# Rerun: rebuilding the Sonic Runners server

> Rerun rebuilds the Sonic Runners server in C# and ASP.NET Core using earlier research and the Outrun server as a basis. Its source includes login, game, store, leaderboard, and player controllers, while the author says the emulator cannot yet reach the game's main menu and its database setup remains incomplete.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/RunnersRevival/Rerun-server>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/RunnersRevival/Rerun-server/blob/ed791dabea1947c5bd4bdd44a603bb786a809f67/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rerun-server-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rerun-server-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/rerun-server-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** The documented setup requires .NET 7 or later, ASP.NET Core build support, MySQL or MariaDB, and a development environment.
- **Limits:** The emulator cannot yet reach the game main menu or be reliably self-hosted.
- **License:** BSD-2-Clause License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/RunnersRevival/Rerun-server/blob/ed791dabea1947c5bd4bdd44a603bb786a809f67/README.md>

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