# Powerslide Remake: rebuilding the arcade racer on original game data

> Powerslide Remake reconstructs the arcade racer's main features in a cross-platform C++ application built on Ogre. It reads the original game's data.pf, gameshell.pf and store.pf archives and provides racing, AI and multiplayer features. Builds target Windows, Linux and Android.

- 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/dm999/powerslideremake>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/dm999/powerslideremake/blob/377ade4eceb03fcdde268b7007dd923f64f57556/readme.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/powerslide-remake-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/powerslide-remake-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/powerslide-remake-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** The original game's data.pf, gameshell.pf and store.pf archives are required.
- **Prerequisites:** Building requires CMake, a C++03 compiler and Ogre 1.9.0; OpenAL is required when audio support is enabled.
- **Limits:** Integrated graphics are unsupported on PC according to the author.
- **License:** MIT License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/dm999/powerslideremake/blob/377ade4eceb03fcdde268b7007dd923f64f57556/readme.md>
2. <https://github.com/dm999/powerslideremake/blob/377ade4eceb03fcdde268b7007dd923f64f57556/LICENSE>

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