DOS Game "F-15 Strike Eagle II" reversing project needs DOS test pilots

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LowLevelMahn today at 3:30 PM
Playable DOS version available

First step was the full reverse to assembler, second step is to convert the assembler to binary equal compiled C code, all this still on DOS until no assembler code is left, then the porting to Linux,Windows will start

Reversing tends to bring in new bugs and its not easy to find all bugs in such old and reversed code - but so far everything seems to work

try finding open bugs if you got version 451.03 of F-15 around combined with Dosbox or a real DOS

find latest DOS release here: https://github.com/neuviemeporte/f15se2-re/releases

the f15_se2-*.zip file contains the replacement executables for the DOS game

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howard941 today at 6:38 PM
Many hours expended on building up doppler maps in flight to use to shoot SLAMs with. An excellent sim along with Digital Integrations' Tornado which really needs a reboot.
gmerc today at 5:51 PM
It’s ridiculously easy to port games now.

https://robin.tooclever.org took less than a day in API time

Waterluvian today at 4:12 PM
Does AI fit well in trying to reason about the structure of a decompiled project when you lack symbol names?

This isn’t my wheelhouse but I was surprised just how well AI could figure out the intent of the structure of some JavaScript where I had no source maps.

shdh today at 5:28 PM
I never played this, but I did play Janes F/A-18, was a great game
imrehg today at 4:30 PM
Oh, this was one that I played a lot as a kid! (Alongside F-19 Stealth Fighter, F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter - the two that apparently came before and after this game - TIL, and to a lesser extent F-14 Tomcat)

I think, this needs the original game files to run, if I read things correctly. So probably just gonna read the dev journals, rather than fly this particular bird again...

bigmattystyles today at 5:24 PM
If it's the game I'm thinking of, floppy copies were going around my middle school in France at the time but this was a game that without the manual, good luck even getting the plane off the ground. I seem to recall a mode where you started out in the air. Fun times.
louwrentius today at 4:30 PM
I've played this game so much on a Laser (Dutch computer brand) 286 with VGA monochrome screen, in the early '90s.
mikerg87 today at 3:52 PM
I posted this to twosopbts.com so that one more retro gaming community will know of the call
smrtinsert today at 4:32 PM
Man I loved this game. My friend and I would split responsibility and share the keyboard. One did the firing other the navigating