# Tapir: reimplementing the RGSS game runtimes

> Tapir reimplements the RGSS, RGSS2 and RGSS3 runtimes used by RPG Maker XP, VX and VX Ace games. It provides a C runtime with graphics, audio and input components and documents Linux builds and RTP installation. A test suite is set up to exercise the original RGSS runtimes supplied by the user.

- 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/qnighy/tapir>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/qnighy/tapir/blob/a56b1946b69a408db2ff5f79b48a6682cd7dd957/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/tapir-rgss-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/tapir-rgss-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/tapir-rgss-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** For Ubuntu 16.04 builds, install the listed compiler, Autotools, SDL2, Fontconfig and libconfig dependencies.
- **Prerequisites:** Supply the appropriate RPG Maker RTP; original RGSS executables and DLLs are needed for the test suite.
- **Limits:** The console option is listed as unimplemented.
- **License:** Apache-2.0 and MIT license files are present.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/qnighy/tapir/blob/a56b1946b69a408db2ff5f79b48a6682cd7dd957/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/qnighy/tapir/blob/a56b1946b69a408db2ff5f79b48a6682cd7dd957/rgsstest/README.md>

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