# REminiscence: a Flashback engine reimplementation

> REminiscence reimplements the engine of the 1992 game Flashback and runs on data files from the user's DOS, Amiga, Macintosh or PC-98 release. Its SDL-based code handles game logic, graphics, cutscenes, audio and saves, with command-line options for scaling, widescreen display and language.

- 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/cyxx/REminiscence>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/cyxx/REminiscence/blob/947a4dce261aacc4f6ec0c2c90cb9d7e37712c7b/README.txt>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/reminiscence-flashback-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/reminiscence-flashback-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/reminiscence-flashback-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Original Flashback files from a supported release; Macintosh data needs a dumped resource fork.
- **Prerequisites:** SDL2 and the libraries listed in the Makefile.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/cyxx/REminiscence/blob/947a4dce261aacc4f6ec0c2c90cb9d7e37712c7b/README.txt>
2. <https://github.com/cyxx/REminiscence/blob/947a4dce261aacc4f6ec0c2c90cb9d7e37712c7b/Makefile>

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