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Xenon II reverse engineered with Ghidra and remastered
The PC version of the 1989 shooter Xenon II reverse engineered with Ghidra and Claude, rewritten in TypeScript and given new effects and audio.
Credits
- Reddit poster Amazing_Meet_7791 Source ↗
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The full story
Inspired by the Midwinter decode, the poster reverse engineered the PC version of The Bitmap Brothers' 1989 shooter Xenon II over a weekend. Ghidra did a first pass of decompilation, then Claude Code with Fable worked through it alongside Ghidra, and the game was rewritten in TypeScript.
The gameplay stays true to the original, with added extras: a scrolling fluid simulation for the playfield, a new FM synthesis audio engine and improved projectile and collision effects.
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From a short post by the maker, so the details are as they tell them.
- Reddit: Xenon II : Classic game Fable + Ghidra reverse engineering + remasterReddit poster: Amazing_Meet_7791Posted
The maker's post on r/ClaudeAI.
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