Case study

Space Cadet Pinball: matching reconstruction of the XP SP3 executable

Space Cadet Pinball reconstructs source for the Windows XP SP3 game executable and compares builds with the original using reccmp. The author reports that all targeted functions match and roughly 95% of the whole executable matches; other releases are used as references.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 2
Last commit: 2026-10-23
Language: C++

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: The original Windows XP SP3 pinball.exe and Windows Server 2003 SP1 DDK compiler are required.
Limits: Whole-executable matching is reported at about 95%; some issues may remain.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{space-cadet-pinball-matching-case,
  title = {{Space Cadet Pinball: matching reconstruction of the XP SP3 executable}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Randomno/pinball-decomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/Randomno/pinball-decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/space-cadet-pinball-matching-case/}}
}

Plain text

Space Cadet Pinball: matching reconstruction of the XP SP3 executable. https://github.com/Randomno/pinball-decomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/space-cadet-pinball-matching-case/

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README.md GitHub · Randomno/pinball-decomp · Revision 5a27bf2