# Pheenix: a SkoolKit disassembly of the ZX Spectrum game

> Pheenix documents a disassembly of the ZX Spectrum game using SkoolKit. The repository contains SkoolKit source, control and reference files, plus scripts that build browsable hexadecimal and decimal HTML listings. Building the development listings requires SkoolKit; users need the original game to disassemble its code.

- 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/pobtastic/pheenix>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/pobtastic/pheenix/blob/8e4babb3df274a2f17e1ec094902b259c6c84687/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pheenix-disassembly-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pheenix-disassembly-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/pheenix-disassembly-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Own the original Pheenix game.
- **Prerequisites:** Install SkoolKit or set SKOOLKIT_HOME to its repository.
- **License:** GPL-3.0 license file.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/pobtastic/pheenix/blob/8e4babb3df274a2f17e1ec094902b259c6c84687/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/pobtastic/pheenix/blob/8e4babb3df274a2f17e1ec094902b259c6c84687/Makefile>

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