Case study

Resident Evil 1: PC decompilation and modern platform port

Resident Evil 1 for PC Decompilation reconstructs the 1997 game’s logic from Ghidra analysis of its executable and runs it on Windows and Linux. The port replaces the original Marni System’s DirectX 5 implementation with Direct3D 11 or OpenGL rendering and corresponding audio and video layers. The author reports that the full game is playable and that 1,716 of 1,717 game logic functions are implemented.

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

Stars: 195
Last commit: 2026-11-04
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A user's own 1997 or GOG USA Resident Evil PC game data is required; optional Japanese and Director's Cut content uses separate inputs.
Prerequisites: Windows builds require Visual Studio with C++ and MSBuild; Linux builds require a 32-bit toolchain, SDL2, OpenGL and ffmpeg development libraries.
Scope: The author reports functional completeness and 1,716 of 1,717 game logic functions implemented.
License: GPL-3.0 License.

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BibTeX

@misc{resident-evil-1-pc-decomp-case,
  title = {{Resident Evil 1: PC decompilation and modern platform port}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/ecruells/resident-evil-pc-decomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/ecruells/resident-evil-pc-decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/resident-evil-1-pc-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Resident Evil 1: PC decompilation and modern platform port. https://github.com/ecruells/resident-evil-pc-decomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/resident-evil-1-pc-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · ecruells/resident-evil-pc-decomp · Revision 0173055
INSTALLATION.md GitHub · ecruells/resident-evil-pc-decomp · Revision 0173055