Case study

Mafia-RE: matching decompilation of Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven

Mafia-RE decompiles Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (Illusion Softworks, 2002) for versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, and Steam's 2010 setup rebuild. Version 1.2 is the main target. The README says rw_data.dll, IJoy.dll, and setup.exe already build byte-for-byte with the original toolchains, while Game.exe has been started.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07

Stars: 46
Last commit: 2026-11-09
Language: C++

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Requirements & limits

Windows, Git, Python 3, and CMake 3.29 or newer. The game binaries are built with Visual C++ 6.0. Steam's 2010 setup uses Visual C++ 2008 SP1.
The README names no license.

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BibTeX

@misc{mafia-re,
  title = {{Mafia-RE: matching decompilation of Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Marvisak/mafia-re}},
  url = {https://github.com/Marvisak/mafia-re},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/mafia-re/}}
}

Plain text

Mafia-RE: matching decompilation of Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven. https://github.com/Marvisak/mafia-re (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/mafia-re/

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README.md GitHub · Marvisak/mafia-re · Revision 113b5b6