# OpenScreamer: reconstructing Screamer and Screamer 2

> OpenScreamer reimplements the DOS games Screamer and Screamer 2 as a C/SDL2 program for Linux and Windows. It reads files from the user's game folders and includes unpackers, Ghidra scripts, viewers and notes mapping game formats and behavior to the original programs.

- 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/ItsDanik/openscreamer>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/ItsDanik/openscreamer/blob/96109a8d1b1d80f8423ac3ca114caeb4a1b23366/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/openscreamer-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/openscreamer-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/openscreamer-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Provide the original DATA and GFX folders for each game you want to play.
- **Prerequisites:** Building requires SDL2, CMake and a C compiler.
- **Limits:** The project is beta; Screamer 2 lacks two-player, network and 65,000-colour modes.
- **License:** GPL-3.0 for project source; bundled components retain their stated licences.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/ItsDanik/openscreamer/blob/96109a8d1b1d80f8423ac3ca114caeb4a1b23366/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/ItsDanik/openscreamer/blob/96109a8d1b1d80f8423ac3ca114caeb4a1b23366/docs/NOTES2.md>

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