{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "Reverse Engineering Scorcher investigates the 1996 game's asset formats through a Python extractor. The script opens TAGDEN.BIN, extracts its resources and converts R0V images to PNG; the format inventory identifies additional files, including WL3 models and HMP heightmaps, that remain undecoded.",
  "description_zh": "Reverse Engineering Scorcher 通过 Python 提取脚本研究 1996 年游戏《Scorcher》的资源格式。脚本读取 TAGDEN.BIN，提取其中资源并将 R0V 图像转换为 PNG；格式清单还列出尚未解码的 WL3 模型、HMP 高度图等文件。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/reverse-engineering-scorcher-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/reverse-engineering-scorcher-case/",
  "evidence_class": 2,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/carlmartus/reverse-engineering-scorcher/blob/bd6e80e9b11696f3a567e45c42b80fea3b9c5d3e/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "reverse-engineering-scorcher-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/reverse-engineering-scorcher-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/reverse-engineering-scorcher-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/reverse-engineering-scorcher-case/index.md",
  "name": "Reverse Engineering Scorcher: extracting its resource archive and images",
  "name_zh": "Reverse Engineering Scorcher：提取《Scorcher》的资源档案与图像",
  "reconstruction_method": "other",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "A copy of Scorcher containing TAGDEN.BIN is required; released game material is not included.",
    "Python dependencies are listed in requirements.txt.",
    "Most listed resource types remain undecoded.",
    "GPL-3.0 License."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要自备含 TAGDEN.BIN 的《Scorcher》副本；仓库不包含已发行的游戏素材。",
    "Python 依赖列在 requirements.txt 中。",
    "列出的大多数资源类型仍未解码。",
    "GPL-3.0 许可证。"
  ],
  "scope": "unknown",
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/carlmartus/reverse-engineering-scorcher",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-07"
}