Case study

Tiberian Sun and Firestorm: static recompilation of Game.exe

Tiberian Sun and Firestorm recompiles the games' Win32 Game.exe into native C with pcrecomp and a game-specific host. The author reports playable menus, skirmishes and early campaign missions, with high-resolution display and a native Linux build. Lifted C is generated locally from the owner's game copy.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 20
Last commit: 2026-10-21
Language: C
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: An owned Steam copy of Tiberian Sun and Firestorm containing Game.exe, Language.dll and the .mix files is required.
Prerequisites: The build uses the pcrecomp toolchain; manual Windows setup requires Python 3.10+, Visual Studio C++ x86 tools, CMake 3.20+ and Ninja.
Limits: The author describes the project as playable bring-up rather than a completed remaster.
License: MIT license.

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BibTeX

@misc{tiberian-sun-firestorm-recomp-case,
  title = {{Tiberian Sun and Firestorm: static recompilation of Game.exe}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/sp00nznet/tiberiansun-recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/sp00nznet/tiberiansun-recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/tiberian-sun-firestorm-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Tiberian Sun and Firestorm: static recompilation of Game.exe. https://github.com/sp00nznet/tiberiansun-recomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/tiberian-sun-firestorm-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · sp00nznet/tiberiansun-recomp · Revision baa27b7
CONTRIBUTING.md GitHub · sp00nznet/tiberiansun-recomp · Revision baa27b7