Case study

swos-port: a DOS Sensible World of Soccer port with recorded behaviour checks

swos-port adapts the DOS Sensible World of Soccer 96/97 to C++ and SDL. It combines generated translations of original assembly routines with rewritten systems and compares port state frame by frame against recordings from the DOS game.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 39
Last commit: 2026-11-06
Language: Assembly

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo available · no screenshot

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A legally obtained SWOS copy for normal development builds.
Prerequisites: Visual Studio 2022 and Python 3.8 or newer for the documented Windows build.
Limits: The port remains under development, with some routines still mechanically generated.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{swos-port-case,
  title = {{swos-port: a DOS Sensible World of Soccer port with recorded behaviour checks}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/zlatkok/swos-port}},
  url = {https://github.com/zlatkok/swos-port},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/swos-port-case/}}
}

Plain text

swos-port: a DOS Sensible World of Soccer port with recorded behaviour checks. https://github.com/zlatkok/swos-port (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/swos-port-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · zlatkok/swos-port · Revision 5acc902
tools/swospp/README.md GitHub · zlatkok/swos-port · Revision 5acc902