# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/neuviemeporte/f15se2-re>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/neuviemeporte/f15se2-re/blob/8e24fe55101be6ef2b018de1b4288889cf0024d9/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/f15-strike-eagle-2-reconstruction-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/f15-strike-eagle-2-reconstruction-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/f15-strike-eagle-2-reconstruction-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/neuviemeporte/f15se2-re/blob/8e24fe55101be6ef2b018de1b4288889cf0024d9/README.md>

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