Case study

SimCity 4 Deluxe: static recompilation from the Steam executable

SimCity 4 Deluxe statically recompiles the user's Steam game executable into locally generated C with pcrecomp and runs it in a native32 host. The repository supplies setup, lift and runtime code while excluding generated game source and assets. The author reports that scripted runs load a region and city, simulate a month and save data the original game can load.

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: 2026-10-30
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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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: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A personal Steam installation of SimCity 4 Deluxe, Windows 10/11, Visual Studio 2022 C++ tools and about 3 GB free space are required.
Prerequisites: pcrecomp is required beside the repository; setup can obtain it.
Limits: A full manual play session and DirectX 7 renderer remain untested.
License: MIT license for the host and scripts.

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BibTeX

@misc{simcity-4-static-recompilation-case,
  title = {{SimCity 4 Deluxe: static recompilation from the Steam executable}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/sp00nznet/simcity4}},
  url = {https://github.com/sp00nznet/simcity4},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/simcity-4-static-recompilation-case/}}
}

Plain text

SimCity 4 Deluxe: static recompilation from the Steam executable. https://github.com/sp00nznet/simcity4 (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/simcity-4-static-recompilation-case/

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README.md GitHub · sp00nznet/simcity4 · Revision dcdd0fe
docs/RECON.md GitHub · sp00nznet/simcity4 · Revision dcdd0fe