Case study

Reko-Btech: Crescent Hawks image and map format findings

Reko-Btech investigates the 1988 MS-DOS game Crescent Hawks: Inception using Reko decompilation project files. Its findings describe run-length encoding in ICN and CMP images and two layout schemes for MTP map files. Following the project requires the user's own game executable and data files.

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

Stars: 6
Last commit: 2023-03-31
Language: C++

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Requires Reko and a legally owned copy of the Crescent Hawks: Inception executable and associated data files.
Limits: The MTP map structure remains a work in progress, including unidentified fields and NPC placement.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{reko-btech-case,
  title = {{Reko-Btech: Crescent Hawks image and map format findings}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Elthial/Reko-Btech}},
  url = {https://github.com/Elthial/Reko-Btech},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/reko-btech-case/}}
}

Plain text

Reko-Btech: Crescent Hawks image and map format findings. https://github.com/Elthial/Reko-Btech (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/reko-btech-case/

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README.md GitHub · Elthial/Reko-Btech · Revision 2b1d710
Documentation/FileEncoding.md GitHub · Elthial/Reko-Btech · Revision 2b1d710
Documentation/MapFileFormat.md GitHub · Elthial/Reko-Btech · Revision 2b1d710