{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/jessperler88/Magic-Carpet-port/blob/18cbfd5da0b3d7fc5481595b0b6c9b32abd58036/docs/analysis/README.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "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.",
  "description_zh": "Magic Carpet 根据 carpet.exe 的分析结果，将 Bullfrog 的 1994 年 DOS 游戏重建为 Windows x64 的 C++17/SDL2 移植版。仓库包含 Ghidra 命名数据、格式文档和 DOSBox 对照工具；作者称已记录的测试中，模拟状态逐刻一致、画面逐像素一致。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/magic-carpet-native-port-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/magic-carpet-native-port-case/",
  "evidence_class": 2,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/jessperler88/Magic-Carpet-port/blob/18cbfd5da0b3d7fc5481595b0b6c9b32abd58036/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "magic-carpet-native-port-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/magic-carpet-native-port-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/magic-carpet-native-port-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/magic-carpet-native-port-case/index.md",
  "name": "Magic Carpet: a DOS game reconstruction and Windows port",
  "name_zh": "Magic Carpet：DOS 游戏重建与 Windows 移植",
  "reconstruction_method": "port",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "The player's own DOS retail Magic Carpet files, including carpet.exe and data directories, are required.",
    "Windows x64, Visual Studio 2022+, CMake 3.25+, Python 3.10+ and SDL2 through vcpkg are required.",
    "The Hidden Worlds expansion requires its own HIDDEN.EXE and expansion data.",
    "GPL-3.0-or-later License."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要玩家自己的 DOS 零售版 Magic Carpet 文件，包括 carpet.exe 和数据目录。",
    "需要 Windows x64、Visual Studio 2022 或更新版本、CMake 3.25+、Python 3.10+，以及通过 vcpkg 安装的 SDL2。",
    "Hidden Worlds 扩展内容还需要其 HIDDEN.EXE 和扩展数据。",
    "采用 GPL-3.0-or-later 许可证。"
  ],
  "scope": "unknown",
  "targets": [
    "binary",
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/jessperler88/Magic-Carpet-port",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}