Inspect the originals
Inventory the archives and identify the executable formats.
TOOLS AND EXPERIMENTS / PROJECT RECORDRESEARCH
SlopCopy / DOS binary analysis / Python
F-15 Strike Eagle II investigation
Taking apart an old flight game to understand its controls and mechanics.
- Format
- DOS binary analysis / Python
- Status
- RESEARCH
ORIGINAL DOS GAME
↓ inspect
COMPRESSED EXECUTABLE
↓ unpack
CONTROLS + MECHANICS
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IDEAS FOR A FUTURE GAME01 / The project
What I made
I explored F-15 Strike Eagle II as research for a possible modern space-game reinterpretation.
The work includes inspecting the original archives, unpacking compressed DOS executables and documenting what the binaries reveal. The research is real; a finished remake is not part of the result.
02 / Workflow
How it works
Unpack and investigate
Use Python tools to unpack LZ91-compressed executables and inspect code and tables.
Write down the findings
Separate observed controls and mechanics from ideas for a future game.
03 / Evidence
The work behind it
inspect_game.pyArchive and executable inspection tooling.unpack_lz91.pyDecompression tooling for the original executable format.Analysis findingsEvidence, limitations and leads for further investigation.
04 / Status
Where it stands
A hobby research project. No finished remake or playable space-game reinterpretation is claimed, and the original game files are not distributed here.