Case study

Real War: a function-level PC game decompilation

Real War decompiles the 2001 PC game into C source, mapping files and symbols to virtual executable addresses. Its tools diff functions, rebuild the executable, verify the result, and inspect the game's BIGFILE, BSE, KVAG, SPT, and TGC asset formats.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

Stars: 15
Last commit: 2024-05-27
Language: Dart

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A legitimate Real War CD version 9.25 installation on Windows.
Prerequisites: Visual C++ 6.0 build 8168, DirectX 8 SDK, Dart 3.3+, Ninja, Just, and Capstone 5.0.
Limits: The decompilation is a work in progress.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{real-war-decomp-case,
  title = {{Real War: a function-level PC game decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Francessco121/real-war-decomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/Francessco121/real-war-decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/real-war-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Real War: a function-level PC game decompilation. https://github.com/Francessco121/real-war-decomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/real-war-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · Francessco121/real-war-decomp · Revision 9f212e0
docs/notes/linker_notes.md GitHub · Francessco121/real-war-decomp · Revision 9f212e0