Case study

Pinball Fantasies Reassembled: recreating the DOS game engine

Pinball Fantasies Reassembled recreates the 1993 DOS game engine in Rust using files from an original copy. Its technical notes map the MZ executables, per-table PRG programs, interrupt interfaces, sound drivers and user-data formats. The source includes asset readers, table simulation and tools for dissecting original files.

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: 2024-12-02
Language: Rust

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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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: A Rust toolchain and the listed versions of the original PRG and MOD files are required.
Limits: Other versions of the game files are not supported.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{pinball-fantasies-reassembled-case,
  title = {{Pinball Fantasies Reassembled: recreating the DOS game engine}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/wanda-phi/pfr}},
  url = {https://github.com/wanda-phi/pfr},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/pinball-fantasies-reassembled-case/}}
}

Plain text

Pinball Fantasies Reassembled: recreating the DOS game engine. https://github.com/wanda-phi/pfr (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/pinball-fantasies-reassembled-case/

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TECH.md GitHub · wanda-phi/pfr · Revision 462b8c5
README.md GitHub · wanda-phi/pfr · Revision 462b8c5