Case study

raw(gl): Another World engine reimplementation

raw(gl) reimplements the Another World engine while reading data from the original game. Its interpreter supports Amiga, Atari, DOS, Windows 3.1, 3DO and anniversary releases; accompanying notes describe virtual-machine bytecode and platform-specific resource formats.

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: 209
Last commit: 2025-06-28
Language: C++
Status: Archived

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a demo observed; no download method found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Original Another World data files for a supported release.
Prerequisites: SDL2, SDL2_mixer, OpenGL, zlib and mt32emu for the supplied Makefile build.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{rawgl-another-world-case,
  title = {{raw(gl): Another World engine reimplementation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/cyxx/rawgl}},
  url = {https://github.com/cyxx/rawgl},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/rawgl-another-world-case/}}
}

Plain text

raw(gl): Another World engine reimplementation. https://github.com/cyxx/rawgl (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/rawgl-another-world-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · cyxx/rawgl · Revision 049e4ad
docs/3DO.md GitHub · cyxx/rawgl · Revision 049e4ad
docs/WiiU.md GitHub · cyxx/rawgl · Revision 049e4ad