# Starquake: an annotated Z80 game disassembly

> Starquake is a work-in-progress disassembly of the 1985 game, with SkoolKit files for the game and its loader. Many routines and data items remain undocumented.

- 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/Ritchie333/starquake>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Ritchie333/starquake/blob/bc40782c0e2a7d6797869cbff246189a4b5bd552/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/starquake-disassembly-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/starquake-disassembly-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/starquake-disassembly-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Limits:** Many routines and data items remain undocumented.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Ritchie333/starquake/blob/bc40782c0e2a7d6797869cbff246189a4b5bd552/README.md>

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