Case study

F-15 Strike Eagle 2: reconstructing the DOS game source

F-15 Strike Eagle 2 reconstructs C and assembly source for selected executables of the MS-DOS game v451.03 from analysis of the original binaries. Its build uses Microsoft C 5.1 and can compare reconstructed executables with originals through mzdiff. The author reports instruction-level matches for C routines compiled with the original toolchain, while some sound-related executables remain outside the reconstruction.

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

Stars: 149
Last commit: 2026-09-06
Language: C
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Build with Microsoft C 5.1 and DOSBox; running requires original game data.
Prerequisites: Verification requires the original executables in the bin directory.
Limits: Sound support from the reconstructed loader and asound reconstruction remain open.
License: MIT license.

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BibTeX

@misc{f15-strike-eagle-2-reconstruction-case,
  title = {{F-15 Strike Eagle 2: reconstructing the DOS game source}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/neuviemeporte/f15se2-re}},
  url = {https://github.com/neuviemeporte/f15se2-re},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/f15-strike-eagle-2-reconstruction-case/}}
}

Plain text

F-15 Strike Eagle 2: reconstructing the DOS game source. https://github.com/neuviemeporte/f15se2-re (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/f15-strike-eagle-2-reconstruction-case/

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README.md GitHub · neuviemeporte/f15se2-re · Revision 8e24fe5