{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "Pentagram reimplements the Ultima 8 engine. The documentation dated 9 November 2011 says the supported games are the English versions of Ultima 8, both before and after the patch. German, French, and Spanish versions are listed as less tested.",
  "description_zh": "Pentagram 重实现 Ultima 8 的引擎。日期为 2011 年 11 月 9 日的文档写明支持补丁前后的英文版 Ultima 8。德文、法文和西班牙文版本被列为测试较少。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/pentagram-u8/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/pentagram-u8/",
  "evidence_class": 2,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/pentagram-u8/pentagram/blob/c87a67c42a9febc016a96e769dea0cf73d0202b1/README",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "pentagram-u8",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/pentagram-u8/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/pentagram-u8/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/pentagram-u8/index.md",
  "name": "Pentagram: reimplementing the Ultima 8 engine",
  "name_zh": "Pentagram：重建《创世纪 8》引擎",
  "reconstruction_method": "engine-reimplementation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirements": [
    "Build dependencies named in the README are SDL, SDL_ttf, zlib, and libpng. On Linux, run ./bootstrap, ./configure, and make. The Windows section says nothing is written there yet.",
    "The README names no license."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "README 列出的构建依赖是 SDL、SDL_ttf、zlib 和 libpng。在 Linux 上运行 ./bootstrap、./configure 和 make。Windows 一节写明那里还没有内容。",
    "README 没有写许可证。"
  ],
  "scope": "unknown",
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/pentagram-u8/pentagram",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-07"
}