# Test Drive II: The Duel: an SDL3 reconstruction of the DOS EGA game

> Test Drive II: The Duel is reimplemented in C for SDL3 from analysis of the DOS EGA game. The port loads the user's original executable and data, while accompanying tools unpack EXEPACK files, disassemble x86 code and decode resource archives. Function indexes, porting specifications and file-format notes document the reconstruction.

- 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/kylofon/test-drive-2-sdl3>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/kylofon/test-drive-2-sdl3/blob/352b56824d8c91e938b8f0794a71afca9a276193/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/test-drive-2-sdl3-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/test-drive-2-sdl3-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/test-drive-2-sdl3-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** The user's own writable Test Drive II game-file directory, including TD2EGA.EXE and the listed data archives, is required.
- **Prerequisites:** Building requires CMake 3.24+, a C11 compiler and SDL3.
- **Limits:** Only the EGA version is ported; CGA, Hercules and Tandy versions remain unported.
- **License:** MIT License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/kylofon/test-drive-2-sdl3/blob/352b56824d8c91e938b8f0794a71afca9a276193/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/kylofon/test-drive-2-sdl3/blob/352b56824d8c91e938b8f0794a71afca9a276193/FORMATS.md>

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