# 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.

- 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/Randomno/pinball-decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Randomno/pinball-decomp/blob/5a27bf243be42034c2aa6345c6927caf92608fbc/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/space-cadet-pinball-matching-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/space-cadet-pinball-matching-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/space-cadet-pinball-matching-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Randomno/pinball-decomp/blob/5a27bf243be42034c2aa6345c6927caf92608fbc/README.md>

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