Reverse engineering a game engine

sithlord2 · Post by **sithlord2** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:29 am

Hi,

I was wondering how people approach the issue of reverse engineering a game engine.

Analyzing the game resource files for sound and graphics, sounds relatively easy (as long as those files aren't encrypted). But how do you reverse-engineer the game logic?

Do you run the game in DosBox and use single-step debugging? Or are there any better techniques?

md5 · Post by **md5** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:00 am

You use a dissassembler to process the game's executable. The most well known one is IDA:
http://www.hex-rays.com/products/ida/index.shtml

It's a lengthy process, and needs a lot of patience, time and work...