Case study

Pea Shootin' Pete: matching reconstruction of PETE.EXE

Pea Shootin' Pete reconstructs DOS PETE.EXE functions as C and assembly using Borland C++ 3.1. Its tools repair gaps in a Ghidra export, compile candidates in DOSBox X, and compare instruction shape and bytes while reporting address-field differences. The author reports 94 exact function matches among 454 targets.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

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Last commit: 2026-10-21
Language: Python

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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: Provide PETE.EXE and Borland C++ 3.1.
Prerequisites: The workflow uses Python 3.13 with capstone and DOSBox X; Ghidra 12.1.4 with Java 21 is needed to regenerate the export.
Limits: The author reports 94 exact matches among 454 target functions.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{pea-shootin-pete-decomp-case,
  title = {{Pea Shootin' Pete: matching reconstruction of PETE.EXE}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/bImPatman/pea-shootin-pete-decomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/bImPatman/pea-shootin-pete-decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/pea-shootin-pete-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Pea Shootin' Pete: matching reconstruction of PETE.EXE. https://github.com/bImPatman/pea-shootin-pete-decomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/pea-shootin-pete-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · bImPatman/pea-shootin-pete-decomp · Revision c78f2fc
notes/compiler.md GitHub · bImPatman/pea-shootin-pete-decomp · Revision c78f2fc