Case study

OpenWINGS: reconstructing Wings flight and terrain behavior

OpenWINGS studies the DOS game Wings v1.40 and reconstructs flight, terrain collision, landing and damage behavior in portable C. Ghidra analysis, symbol maps and DOSBox-X traces support tick-by-tick differential checks; the author reports eight functions verified so far.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

Stars: 0
Last commit: 2026-09-24
Language: Python

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Supply the Wings v1.40 game archive.
Prerequisites: The analysis workflow uses Ghidra, DOSBox-X and Python dependencies named in the project.
Limits: The author reports eight of 975 identified functions verified; weapons and projectiles are the next milestone.
License: MIT for the project's code and documentation.

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BibTeX

@misc{openwings-wings-reconstruction-case,
  title = {{OpenWINGS: reconstructing Wings flight and terrain behavior}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Wyrelade/OpenWINGS}},
  url = {https://github.com/Wyrelade/OpenWINGS},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/openwings-wings-reconstruction-case/}}
}

Plain text

OpenWINGS: reconstructing Wings flight and terrain behavior. https://github.com/Wyrelade/OpenWINGS (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/openwings-wings-reconstruction-case/

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README.md GitHub · Wyrelade/OpenWINGS · Revision 6c7bbdd
PROGRESS.md GitHub · Wyrelade/OpenWINGS · Revision 6c7bbdd