# 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.

- 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/Francessco121/real-war-decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Francessco121/real-war-decomp/blob/9f212e0b38c1e15bbfb0236d3bebd0043f3c4e52/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/real-war-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/real-war-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/real-war-decomp-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Francessco121/real-war-decomp/blob/9f212e0b38c1e15bbfb0236d3bebd0043f3c4e52/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/Francessco121/real-war-decomp/blob/9f212e0b38c1e15bbfb0236d3bebd0043f3c4e52/docs/notes/linker_notes.md>

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