Case study

VETTE! 2026: a disassembly-based game reconstruction

VETTE! 2026 rebuilds the DOS racing game in C++20 and SDL3 from disassembly and documented format research. The original runs in a built-in emulator while native routines are added and compared incrementally; the port also reads optional PC-98 and Macintosh art and sound from the user's copies.

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: 7
Last commit: 2026-10-12
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: The user's original DOS VETTE! files are required; PC-98 and Macintosh copies are optional.
Prerequisites: Building requires CMake 3.24 or newer and a C++20 compiler; SDL3 is used.
Limits: Native C++ routine porting is still at an early stage.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{vette-2026-case,
  title = {{VETTE! 2026: a disassembly-based game reconstruction}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/PlasticCog/Vette2026}},
  url = {https://github.com/PlasticCog/Vette2026},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/vette-2026-case/}}
}

Plain text

VETTE! 2026: a disassembly-based game reconstruction. https://github.com/PlasticCog/Vette2026 (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/vette-2026-case/

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README.md GitHub · PlasticCog/Vette2026 · Revision d8ba63d
docs/reverse_engineering.md GitHub · PlasticCog/Vette2026 · Revision d8ba63d