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OpenRakis: reverse engineering Cryo’s Dune

OpenRakis is a work-in-progress reverse-engineering project for Cryo's Dune. The README describes the PC DOS floppy and CD layouts, an asm directory for the original x86 DOS assembly, and an 8086 16-bit real-mode IDA setup for DNCDPRG.EXE with entry CS 1ED.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07

Stars: 38
Last commit: 2026-05-30
Language: Assembly
License (GitHub): Apache-2.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Requirements & limits

The README does not name a license or a build command. It points to IDA Freeware, Ghidra, UNLZEXE, DOSBox Debugger, Spice86, and Cryogenic.

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BibTeX

@misc{openrakis,
  title = {{OpenRakis: reverse engineering Cryo’s Dune}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/OpenRakis/OpenRakis}},
  url = {https://github.com/OpenRakis/OpenRakis},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/openrakis/}}
}

Plain text

OpenRakis: reverse engineering Cryo’s Dune. https://github.com/OpenRakis/OpenRakis (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/openrakis/

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README.md GitHub · OpenRakis/OpenRakis · Revision 2567749