spice86
Reverse engineer and rewrite real mode dos programs! (by kevinferrare)
c2c
Crash 2 in C (by ughman)
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spice86
Posts with mentions or reviews of spice86.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-19.
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Roadmap for transition from Java
Here is a good example of an an advanced project written in Java: https://github.com/kevinferrare/spice86
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Systematic method to reverse engineer and rewrite DOS games
The tool: https://github.com/kevinferrare/spice86
c2c
Posts with mentions or reviews of c2c.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-18.
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Perfect Dark has been fully decompiled
I think that's unfinished actually; https://github.com/ughman/c2c
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C1: Porting Crash 1 to C Language Code (Decompilation - PC Port)
Before this there was already a Crash 2 mini-decompilation which still needs an Emu to run, but weren't explored more.
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Systematic method to reverse engineer and rewrite DOS games
This is actually a technique I've seen used in the past for other games. For example a Crash Bandicoot 2 reverse engineering project does something pretty similar: https://github.com/ughman/c2c
What are some alternatives?
When comparing spice86 and c2c you can also consider the following projects:
masm2c - x86 assembler (MASM syntax) to C translator
cryodunere - Cryo DUNE reverse engineering and reimplementation in java.
chani
scummvm - ScummVM main repository
Bright-Eyes - "Bright Eyes" is a variation of DOSBox with customized support for the CRPG "Das schwarze Auge 1 - Schicksalsklinge"
OpenRakis_old - open-source reimplementation of Cryo's DUNE game
mgs_reversing - Metal Gear Solid PSX reimpl repo
dune
re3 - GTA III, Vice City [UnavailableForLegalReasons - Repository access blocked]
smashremix