Case study

Pool of Radiance: DOS engine and file-format reconstruction

Reconstructs the DOS v1.3 Pool of Radiance engine in portable C, supported by overlay analysis, format readers and isolated runs of the original for behavior comparisons. Documented readers cover DAX, GEO, ECL, EGA and save-related structures; the gameplay reconstruction remains in progress.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

Stars: 2
Last commit: 2026-11-10
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A user-owned DOS v1.3 Pool of Radiance installation for original-behavior comparisons.
Prerequisites: CMake 3.16+ and a C11 compiler for the format layer.
Limits: Gameplay reconstruction is in progress; current public work includes the roadmap, format layer and scoped comparisons.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{pool-of-radiance-dos-reconstruction-case,
  title = {{Pool of Radiance: DOS engine and file-format reconstruction}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/huntergdavis/poolrad-decomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/huntergdavis/poolrad-decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/pool-of-radiance-dos-reconstruction-case/}}
}

Plain text

Pool of Radiance: DOS engine and file-format reconstruction. https://github.com/huntergdavis/poolrad-decomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/pool-of-radiance-dos-reconstruction-case/

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README.md GitHub · huntergdavis/poolrad-decomp · Revision 2420189
docs/formats/README.md GitHub · huntergdavis/poolrad-decomp · Revision 2420189