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On GitHub · first seen 13 October 2026, 14:14 UTC

AI agents decompile games into compilable C

Shows AI agents doing large-scale binary decompilation, a boon and risk for game preservation.

An AI agent project decomp.wtf runs locally to decompile games you own into C that compiles to identical bytes. Developer Popcar describes a wave of AI decompilation enabling mashups and preservation projects.

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Read it at Simon Willison →

Coverage: 3 sources, in order

  1. Adafruit: 500+ billion tokens later: letting AI agents decompile a first-person shooter
  2. Simon Willison: AI is mass decompiling games. That's both awesome and scary.
  3. GitHub: i12bp8/decomp.wtf: What The Function: your AI agent decompiles games you own into C that compiles to the exact same bytes. Runs locally.

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