Case study

ROLLER: reconstructing Whiplash/Fatal Racing for modern PCs

ROLLER aims to reimplement the functionality of the 1995 game Whiplash/Fatal Racing for modern PCs. Its C implementation substitutes DOS-specific functions with SDL and Windows or Unix equivalents, and its documentation records symbol and executable analysis used during reconstruction.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 112
Last commit: 2026-11-05
Language: C
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Code, documentation, download and demo observed; a full-reconstruction candidate for manual Class 0 review.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A retail game copy supplies assets for native installations; the browser build uses a bundled freeware demo.
Prerequisites: Zig 0.15.2 for the documented build workflow.
License: GPL-3.0.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{roller-whiplash-case,
  title = {{ROLLER: reconstructing Whiplash/Fatal Racing for modern PCs}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/FatalDecomp/ROLLER}},
  url = {https://github.com/FatalDecomp/ROLLER},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/roller-whiplash-case/}}
}

Plain text

ROLLER: reconstructing Whiplash/Fatal Racing for modern PCs. https://github.com/FatalDecomp/ROLLER (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/roller-whiplash-case/

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README.md GitHub · FatalDecomp/ROLLER · Revision 7ca027e