# OpenDeathValley: Desperados file readers and script disassembly

> OpenDeathValley develops an engine for Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive around readers for the game's resource files. Its C code parses DVD, DVF, DVM, SCB and other formats, can extract selected images as BMP files, and includes an SCB script disassembler with named game functions.

- 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/OpenDeathValley/OpenDeathValley>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/OpenDeathValley/OpenDeathValley/blob/4397a0fe77be10db375d59f7ecb2ad8db825473c/apps/files_test/odv_files_test.c>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/opendeathvalley-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/opendeathvalley-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/opendeathvalley-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **License:** GPL-3.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/OpenDeathValley/OpenDeathValley/blob/4397a0fe77be10db375d59f7ecb2ad8db825473c/apps/files_test/odv_files_test.c>
2. <https://github.com/OpenDeathValley/OpenDeathValley/blob/4397a0fe77be10db375d59f7ecb2ad8db825473c/README.md>
3. <https://github.com/OpenDeathValley/OpenDeathValley/blob/4397a0fe77be10db375d59f7ecb2ad8db825473c/components/files/odv_scb_disassembler.c>

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