# 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.

- 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/digitall/scummvm-deskadv>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/digitall/scummvm-deskadv/blob/594f0cb8feca14017c0d6cb18a6889852ed60f6b/deskadv.cpp>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/scummvm-deskadv-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/scummvm-deskadv-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/scummvm-deskadv-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/digitall/scummvm-deskadv/blob/594f0cb8feca14017c0d6cb18a6889852ed60f6b/deskadv.cpp>
2. <https://github.com/digitall/scummvm-deskadv/blob/594f0cb8feca14017c0d6cb18a6889852ed60f6b/detection.cpp>
3. <https://github.com/digitall/scummvm-deskadv/blob/594f0cb8feca14017c0d6cb18a6889852ed60f6b/resource.cpp>

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