# OpenSolomonsKey: a Linux and Windows port of Solomon's Key

> OpenSolomonsKey ports the 1986 arcade game Solomon's Key to Linux and Windows in C++. Its source includes gameplay, graphics, audio, level handling and platform entry points, with build scripts for the supported systems.

- 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/mdodis/OpenSolomonsKey>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/mdodis/OpenSolomonsKey/blob/6694f80e40ab1ea284583bb0eb26795c60a1481f/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/open-solomons-key-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/open-solomons-key-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/open-solomons-key-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Windows builds require glm in an incl folder at the project root; Linux builds require Xlib and ALSA development libraries.
- **Limits:** The level file format is described as planned.
- **License:** Released under the Unlicense.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/mdodis/OpenSolomonsKey/blob/6694f80e40ab1ea284583bb0eb26795c60a1481f/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/mdodis/OpenSolomonsKey/blob/6694f80e40ab1ea284583bb0eb26795c60a1481f/LICENSE>

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