Case study

pc-abelsmt: statically recompiling ABEL for PC

pc-abelsmt ports the FM Towns game ABEL - Shin Mokushiroku Taisen to PC by statically recompiling its 386 programs and TBIOS to C++ on fmtownskit. It includes a runtime, extraction and comparison tools, and notes on disc and executable formats. The author reports that early screens match MAME pixel for pixel.

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: 0
Last commit: 2026-10-23
Language: Python
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Supply the user's own ABEL disc files and the documented FM Towns BIOS files.
Prerequisites: Build instructions use fmtownskit, Python, CMake, Ninja and clang++.
Limits: The route to the first dungeon, saving and English translation remain unfinished.
License: MIT licence.

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BibTeX

@misc{pc-abelsmt-case,
  title = {{pc-abelsmt: statically recompiling ABEL for PC}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/pc-abelsmt}},
  url = {https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/pc-abelsmt},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/pc-abelsmt-case/}}
}

Plain text

pc-abelsmt: statically recompiling ABEL for PC. https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/pc-abelsmt (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/pc-abelsmt-case/

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README.md GitHub · vs-sr-dev/pc-abelsmt · Revision b58c21a
docs/00-sessions.md GitHub · vs-sr-dev/pc-abelsmt · Revision b58c21a