Case study

mgcarpet: reconstructing the Magic Carpet games with turn comparisons

mgcarpet rebuilds Magic Carpet, Hidden Worlds and Magic Carpet 2 in a Rust engine that imports data from the user's game copies. Its simulation is compared turn by turn with state and input recorded from retail executables in instrumented DOSBox; the author reports matching certified recordings while tracking exceptions. Rendering and audio are rewritten separately, with deliberate differences documented.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 17
Last commit: 2026-10-18
Language: Rust
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Original game data from a legally owned copy.
Prerequisites: Rust 1.85 or newer; Linux builds need ALSA headers.
Testing evidence: The author reports exact simulation replay only across certified recordings; rendering and audio are excluded from exact comparison.
License: GPL-3.0-or-later licence.

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BibTeX

@misc{mgcarpet-case,
  title = {{mgcarpet: reconstructing the Magic Carpet games with turn comparisons}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/raincz/mgcarpet}},
  url = {https://github.com/raincz/mgcarpet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/mgcarpet-case/}}
}

Plain text

mgcarpet: reconstructing the Magic Carpet games with turn comparisons. https://github.com/raincz/mgcarpet (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/mgcarpet-case/

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README.md GitHub · raincz/mgcarpet · Revision 9a82c64
docs/CONFORMANCE-REPORT.md GitHub · raincz/mgcarpet · Revision 9a82c64