# 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.

- 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/vs-sr-dev/pc-abelsmt>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/pc-abelsmt/blob/b58c21a14f2eae29f5650f983bce4a5f7463614c/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pc-abelsmt-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pc-abelsmt-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/pc-abelsmt-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/pc-abelsmt/blob/b58c21a14f2eae29f5650f983bce4a5f7463614c/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/pc-abelsmt/blob/b58c21a14f2eae29f5650f983bce4a5f7463614c/docs/00-sessions.md>

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