Case study

SDLPoP2: rebuilding the Prince of Persia 2 DOS engine

SDLPoP2 rebuilds the engine of Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame from its DOS program as C for Linux and Windows. It reads the user's original game data, and its findings document DOSBox-X traces, reconstructed routines and equivalence tests; a headless core supports tool-assisted runs.

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

Stars: 3
Last commit: 2026-11-03
Language: C

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: An original Prince of Persia 2 installation with PRINCE.EXE and PRINCE.DAT.
Prerequisites: Meson is used to build the project.
License: GNU GPL version 3 or later.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{sdlpop2-prince-of-persia-2-case,
  title = {{SDLPoP2: rebuilding the Prince of Persia 2 DOS engine}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/ToolAssisted-run/SDLPoP2}},
  url = {https://github.com/ToolAssisted-run/SDLPoP2},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/sdlpop2-prince-of-persia-2-case/}}
}

Plain text

SDLPoP2: rebuilding the Prince of Persia 2 DOS engine. https://github.com/ToolAssisted-run/SDLPoP2 (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/sdlpop2-prince-of-persia-2-case/

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README.md GitHub · ToolAssisted-run/SDLPoP2 · Revision 61fd1a2
docs/FINDINGS.md GitHub · ToolAssisted-run/SDLPoP2 · Revision 61fd1a2
tests/README.md GitHub · ToolAssisted-run/SDLPoP2 · Revision 61fd1a2