# LOZ: rebuilding The Legend of Zelda from ROM disassembly

> LOZ remakes the original The Legend of Zelda in C++ and Allegro, using graphics and data tables extracted from the player's ROM. The author built disassembly tools and examined much of the original game code to guide the remake; the extractor and game are separate Visual Studio projects.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/aldonunez/Loz>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/aldonunez/Loz/blob/945067f89672c6a3a72c927c96fa3e822adb2bc8/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/loz-remake-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/loz-remake-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/loz-remake-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A copy of the original The Legend of Zelda ROM is required; build and run the resource extractor before the game.
- **Prerequisites:** Builds use Visual Studio 2010 and Allegro 5.2.
- **License:** Apache-2.0.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/aldonunez/Loz/blob/945067f89672c6a3a72c927c96fa3e822adb2bc8/README.md>

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