# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Marvisak/mafia-re>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Marvisak/mafia-re/blob/113b5b60b2b09b7a84a6221abeab3c7d0f0bc7fd/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mafia-re/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mafia-re/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/mafia-re/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Marvisak/mafia-re/blob/113b5b60b2b09b7a84a6221abeab3c7d0f0bc7fd/README.md>

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