# OpenMoonstone: reimplementing Moonstone from its original game files

> OpenMoonstone reimplements the Amiga and DOS game Moonstone in Rust with SDL2. It loads resources from a user-supplied DOS copy and contains code for combat, campaign maps and resource extraction, along with IDA analysis scripts. The documented campaign map remains in development.

- 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/joetsoi/OpenMoonstone>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/joetsoi/OpenMoonstone/blob/60b253ec76c6b85924de6c9d08d42e9e42913760/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/openmoonstone-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/openmoonstone-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/openmoonstone-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A DOS copy of the original Moonstone is required.
- **Prerequisites:** Stable Rust and SDL2 are required for development.
- **Testing evidence:** Only Ubuntu and Windows are described as tested.
- **License:** AGPL-3.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/joetsoi/OpenMoonstone/blob/60b253ec76c6b85924de6c9d08d42e9e42913760/README.md>

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