# KULT: a C reconstruction of the Atari ST game's core

> kult-atari-st-c hand-reimplements the core of the Atari ST game Kult: The Temple of Flying Saucers in documented C, using an assembly decompilation as its behavioral reference. A Musashi-based differential harness runs original routines and compares memory and registers with the C candidates. The repository supplies core code and tests.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/hunkstalker/kult-atari-st-c>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/hunkstalker/kult-atari-st-c/blob/beebb5219f67ae2879a7cddf0b6a85e35aaca164/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/kult-atari-st-c-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/kult-atari-st-c-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/kult-atari-st-c-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** The differential test workflow is designed for Linux or WSL and uses Python 3 and the project's verification kit.
- **Scope:** The repository supplies core code and tests but no playable executable or original game material.
- **License:** Project-authored code is MIT; the verification kit is GPL-2.0.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/hunkstalker/kult-atari-st-c/blob/beebb5219f67ae2879a7cddf0b6a85e35aaca164/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/hunkstalker/kult-atari-st-c/blob/beebb5219f67ae2879a7cddf0b6a85e35aaca164/test/README.md>

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