Case study

Tactical-Retreat: rebuilding Counter-Strike 1.5 gameplay in QuakeC

Tactical-Retreat rebuilds Counter-Strike 1.5 game logic for the QuakeC-based Rad-Therapy and FTEQW stack. Its entity notes map hostage, bomb, buy-zone and other CS behaviors to source implementations, while original game data is supplied separately.

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

Stars: 303
Last commit: 2025-10-12
Language: QuakeC
License (GitHub): ISC

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

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: FTEQW, Rad-Therapy and the Tactical-Retreat package are needed to run it.
Prerequisites: Original game data files must be provided separately.
Prerequisites: Building requires the Nuclide SDK and its game build process.
License: ISC License.

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BibTeX

@misc{tactical-retreat-case,
  title = {{Tactical-Retreat: rebuilding Counter-Strike 1.5 gameplay in QuakeC}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/eukara/freecs}},
  url = {https://github.com/eukara/freecs},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/tactical-retreat-case/}}
}

Plain text

Tactical-Retreat: rebuilding Counter-Strike 1.5 gameplay in QuakeC. https://github.com/eukara/freecs (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/tactical-retreat-case/

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README.md GitHub · eukara/freecs · Revision 79893de
Documentation/Entities.md GitHub · eukara/freecs · Revision 79893de