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  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/watsonmw/fe2-intro/blob/29b61f12a1f543318cec44d0e3cf65d0f3c4bf27/docs/overview.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "Frontier Elite II Intro Player recreates the Frontier: Elite II intro renderer and audio playback in C for Amiga and SDL platforms. It reads models and music from an original game executable, implements the game's 16-bit 3D model bytecode, and includes a model compiler and decompiler. The author reports that most of the original graphics code is covered, while 2D and navigation rendering remain incomplete.",
  "description_zh": "Frontier Elite II Intro Player 用 C 重建《Frontier: Elite II》片头的 3D 渲染和音频播放，支持 Amiga 与 SDL 平台。它从原版可执行文件读取模型和音乐，实现游戏的 16 位模型字节码，并提供模型编译器与反编译器。作者称已覆盖原版大部分图形代码，2D 与导航画面仍不完整。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/frontier-elite-ii-intro-player-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/frontier-elite-ii-intro-player-case/",
  "evidence_class": 1,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/watsonmw/fe2-intro/blob/29b61f12a1f543318cec44d0e3cf65d0f3c4bf27/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "frontier-elite-ii-intro-player-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/frontier-elite-ii-intro-player-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/frontier-elite-ii-intro-player-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/frontier-elite-ii-intro-player-case/index.md",
  "name": "Frontier Elite II Intro Player: reconstructing the game's intro renderer and audio",
  "name_zh": "Frontier Elite II Intro Player：重建游戏片头渲染与音频",
  "preview_kind": "image",
  "preview_url": "https://awesomerea.org/previews/frontier-elite-ii-intro-player-case.png",
  "reconstruction_method": "port",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "An original Frontier: Elite II executable from the CD32 or final Elite Club shareware release is required in the same directory as fintro.",
    "Amiga use requires RTG and a fast Amiga; the SDL build supports Linux, Windows with MinGW, and macOS.",
    "Some 2D and navigation or galaxy rendering remains incomplete.",
    "No licence file in the repository."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要将 CD32 版或最终 Elite Club 共享软件版的《Frontier: Elite II》原版可执行文件放在 fintro 同一目录。",
    "Amiga 运行需要 RTG 和性能较高的机器；SDL 版本支持 Linux、使用 MinGW 的 Windows 及 macOS。",
    "部分 2D 及导航、星系画面渲染仍未完成。",
    "仓库中没有许可证文件。"
  ],
  "scope": "partial",
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/watsonmw/fe2-intro",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}