# WoodyRE: reimplementing the Woody Woodpecker game engine

> WoodyRE reimplements the engine of Woody Woodpecker: Escape from Buzz Buzzard Park, the 2001 PC game. It checks the player's CD against the English 1.00 release and also accepts the Spanish CD and three February 2002 discs. Releases cover Windows, Linux, Android 7.0 or later on 64-bit devices, and an experimental Switch build.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/jjmhalew/WoodyRE>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/jjmhalew/WoodyRE/blob/6eae3d4f77a9e8506b0113b2cd98a5c4239dc139/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/woodyre/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/woodyre/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/woodyre/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Download WoodyRE.exe, the Linux archive, or the Android APK from Releases. The first start copies about 640 MB from the CD and checks the files.
- License: GPL-3.0-or-later. The README says stb image code is public domain or MIT, SMAA is MIT, and the Android SDL code is zlib.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/jjmhalew/WoodyRE/blob/6eae3d4f77a9e8506b0113b2cd98a5c4239dc139/README.md>

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