# Syndicate: a matching decompilation of the DOS game

> Syndicate reconstructs the DOS game's code in C, compiling functions with a period Watcom toolchain and comparing the resulting machine code with the original. The repository also contains decoded assembly, game architecture notes and scripts for tracking matches and rebuilding an executable. The author reports that the rebuilt DOS program reaches playable missions.

- 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/WildPress/vibesynd>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/WildPress/vibesynd/blob/580c708052525bd568ea2c1de059867bd1a273c5/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/syndicate-matching-decompilation-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/syndicate-matching-decompilation-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/syndicate-matching-decompilation-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Supply your own copy of Syndicate and its game data.
- **Prerequisites:** Build with the period Watcom toolchain; the rebuilt DOS executable runs under DOS/4GW.
- **Testing evidence:** The author reports that failure paths and some mission types have not been exhaustively tested.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/WildPress/vibesynd/blob/580c708052525bd568ea2c1de059867bd1a273c5/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/WildPress/vibesynd/blob/580c708052525bd568ea2c1de059867bd1a273c5/RELEASE_NOTES.md>

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