# The Great Escape: an annotated ZX Spectrum disassembly

> The Great Escape reconstructs the 48K ZX Spectrum game from its tape image into annotated assembly and a cross-referenced HTML disassembly using SkoolKit. Its build can generate emulator-loadable TAP and Z80 images and documents decoded graphics, characters, items and game behavior.

- 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/dpt/The-Great-Escape>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/dpt/The-Great-Escape/blob/b280ebc6ed2b7f505fe8cd05a8cbba66bcbdbb8f/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/the-great-escape-disassembly-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/the-great-escape-disassembly-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/the-great-escape-disassembly-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** SkoolKit and access to the original tape image for the documented build.
- **Limits:** The author reports that game reverse engineering is complete while disassembly accuracy and readability work continues.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/dpt/The-Great-Escape/blob/b280ebc6ed2b7f505fe8cd05a8cbba66bcbdbb8f/README.md>

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