# wc2-re: a matching Wing Commander II reconstruction and SDL2 port

> wc2-re reconstructs Wing Commander II source from its Kilrathi Saga Win32 release and provides an SDL2 port. The C game core and C++ audio library rebuild with Visual C++ 4.1; the author reports that the resulting WC2.EXE matches all 714,752 bytes of the retail executable. The port runs with user-supplied game data on Windows, Linux and macOS.

- 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/neuromancer/wc2-re>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/neuromancer/wc2-re/blob/e15b8fc33f29a6bc3350dc14e99b8a7f37b00946/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/wc2-re-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/wc2-re-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/wc2-re-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Running the game requires a user's own Kilrathi Saga or compatible DOS data.
- **Prerequisites:** The matching build uses Python 3.10+, Microsoft Visual C++ 4.1 under wibo, and a retail SHA-256 comparison.
- **Prerequisites:** The SDL2 port requires a C/C++ compiler plus SDL2 and LZO2 development packages.
- **Limits:** Support for original DOS game data is partial.
- **License:** GPL-3.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/neuromancer/wc2-re/blob/e15b8fc33f29a6bc3350dc14e99b8a7f37b00946/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/neuromancer/wc2-re/blob/e15b8fc33f29a6bc3350dc14e99b8a7f37b00946/Makefile>

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