# FlyingDodgem: decompiling and porting HOVER!

> FlyingDodgem reconstructs the 1995 game HOVER! as C source and adapts it for Linux and Android. The project uses original MAZES, SOUNDS and DASHRES.DLL data, includes SDL3 platform code, and commits a reccmp comparison report while pursuing behavioral and binary matches.

- 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/Link4Electronics/FlyingDodgem>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Link4Electronics/FlyingDodgem/blob/b2a324a54ccf5bbaac805683467774eeae291177/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/flyingdodgem-hover-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/flyingdodgem-hover-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/flyingdodgem-hover-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A legally obtained HOVER! installation supplying MAZES, SOUNDS and DASHRES.DLL.
- **Prerequisites:** SDL3 and a 32-bit x86 compiler; MSVC 2.2 is specified for matching builds.
- **License:** GNU GPL version 3.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Link4Electronics/FlyingDodgem/blob/b2a324a54ccf5bbaac805683467774eeae291177/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/Link4Electronics/FlyingDodgem/blob/b2a324a54ccf5bbaac805683467774eeae291177/reccmp-report/README.md>

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