{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/sp00nznet/heavymetal/blob/fe5c1ab3c5609c362ed03e625c4c51bbb4f1bbfb/docs/ANALYSIS.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "Heavy Metal: FAKK2 lifts the original Windows game executable from x86 instructions to compilable C and builds a native 32-bit Windows program. Its pipeline discovers functions, maps the original image addresses, and bridges Win32 imports and callbacks; the author reports that engine initialization reaches a runtime fault before rendering.",
  "description_zh": "Heavy Metal: FAKK2 将原版 Windows 游戏可执行文件的 x86 指令转译为可编译的 C，构建 32 位 Windows 程序。其流程识别函数、映射原始镜像地址，并连接 Win32 导入函数和回调；作者报告引擎初始化可运行到渲染前的故障点。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/heavy-metal-fakk2-recomp-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/heavy-metal-fakk2-recomp-case/",
  "evidence_class": 2,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/sp00nznet/heavymetal/blob/fe5c1ab3c5609c362ed03e625c4c51bbb4f1bbfb/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "heavy-metal-fakk2-recomp-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/heavy-metal-fakk2-recomp-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/heavy-metal-fakk2-recomp-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/heavy-metal-fakk2-recomp-case/index.md",
  "name": "Heavy Metal: FAKK2: an x86-to-C static recompilation",
  "name_zh": "Heavy Metal: FAKK2：x86 到 C 的静态重编译",
  "reconstruction_method": "static-recompilation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Provide your own fakk2.exe, gamex86.dll, cgamex86.dll, and game asset folder.",
    "Build a 32-bit x86 Windows host.",
    "Rendering and gameplay are still pending.",
    "MIT for repository code."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "自备 fakk2.exe、gamex86.dll、cgamex86.dll 和游戏资源目录。",
    "需要构建 32 位 x86 Windows 宿主程序。",
    "渲染和游戏流程仍待完成。",
    "仓库代码采用 MIT 许可证。"
  ],
  "scope": "unknown",
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/sp00nznet/heavymetal",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}