# FrontierVM 3: a 68000-to-native Frontier: Elite II port

> FrontierVM 3 translates a separately supplied 68000 disassembly of the Atari ST Frontier: Elite II into native C or i386 assembly. The repository includes assembler, disassembler and host code, plus an experimental OpenGL renderer alongside the original software rendering path.

- 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/pcercuei/glfrontier>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/pcercuei/glfrontier/blob/0a09ada86d8250f6f239b271e9f034e42fb2e1bf/README>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/glfrontier-elite-ii-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/glfrontier-elite-ii-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/glfrontier-elite-ii-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** An external fe2.s disassembly of the original game; the repository does not provide it.
- **Limits:** The OpenGL renderer is experimental and omits many primitives.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/pcercuei/glfrontier/blob/0a09ada86d8250f6f239b271e9f034e42fb2e1bf/README>

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