# Snipes: porting the 1982 DOS game from its executable

> Snipes ports the 1982 DOS text-mode game from reverse-engineered executable code to modern C++ builds. It offers SDL and Windows console front ends and adds replay recording and playback. The author reports identical game logic to the original.

- 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/Davidebyzero/Snipes>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Davidebyzero/Snipes/blob/caa2ce036a9f6461ccdb7ef8306edbd126dd4081/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/snipes-dos-port-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/snipes-dos-port-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/snipes-dos-port-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** SDL builds require SDL2 and SDL2_ttf.
- **Prerequisites:** A custom font may be supplied separately for the SDL build.
- **License:** The source is released with the original authors' permission; the repository has no licence file.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Davidebyzero/Snipes/blob/caa2ce036a9f6461ccdb7ef8306edbd126dd4081/README.md>

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