Case study

Firestaff: rebuilding the Dungeon Master game engines

Firestaff rebuilds runtime paths for Dungeon Master, Chaos Strikes Back, Dungeon Master II and Theron's Quest using original media supplied by the player. It identifies editions by content hash and keeps their data separate from its native engine. Source-linked reports and regression checks document supported startup and gameplay slices; Nexus currently reaches a limited Saturn title presentation path.

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: 15
Last commit: 2026-11-03
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Requires the user's original game media; supported editions are identified by content hash.
Limits: The author reports bounded runtime coverage for four titles; Nexus is not yet playable, and campaign, save and visual parity remain in progress.
License: MIT license.

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BibTeX

@misc{firestaff-dungeon-master-case,
  title = {{Firestaff: rebuilding the Dungeon Master game engines}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/yeager/firestaff}},
  url = {https://github.com/yeager/firestaff},
  urldate = {2026-11-08},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/firestaff-dungeon-master-case/}}
}

Plain text

Firestaff: rebuilding the Dungeon Master game engines. https://github.com/yeager/firestaff (accessed 2026-11-08). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/firestaff-dungeon-master-case/

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README.md GitHub · yeager/firestaff · Revision 4d3da20
docs/DOCUMENTATION_INDEX.md GitHub · yeager/firestaff · Revision 4d3da20