Case study

ReverseSanta: a reconstruction of Santa Claus in Trouble

ReverseSanta is a C++ reimplementation of Joymania's Santa Claus in Trouble built from study of the original without disassembly tools. Its source includes game, level, graphics, and editor components using DirectX 9. The author describes the result as inaccurate to the original and has not tested it from start to finish.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 1
Last commit: 2023-10-18
Language: C++
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a demo observed; no download method found.
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: DirectX 9 SDK and the dependencies referenced by the CMake build are needed.
Limits: The author reports inaccurate behavior and has not tested playability from start to finish.
License: MIT license.

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BibTeX

@misc{reversesanta-case,
  title = {{ReverseSanta: a reconstruction of Santa Claus in Trouble}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/igor725/ReverseSanta}},
  url = {https://github.com/igor725/ReverseSanta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/reversesanta-case/}}
}

Plain text

ReverseSanta: a reconstruction of Santa Claus in Trouble. https://github.com/igor725/ReverseSanta (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/reversesanta-case/

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README.md GitHub · igor725/ReverseSanta · Revision 4cc537a
CMakeLists.txt GitHub · igor725/ReverseSanta · Revision 4cc537a