# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Binary · 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/ecruells/resident-evil-pc-decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/ecruells/resident-evil-pc-decomp/blob/01730553e0a6430048f9043a5fe3a3de28654208/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/resident-evil-1-pc-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/resident-evil-1-pc-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/resident-evil-1-pc-decomp-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/ecruells/resident-evil-pc-decomp/blob/01730553e0a6430048f9043a5fe3a3de28654208/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/ecruells/resident-evil-pc-decomp/blob/01730553e0a6430048f9043a5fe3a3de28654208/INSTALLATION.md>

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