Tool

retrokit

retrokit decompiles 32-bit games from about 1993 to 2010 with headless Ghidra. It loads DOS LE and LX executables, including Watcom calling conventions, and types Win32 PE imports such as DirectX COM methods and Miles, Smacker, Bink, FMOD, and BASS. The export is one large C file plus indexes of functions, calls, strings, and imports.

Targets: Game
Category: Native analysis tools
Relationship: Foundation tool
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07

Stars: 50
Last commit: 2026-10-27
Language: Python
License (GitHub): Apache-2.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Ghidra 12.x, JDK 21 or newer, and Python 3.10 or newer. retrokit install-loader registers the DOS loader once per Ghidra install.
License: Apache-2.0.

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BibTeX

@misc{retrokit,
  title = {{retrokit}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/nautilusbits/retrokit}},
  url = {https://github.com/nautilusbits/retrokit},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/retrokit/}}
}

Plain text

retrokit. https://github.com/nautilusbits/retrokit (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/retrokit/

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README.md GitHub · nautilusbits/retrokit · Revision 7625c6b