# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Binary · 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/jessperler88/Magic-Carpet-port>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/jessperler88/Magic-Carpet-port/blob/18cbfd5da0b3d7fc5481595b0b6c9b32abd58036/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/magic-carpet-native-port-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/magic-carpet-native-port-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/magic-carpet-native-port-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/jessperler88/Magic-Carpet-port/blob/18cbfd5da0b3d7fc5481595b0b6c9b32abd58036/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/jessperler88/Magic-Carpet-port/blob/18cbfd5da0b3d7fc5481595b0b6c9b32abd58036/docs/analysis/README.md>

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