Case study

Space Rangers HD — Free Pascal Port: adapting recovered Delphi source

Space Rangers HD — Free Pascal Port adapts recovered Delphi source for Space Rangers HD: A War Apart to Free Pascal. It documents compatibility changes for Delphi arithmetic, floating-point and control-flow behavior and targets desktop, mobile, browser and Switch platforms using player-supplied game data.

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: 101
Last commit: 2026-10-15
Language: Pascal

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A user-provided copy of the game data is required.
Prerequisites: Builds require Python 3.10+, FPC 3.2.2, GNU Make, CMake 3.20+ and Clang 14+.
Limits: The robot battle engine is not integrated; Android touch layouts remain in progress.
License: The MIT license covers custom port additions; underlying game decompilation and third-party components retain their own terms.

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BibTeX

@misc{space-rangers-hd-free-pascal-port-case,
  title = {{Space Rangers HD — Free Pascal Port: adapting recovered Delphi source}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/pakompom/SpaceRangersHD_FPC}},
  url = {https://github.com/pakompom/SpaceRangersHD_FPC},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/space-rangers-hd-free-pascal-port-case/}}
}

Plain text

Space Rangers HD — Free Pascal Port: adapting recovered Delphi source. https://github.com/pakompom/SpaceRangersHD_FPC (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/space-rangers-hd-free-pascal-port-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · pakompom/SpaceRangersHD_FPC · Revision 1d1835a
CHANGES.md GitHub · pakompom/SpaceRangersHD_FPC · Revision 1d1835a
LICENSE GitHub · pakompom/SpaceRangersHD_FPC · Revision 1d1835a