Case study

My Teacher is an Alien: Windows 95 source reconstruction

My Teacher is an Alien reconstructs the 1997 Windows 95 adventure game in C++ from Ghidra disassembly. The project compiles with MSVC 4.20 and compares rebuilt functions, calls, globals and data against the original full-game and demo binaries; the author reports both versions are playable.

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

Stars: 3
Last commit: 2026-08-03
Language: C++
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: Building uses MSVC 4.20 and wibo; running the full game requires the user's retail CD-ROM image and DREAMM.
Limits: The author reports 92.99% average function similarity for the full-game comparison.
License: GPL-3.0.

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BibTeX

@misc{my-teacher-is-an-alien-case,
  title = {{My Teacher is an Alien: Windows 95 source reconstruction}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/neuromancer/my-teacher-is-an-alien-re}},
  url = {https://github.com/neuromancer/my-teacher-is-an-alien-re},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/my-teacher-is-an-alien-case/}}
}

Plain text

My Teacher is an Alien: Windows 95 source reconstruction. https://github.com/neuromancer/my-teacher-is-an-alien-re (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/my-teacher-is-an-alien-case/

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README.md GitHub · neuromancer/my-teacher-is-an-alien-re · Revision 3d1bfe6
LICENSE GitHub · neuromancer/my-teacher-is-an-alien-re · Revision 3d1bfe6