Case study

Thunderball: decompilation of Peggle Deluxe

Thunderball aims to decompile the English 1.01 executable of Peggle Deluxe from the Steam release. The README says many names come from unstripped ports cross-referenced with the Windows binary, and accuracy checks use reccmp. The repository omits the game assets.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 57
Last commit: 2026-10-31
Language: C++

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: CMake 3.25 or higher, Ninja, and Microsoft Visual C++ 14. The README says to place a portable MSVC toolchain in Thunderball/msvc80 and run cmake --workflow --preset release-x86.
Prerequisites: A copy of Peggle Deluxe supplies the assets. The Steam English 1.01 executable is the named target.
Prerequisites: reccmp is installed with pip install git+https://github.com/isledecomp/reccmp.
License: GitHub reports the repository license as NOASSERTION. The README links LICENSE.md.

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BibTeX

@misc{thunderball,
  title = {{Thunderball: decompilation of Peggle Deluxe}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/teampopwork/Thunderball}},
  url = {https://github.com/teampopwork/Thunderball},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/thunderball/}}
}

Plain text

Thunderball: decompilation of Peggle Deluxe. https://github.com/teampopwork/Thunderball (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/thunderball/

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README.md GitHub · teampopwork/Thunderball · Revision 661e0de