Case study

Test Drive III: The Passion: a reverse-engineered SDL3 port

Test Drive III: The Passion is reconstructed in C as an SDL3 port that reads the player's original DOS game files. The project documents recovered functions and resource formats, including pictures, 3D objects, maps, and sound. Its VGA version covers the cars, courses, menus, traffic, replay, results, and scores; several original graphics and sound modes remain outside the port.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 16
Last commit: 2026-10-14
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Provide the original Test Drive III files, including TDIII.EXE and the listed data, car, and scene files, in a writable folder.
Prerequisites: Building requires CMake 3.24+, a C11 compiler, and SDL 3; the optional launcher requires C++17 and wxWidgets 3.2.
Limits: EGA and Tandy graphics, and MT-32, Tandy, and Game Blaster sound are not ported.
License: The port, launcher, and tools use the MIT License; bundled Nuked-OPL3 is LGPL 2.1 or later.

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BibTeX

@misc{test-drive-iii-sdl3-case,
  title = {{Test Drive III: The Passion: a reverse-engineered SDL3 port}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/kylofon/test-drive-3-sdl3}},
  url = {https://github.com/kylofon/test-drive-3-sdl3},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/test-drive-iii-sdl3-case/}}
}

Plain text

Test Drive III: The Passion: a reverse-engineered SDL3 port. https://github.com/kylofon/test-drive-3-sdl3 (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/test-drive-iii-sdl3-case/

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README.md GitHub · kylofon/test-drive-3-sdl3 · Revision 6d1825f
FORMATS.md GitHub · kylofon/test-drive-3-sdl3 · Revision 6d1825f