# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: 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/neuromancer/my-teacher-is-an-alien-re>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/neuromancer/my-teacher-is-an-alien-re/blob/3d1bfe60522ae05b86bbd2252fd01c8d0a11c3df/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/my-teacher-is-an-alien-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/my-teacher-is-an-alien-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/my-teacher-is-an-alien-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/neuromancer/my-teacher-is-an-alien-re/blob/3d1bfe60522ae05b86bbd2252fd01c8d0a11c3df/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/neuromancer/my-teacher-is-an-alien-re/blob/3d1bfe60522ae05b86bbd2252fd01c8d0a11c3df/LICENSE>

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