# NBlood: reverse-engineered ports of Build-engine games

> NBlood provides reverse-engineered ports of Build-engine games using EDuke32 technology. Its NBlood, PCExhumed and Rednukem programs cover Blood, Exhumed or PowerSlave, and several Duke Nukem 3D-derived games; users supply the relevant game data.

- 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/NBlood/NBlood>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/NBlood/NBlood/blob/497385d64b97f4fd13b6efb3929df0f2ab3adc87/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/nblood-build-games-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/nblood-build-games-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/nblood-build-games-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Provide the relevant game data, such as Blood 1.21 files, Exhumed or PowerSlave files, or the game files and ROM dump specified for Rednukem.
- **Limits:** PCExhumed demo playback does not work yet.
- **License:** The repository includes licence text under package/common.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/NBlood/NBlood/blob/497385d64b97f4fd13b6efb3929df0f2ab3adc87/README.md>

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