Case study

lain-bootleg-bootleg: reconstructing the Lain Bootleg minigame

lain-bootleg-bootleg reconstructs the Lain Bootleg minigame in C using assets extracted from the player's original files. Python scripts unpack lain_win.dat, lain_mov.dat and lain_win.exe, while the native program implements scenes, animations, sound, video and minigame systems.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 121
Last commit: 2026-01-12
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Users must provide lain_win.dat, lain_mov.dat and lain_win.exe from the original game.
Prerequisites: Asset extraction requires opencv-python and pefile; macOS also requires Pillow and setuptools.
Prerequisites: The native build requires gcc, make, CMake and mpv development headers.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{lain-bootleg-bootleg-case,
  title = {{lain-bootleg-bootleg: reconstructing the Lain Bootleg minigame}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/ad044/lain-bootleg-bootleg}},
  url = {https://github.com/ad044/lain-bootleg-bootleg},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/lain-bootleg-bootleg-case/}}
}

Plain text

lain-bootleg-bootleg: reconstructing the Lain Bootleg minigame. https://github.com/ad044/lain-bootleg-bootleg (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/lain-bootleg-bootleg-case/

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README.md GitHub · ad044/lain-bootleg-bootleg · Revision 99dcaed
CMakeLists.txt GitHub · ad044/lain-bootleg-bootleg · Revision 99dcaed