{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/WildPress/vibesynd/blob/580c708052525bd568ea2c1de059867bd1a273c5/RELEASE_NOTES.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "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.",
  "description_zh": "Syndicate 项目以 C 重建这款 DOS 游戏的代码，使用同期 Watcom 工具链编译，并逐函数比对原始机器码。仓库还提供解读后的汇编、游戏架构笔记，以及跟踪匹配进度和重建可执行文件的脚本。作者报告称，重建的 DOS 程序已能进入可游玩的任务。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/syndicate-matching-decompilation-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/syndicate-matching-decompilation-case/",
  "evidence_class": 2,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/WildPress/vibesynd/blob/580c708052525bd568ea2c1de059867bd1a273c5/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "syndicate-matching-decompilation-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/syndicate-matching-decompilation-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/syndicate-matching-decompilation-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/syndicate-matching-decompilation-case/index.md",
  "name": "Syndicate: a matching decompilation of the DOS game",
  "name_zh": "Syndicate：DOS 游戏的逐函数匹配反编译",
  "reconstruction_method": "matching-decompilation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "testing",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Supply your own copy of Syndicate and its game data.",
    "Build with the period Watcom toolchain; the rebuilt DOS executable runs under DOS/4GW.",
    "The author reports that failure paths and some mission types have not been exhaustively tested.",
    "No licence file in the repository."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "须自行提供 Syndicate 游戏及其数据文件。",
    "构建需要同期 Watcom 工具链；重建的 DOS 可执行文件在 DOS/4GW 下运行。",
    "作者报告称，失败分支及部分任务类型尚未经过全面测试。",
    "仓库中没有许可证文件。"
  ],
  "scope": "unknown",
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/WildPress/vibesynd",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}