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  "added_at": "2026-11-08",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/igor725/ReverseSanta/blob/4cc537ade2cdeacd8144aa8a81960b5cae118343/CMakeLists.txt"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "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.",
  "description_zh": "ReverseSanta 是对 Joymania《Santa Claus in Trouble》的 C++ 重新实现，作者称研究原作时没有使用反汇编工具。源码包含游戏、关卡、图形和编辑器组件，并使用 DirectX 9。作者称实现与原作不一致，且尚未测试能否从头到尾通关。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/reversesanta-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/reversesanta-case/",
  "evidence_class": 2,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/igor725/ReverseSanta/blob/4cc537ade2cdeacd8144aa8a81960b5cae118343/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "reversesanta-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/reversesanta-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/reversesanta-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/reversesanta-case/index.md",
  "name": "ReverseSanta: a reconstruction of Santa Claus in Trouble",
  "name_zh": "ReverseSanta：《Santa Claus in Trouble》重建项目",
  "reconstruction_method": "engine-reimplementation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "DirectX 9 SDK and the dependencies referenced by the CMake build are needed.",
    "The author reports inaccurate behavior and has not tested playability from start to finish.",
    "MIT license."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要 DirectX 9 SDK 及 CMake 构建文件引用的依赖项。",
    "作者称实现与原作不一致，且尚未测试能否从头到尾通关。",
    "采用 MIT 许可证。"
  ],
  "scope": "unknown",
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/igor725/ReverseSanta",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}