: The GOG edition has not been tested directly.
License: GPL-3.0-or-later for the project's own code and documentation.

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BibTeX

@misc{epic-pinball-hd-case,
  title = {{Epic Pinball HD: reimplementing the DOS pinball engine for macOS}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/tmm22/epic-pinball-hd}},
  url = {https://github.com/tmm22/epic-pinball-hd},
  urldate = {2026-11-08},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/epic-pinball-hd-case/}}
}

Plain text

Epic Pinball HD: reimplementing the DOS pinball engine for macOS. https://github.com/tmm22/epic-pinball-hd (accessed 2026-11-08). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/epic-pinball-hd-case/

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README.md GitHub · tmm22/epic-pinball-hd · Revision 6fbb254
app/README.md GitHub · tmm22/epic-pinball-hd · Revision 6fbb254