Case study

Prince of Persia 2: statically recompiling the DOS game for Windows

This statically recompiles the DOS executable PRINCE.EXE from Prince of Persia 2 into C and links it with a Windows runtime. Game logic, rendering, the intro, and the music driver stay the original code. VGA, the timer, the keyboard, and Sound Blaster or AdLib are replaced. The launcher is PoP2 Launcher.exe.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 34
Last commit: 2026-09-23
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Clang, llvm-rc, and Python 3. Set POP2_GAMEDIR to the folder that contains PRINCE.EXE, run python recomp/recomp.py recomp/extra_entries.txt, then ./build.sh.
The README does not name a license.

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BibTeX

@misc{pop2-windows,
  title = {{Prince of Persia 2: statically recompiling the DOS game for Windows}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Supermedo/prince-of-persia-2-windows}},
  url = {https://github.com/Supermedo/prince-of-persia-2-windows},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/pop2-windows/}}
}

Plain text

Prince of Persia 2: statically recompiling the DOS game for Windows. https://github.com/Supermedo/prince-of-persia-2-windows (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/pop2-windows/

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README.md GitHub · Supermedo/prince-of-persia-2-windows · Revision e2c407f