{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "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.",
  "description_zh": "ROLLER 旨在以 C 语言重新实现 1995 年游戏《Whiplash/Fatal Racing》的功能，使其能够在现代电脑上运行。项目以 SDL 及 Windows、Unix 平台的对应接口替代 DOS 专用函数，并记录重建过程中使用的符号与可执行文件分析方法。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/roller-whiplash-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/roller-whiplash-case/",
  "evidence_class": 1,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/FatalDecomp/ROLLER/blob/7ca027e29f04a266c7d66dc10ac35a78b3407542/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "roller-whiplash-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/roller-whiplash-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/roller-whiplash-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/roller-whiplash-case/index.md",
  "name": "ROLLER: reconstructing Whiplash/Fatal Racing for modern PCs",
  "name_zh": "ROLLER：重建可在现代 PC 运行的 Whiplash/Fatal Racing",
  "preview_kind": "image",
  "preview_url": "https://awesomerea.org/previews/roller-whiplash-case.jpg",
  "reconstruction_method": "port",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "A retail game copy supplies assets for native installations; the browser build uses a bundled freeware demo.",
    "Zig 0.15.2 for the documented build workflow.",
    "GPL-3.0."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "原生安装需要零售版游戏提供素材；浏览器版本使用随包提供的免费试玩版。",
    "文档中的构建流程需要 Zig 0.15.2。",
    "采用 GPL-3.0 许可证。"
  ],
  "scope": "partial",
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/FatalDecomp/ROLLER",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}