{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/sp00nznet/gta/blob/61182a9f6ed83102c8b9343e703c5f3a0027c822/docs/PROGRESS.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "Grand Theft Auto translates the 1997 Windows game's x86 executable into C and links it with modern replacements for Win32, DirectDraw and sound services. The repository supplies a runtime, import bridges and analysis tools; the author reports that the translated game reaches its title screen and city-selection menu. Related executables for GTA London and GTA2 are also investigated.",
  "description_zh": "Grand Theft Auto 将 1997 年 Windows 游戏的 x86 可执行文件转换为 C，并连接替代 Win32、DirectDraw 和音频服务的实现。仓库提供运行时、导入桥接及分析工具；作者报告转换后的程序可进入标题画面和城市选择菜单，另对 GTA London 与 GTA2 可执行文件进行了调查。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/grand-theft-auto-1997-recomp-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/grand-theft-auto-1997-recomp-case/",
  "evidence_class": 2,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/sp00nznet/gta/blob/61182a9f6ed83102c8b9343e703c5f3a0027c822/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "grand-theft-auto-1997-recomp-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/grand-theft-auto-1997-recomp-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/grand-theft-auto-1997-recomp-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/grand-theft-auto-1997-recomp-case/index.md",
  "name": "Grand Theft Auto: a Windows static recompilation of the 1997 game",
  "name_zh": "Grand Theft Auto：1997 年游戏的 Windows 静态重编译版",
  "reconstruction_method": "static-recompilation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "The user's own original Grand Theft Auto executable and extracted game data.",
    "Windows Win32 build with Visual Studio 2022, CMake 3.20+, Python 3.10+, capstone, pefile and pcrecomp.",
    "The front end does not yet start a loaded city.",
    "MIT License."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要用户自备的原版 Grand Theft Auto 可执行文件及提取后的游戏数据。",
    "需要 Windows Win32 构建环境：Visual Studio 2022、CMake 3.20+、Python 3.10+、capstone、pefile 和 pcrecomp。",
    "前端目前尚不能启动已加载的城市。",
    "MIT 许可证。"
  ],
  "scope": "unknown",
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/sp00nznet/gta",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}