# Test Drive SDL3: reconstructing the DOS and Amiga game ports

> Test Drive SDL3 ports the DOS EGA, CGA and Hercules versions and the Amiga version of the 1987 game to native SDL3 programs. Reverse-engineering specifications cover game flow, simulation, rendering and platform behavior, while a separate document covers file formats. The ports read user-supplied original game files.

- 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-sdl3>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/kylofon/test-drive-sdl3/blob/599f07dcdf183123e0f2c28601b127b9544573df/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/test-drive-sdl3-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/test-drive-sdl3-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/test-drive-sdl3-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Original DOS game files or an Amiga disk image or extracted files are required.
- **Prerequisites:** Building requires CMake 3.24+, C11 and SDL3; the launcher also needs C++17 and wxWidgets 3.2.
- **Prerequisites:** The game-file folder must be writable for high scores.
- **License:** MIT License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/kylofon/test-drive-sdl3/blob/599f07dcdf183123e0f2c28601b127b9544573df/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/kylofon/test-drive-sdl3/blob/599f07dcdf183123e0f2c28601b127b9544573df/port/README.md>
3. <https://github.com/kylofon/test-drive-sdl3/blob/599f07dcdf183123e0f2c28601b127b9544573df/LICENSE>

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