Case study

hyperblade-decomp: matching HyperBlade's Windows executable

hyperblade-decomp reconstructs the HyperBlade HYPERX.EXE v1.0.0.1 source and scores byte matches per function with reccmp. Its source is organized by game subsystem and compiled with Visual C++ 6.0 SP3; a separate bring-up build runs a basic game mode. The author reports that most game functions match exactly.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08

Stars: 2
Last commit: 2026-11-08
Language: C++
License (GitHub): LGPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Windows with Git Bash, CMake 3.21 or newer and Python 3.12 or newer.
Prerequisites: A user-owned HyperBlade copy with HYPERX.EXE v1.0.0.1 and the Visual C++ 6.0 SP3 toolchain.
Prerequisites: The basic bring-up build uses the user's disc DATA folder.
License: LGPL-3.0-only for the project's own work.

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BibTeX

@misc{hyperblade-decomp-case,
  title = {{hyperblade-decomp: matching HyperBlade's Windows executable}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/zach2good/hyperblade-decomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/zach2good/hyperblade-decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-08},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/hyperblade-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

hyperblade-decomp: matching HyperBlade's Windows executable. https://github.com/zach2good/hyperblade-decomp (accessed 2026-11-08). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/hyperblade-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · zach2good/hyperblade-decomp · Revision 90c2d44
src/README.md GitHub · zach2good/hyperblade-decomp · Revision 90c2d44