Case study

Desktop Adventures: a ScummVM engine for Indiana Jones and Yoda Stories

Desktop Adventures reconstructs a ScummVM engine for Indiana Jones Desktop Adventures and Yoda Stories. It detects original and demo releases by file hashes, reads DAW and DTA resources, loads cursors from the original executables, and provides graphics and sound components.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C3 notes only

Stars: 16
Last commit: 2019-10-03
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-2.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code observed; no usable documentation found.
Scope: Notes
Checked: 2026-11-09

How evidence classes are assigned

Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: The matching original game data and executable are required.
Limits: The resource loader marks several DAW and DTA blocks as missing or skipped.
License: GPL-2.0 License.

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BibTeX

@misc{scummvm-deskadv-case,
  title = {{Desktop Adventures: a ScummVM engine for Indiana Jones and Yoda Stories}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/digitall/scummvm-deskadv}},
  url = {https://github.com/digitall/scummvm-deskadv},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/scummvm-deskadv-case/}}
}

Plain text

Desktop Adventures: a ScummVM engine for Indiana Jones and Yoda Stories. https://github.com/digitall/scummvm-deskadv (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/scummvm-deskadv-case/

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Primary sources

deskadv.cpp GitHub · digitall/scummvm-deskadv · Revision 594f0cb
detection.cpp GitHub · digitall/scummvm-deskadv · Revision 594f0cb
resource.cpp GitHub · digitall/scummvm-deskadv · Revision 594f0cb