Case study

ssgdecomp: reconstructing Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets!

ssgdecomp reconstructs Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets! with the aim of producing a bit-identical Windows executable. It uses the original ssgwin32.exe as an incremental starting point, builds with the period Borland toolchain, and compares PE sections and disassembly; its documented helpers inspect compiler output, import tables and OMF objects.

Targets: Binary · Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-09
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

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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: Building currently requires the user's original ssgwin32.exe and the original Borland C++ toolchain, described as mostly version 4.52.
Limits: The author reports that several default-binary sections match, while .reloc and some header or resource timestamps still differ.
License: No licence stated on the project page.

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BibTeX

@misc{ssgdecomp-case,
  title = {{ssgdecomp: reconstructing Super Solvers: Gizmos \& Gadgets!}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://codeberg.org/shuppy/ssgdecomp}},
  url = {https://codeberg.org/shuppy/ssgdecomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-09},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/ssgdecomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

ssgdecomp: reconstructing Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets!. https://codeberg.org/shuppy/ssgdecomp (accessed 2026-11-09). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/ssgdecomp-case/

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https://codeberg.org/shuppy/ssgdecomp/src/commit/3527b283f427cb67c158984d91782d1577c68b36/README.md