Case study

Phoenix: a Java remake of Emperor of the Fading Suns

Phoenix rebuilds Emperor of the Fading Suns as a Java game using data from the user's EFS 1.4 installation. Its source includes game systems, a GUI, FLC animation handling and galaxy-file readers. The project aims to reproduce EFS.EXE behavior while keeping the original data outside its distribution.

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: 41
Last commit: 2017-12-05
Language: Java

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: An EFS 1.4 installation and Java 8 JDK are required.
Prerequisites: Building requires Apache Maven 3.0.5 or later and the separate math dependency.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{phoenix-efs-case,
  title = {{Phoenix: a Java remake of Emperor of the Fading Suns}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/joulupunikki/Phoenix}},
  url = {https://github.com/joulupunikki/Phoenix},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/phoenix-efs-case/}}
}

Plain text

Phoenix: a Java remake of Emperor of the Fading Suns. https://github.com/joulupunikki/Phoenix (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/phoenix-efs-case/

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README.md GitHub · joulupunikki/Phoenix · Revision 394e324
README_DEV.md GitHub · joulupunikki/Phoenix · Revision 394e324