# SkiFree SDL: an SDL2 port of decompiled SkiFree

> SkiFree SDL adapts an existing decompilation of the Microsoft Entertainment Pack game SkiFree into a cross-platform SDL2 source port. It contains the C source and CMake build files, while the player supplies original graphics and icon resources for the build.

- 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/jeff-1amstudios/skifree_sdl>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/jeff-1amstudios/skifree_sdl/blob/a072d6372363cfcd8e3fb97d2dc7e17d94719de4/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/skifree-sdl-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/skifree-sdl-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/skifree-sdl-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Original SkiFree graphics and icon resources must be placed in resources/.
- **Prerequisites:** SDL2, SDL2_image, SDL2_ttf and CMake are required.
- **Limits:** Mouse support is planned; sound is mentioned as a possibility.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/jeff-1amstudios/skifree_sdl/blob/a072d6372363cfcd8e3fb97d2dc7e17d94719de4/README.md>

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