# OpenTitus: porting the Titus the Fox and Moktar engine

> OpenTitus ports the DOS game engine used by Titus the Fox and Moktar into a C program for Linux and Windows. It parses files from the user's original games, including SQZ levels, sprites and images, and uses titus.conf to select their paths and game-specific settings.

- 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/stople/OpenTitus>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/stople/OpenTitus/blob/6540e8f2867f99aff54ad1a710ae6379ecb9c590/README>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/opentitus-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/opentitus-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/opentitus-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Original Titus the Fox or Moktar game files.
- **Prerequisites:** SDL and SDL_mixer runtime libraries.
- **Limits:** The author notes possible differences from the original games.
- **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/stople/OpenTitus/blob/6540e8f2867f99aff54ad1a710ae6379ecb9c590/README>

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