Case study

OpenRaider: a rewritten engine for Tomb Raider 1–3

OpenRaider reimplements an engine for Tomb Raider 1, 2 and 3 using their original asset files. Its C++ code includes level loaders for all three versions, rendering and audio components, and support for custom maps based on those engines.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 86
Last commit: 2024-05-11
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-2.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Supply Tomb Raider asset files, including maps and, for TR2/TR3, TOMBPC.DAT and MAIN.SFX.
Prerequisites: Build dependencies include a C++11 compiler, CMake, OpenGL, GLM, glbinding and SDL2 or GLFW.
License: GPL-2.0 license.

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BibTeX

@misc{openraider-rewrite-case,
  title = {{OpenRaider: a rewritten engine for Tomb Raider 1–3}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/xythobuz/OpenRaider}},
  url = {https://github.com/xythobuz/OpenRaider},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/openraider-rewrite-case/}}
}

Plain text

OpenRaider: a rewritten engine for Tomb Raider 1–3. https://github.com/xythobuz/OpenRaider (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/openraider-rewrite-case/

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README.md GitHub · xythobuz/OpenRaider · Revision f64b8e6