{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/BirchWoodGod/halo2-decomp/blob/080b4d46e1f292a0f0b5cb1950c7b70dd8ef3888/ENGINE.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "Halo 2 engine decompilation recovers selected routines from the original Xbox game into native C for Linux. It compares data arrays, allocation and other engine behavior against original XBE instructions, and provides a host that probes recovered pools and configuration loading.",
  "description_zh": "Halo 2 engine decompilation 将初代 Xbox 游戏中的部分引擎例程恢复为 Linux 原生 C 代码。项目用原始 XBE 指令差分检查数据数组、分配等行为，并以宿主程序探测引擎池和配置加载。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/halo2-engine-recovery-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/halo2-engine-recovery-case/",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/BirchWoodGod/halo2-decomp/blob/080b4d46e1f292a0f0b5cb1950c7b70dd8ef3888/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "halo2-engine-recovery-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/halo2-engine-recovery-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/halo2-engine-recovery-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/halo2-engine-recovery-case/index.md",
  "name": "Halo 2 engine decompilation: differential recovery for Linux",
  "name_zh": "Halo 2 engine decompilation：面向 Linux 的差分式引擎恢复",
  "reconstruction_method": "decompilation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "A matching original Halo 2 default.xbe supplied locally.",
    "C11 compiler, CMake, Ninja and OpenSSL development files for the native build.",
    "The engine remains incomplete and there is no runnable game.",
    "CC0-1.0 licence."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需在本地提供匹配的 Halo 2 原版 default.xbe。",
    "原生构建需要 C11 编译器、CMake、Ninja 和 OpenSSL 开发文件。",
    "引擎尚未完成，当前没有可运行的完整游戏。",
    "采用 CC0-1.0 许可。"
  ],
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/BirchWoodGod/halo2-decomp",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}