Case study

Magic Carpet: a DOS game reconstruction and Windows port

Magic Carpet reconstructs Bullfrog's 1994 DOS game as a Windows x64 C++17 and SDL2 port from analysis of carpet.exe. The repository includes Ghidra naming data, format documentation and a DOSBox reference harness; the author reports matching simulation ticks and rendered frames in recorded comparisons.

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

Stars: 1
Last commit: 2026-10-08
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

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: The player's own DOS retail Magic Carpet files, including carpet.exe and data directories, are required.
Prerequisites: Windows x64, Visual Studio 2022+, CMake 3.25+, Python 3.10+ and SDL2 through vcpkg are required.
Prerequisites: The Hidden Worlds expansion requires its own HIDDEN.EXE and expansion data.
License: GPL-3.0-or-later License.

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BibTeX

@misc{magic-carpet-native-port-case,
  title = {{Magic Carpet: a DOS game reconstruction and Windows port}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/jessperler88/Magic-Carpet-port}},
  url = {https://github.com/jessperler88/Magic-Carpet-port},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/magic-carpet-native-port-case/}}
}

Plain text

Magic Carpet: a DOS game reconstruction and Windows port. https://github.com/jessperler88/Magic-Carpet-port (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/magic-carpet-native-port-case/

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README.md GitHub · jessperler88/Magic-Carpet-port · Revision 18cbfd5
docs/analysis/README.md GitHub · jessperler88/Magic-Carpet-port · Revision 18cbfd5