# OpenBoxer: incremental reconstruction of Месть боксера game functions

> OpenBoxer reconstructs selected functions of the Windows game Месть боксера. Московский криминалитет as an injected replacement DLL. The project documents behavior contracts and paired checks for MS3D loading, rendering, animation and bounded attack paths; unsupported states return to the original game functions.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Stizzzly/OpenBoxer>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Stizzzly/OpenBoxer/blob/559734bc0a08d74c41ef68cdd472aa7e55b95294/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/openboxer-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/openboxer-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/openboxer-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Building requires Windows, CMake 3.20+, Ninja, Clang and an i686 MinGW sysroot.
- **Prerequisites:** Native checks require the supported original game copy and the launcher's fixed laboratory directory and marker.
- **Limits:** The replacement covers selected functions and is tied to developer-specific paths.
- **License:** MIT license for newly written project code; included ColDet retains LGPL-2.0-or-later.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Stizzzly/OpenBoxer/blob/559734bc0a08d74c41ef68cdd472aa7e55b95294/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/Stizzzly/OpenBoxer/blob/559734bc0a08d74c41ef68cdd472aa7e55b95294/specs/platform/LIBS-static-notes.md>

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