# Rayverse: porting Rayman 1 from its disassembly

> Rayverse ports Rayman 1 PC version 1.21 into a modern executable based on a disassembly of the original. Its C source and platform code target Windows, Linux and macOS as a replacement for RAYMAN.EXE.

- 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/Falcury/rayverse>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Falcury/rayverse/blob/bb709fe7b99a815f6c586af256a0ec29f97370a0/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rayverse-rayman-1-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rayverse-rayman-1-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/rayverse-rayman-1-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Windows builds use CMake with MinGW-w64 or MSVC; Linux and macOS builds require SDL2, with GLEW on Linux.
- **Limits:** The port is work in progress.
- **License:** CC0-1.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Falcury/rayverse/blob/bb709fe7b99a815f6c586af256a0ec29f97370a0/README.md>

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