# RAD: recreating the Radix: Beyond the Void engine

> RAD recreates the engine of the 1995 DOS game Radix: Beyond the Void and loads radix.dat from the original v2 remix release. The replacement adds software and OpenGL rendering, dynamic lighting, audio format support and PascalScript scripting.

- 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/jval1972/Rad-X>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/jval1972/Rad-X/blob/a95341cc5a1f26fa2ae3df143daea1da6a9e670b/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rad-x-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rad-x-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/rad-x-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** The radix.dat file from the original DOS game's v2 remix release.
- **License:** GPL-2.0.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/jval1972/Rad-X/blob/a95341cc5a1f26fa2ae3df143daea1da6a9e670b/README.md>

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