# MechRewired: rebuilding MechWarrior 2 from original game data

> MechRewired rebuilds the MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat experience around data imported from a user's DOS copy. Its code loads original resources and missions, while providing a new cockpit, terrain rendering and combat simulation for modern platforms.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-06
- Original resource: <https://github.com/deanthecoder/MechRewired>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/deanthecoder/MechRewired/blob/2151bcea58d5447436cb9362eca9d6f8a987493e/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mechrewired-mechwarrior-2-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mechrewired-mechwarrior-2-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/mechrewired-mechwarrior-2-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires the user's own MechWarrior 2 DOS game data; the author identifies PC English MS-DOS v1.1 as the checked package.
- **License:** MIT License for the project source.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/deanthecoder/MechRewired/blob/2151bcea58d5447436cb9362eca9d6f8a987493e/README.md>

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