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An author says Claude reverse-engineered the 1997 DOS game Beer Manager and rebuilt it as a modern web app, without the original source code. The project took 34 hours, according to the author’s account.
Why it mattersThe account says Claude decompiled the game and produced a 166,000-word specification. Automated tests reportedly checked the remake against the original down to the byte and pixel. It is a concrete example of AI-assisted reverse engineering, not proof that every complex software project is now a weekend job.
Discuss: How should AI tools balance helping developers reconstruct old software with safeguards against copying games?
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