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Maritime Trivia (Reverse Engineered DOS Game)
Binary patching that keeps a 30-year-old DOS engine running while swapping content.
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vunderba
2010d ago
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Extracted Maps of the DOS Game Test Drive 3
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I reverse-engineered the world maps of Test Drive III (1990 DOS game)
by s-macke·May 31, 2026·215 points·56 comments
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Five years reverse-engineering proprietary 1990 DOS game formats into modern 3D.
Strengths
- •Custom LZW/RLE decoders handle proprietary compression from 34-year-old game data.
- •32×16 tile grid reconstruction with rotation and height bits shows deep format understanding.
- •Browser-based Three.js viewer makes extracted maps immediately explorable.
Weaknesses
- •Very niche audience limited to retro DOS racing game enthusiasts.
- •Five years of work but still has occasional missing sprites and flying cars.
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Target Audience
Retro gaming enthusiasts, game preservationists, 3D artists
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