Case study

f2bgl: reimplementing the Fade To Black engine

f2bgl reimplements the engine of the 1995 game Fade To Black in C++. It loads files from the original PC release or demo and provides rendering, input, audio and save-state handling through an SDL2-based build.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 81
Last commit: 2020-10-18
Language: C++
Status: Archived

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: Original Fade To Black PC release or demo files are required.
Prerequisites: The Makefile links SDL2, OpenGL, zlib, WildMidi and FluidSynth.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{f2bgl-case,
  title = {{f2bgl: reimplementing the Fade To Black engine}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/cyxx/f2bgl}},
  url = {https://github.com/cyxx/f2bgl},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/f2bgl-case/}}
}

Plain text

f2bgl: reimplementing the Fade To Black engine. https://github.com/cyxx/f2bgl (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/f2bgl-case/

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Primary sources

README.txt GitHub · cyxx/f2bgl · Revision 0b84f41
Makefile GitHub · cyxx/f2bgl · Revision 0b84f41