# Rise of Legends: static recompilation of the Win32 game

> Rise of Legends statically recompiles the game's final Win32 executable to native C with pcrecomp, then runs the lifted code in a 32-bit host that maps the original image and binds its imports. The author reports playable Quick Battle skirmishes and progress into the Vinci campaign's first mission from a build assembled using the user's retail discs.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: 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/sp00nznet/rol>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/sp00nznet/rol/blob/92f17eca133525eb9d76bb3abddd587bf0c375a4/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rise-of-legends-static-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rise-of-legends-static-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/rise-of-legends-static-recomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Supply the EN four-disc retail set or disc images and the 2.5 patch.
- **Prerequisites:** Windows 10/11, Python 3.10+, git, innoextract 1.9+ and the pinned pcrecomp checkout are documented prerequisites.
- **Limits:** A complete campaign mission has not yet been reported as finished.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/sp00nznet/rol/blob/92f17eca133525eb9d76bb3abddd587bf0c375a4/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/sp00nznet/rol/blob/92f17eca133525eb9d76bb3abddd587bf0c375a4/docs/architecture.md>

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