Decompiling Games with AI: Virtueel Zoetermeer
READ THE ORIGINAL SOURCEOpen original sourcebou.ke · Opens in a new tabThe author describes using Claude to decompile games with AI assistance, noting that LLMs suit the task because byte-matching compilation gives a clear test case and work can be split across parallel agents. An attempt at Age of Mythology: Gold Edition reached roughly 60% after a month and slowed. The author then decompiled Virtueel Zoetermeer, a Pascal city-building educational game, using Claude, followed by a playthrough to fix crashes. The reconstructed source is published on GitHub and the game runs in the browser.
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The author describes using Claude to decompile games with AI assistance, noting that LLMs suit the task because byte-matching compilation gives a clear test case and work can be split across parallel agents. An attempt at Age of Mythology: Gold Edition reached roughly 60% after a month and slowed. The author then decompiled Virtueel Zoetermeer, a Pascal city-building educational game, using Claude, followed by a playthrough to fix crashes. The reconstructed source is published on GitHub and the game runs in the browser.
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- AI decompilation works well because compiled output can be checked against the original binary as a clear test case.
- Age of Mythology decompilation stalled at around 60% after a month, progressing more slowly over time.
- Claude reconstructed Virtueel Zoetermeer's Pascal source code, which the author published on GitHub.
- The author asked Claude to play through the game and fix crashes, which made the port stable.
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It illustrates how coding agents can speed up reverse engineering and game preservation, and shows that verification against binaries makes such tasks more tractable. It also highlights limits on larger projects.
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