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Decompilation of 3D Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet

18 mentions on Hacker News by 16 people: 3 stories, 15 comments · first 2021-10-14 · latest 2026-05-10

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  1. Cool! I checked out the GitHub: https://github.com/k4zmu2a/SpaceCadetPinball It's been ported to a whole bunch of consoles. There's also a browser version! https://pinball.alula.me/ Also, turns out Space Cadet Pinball is part of a bigger…
    comment by andai · 2026-05-10 · in Space Cadet Pinball on Linux
  2. original decompilation: https://github.com/k4zmu2a/SpaceCadetPinball
    comment by zeeeebo · 2025-06-09 · in Show HN: Astro Pinball
  3. …Nintendo 3DS - Nintendo DS - Nintendo Wii U - PlayStation 2 - Sega Dreamcast - MorphOS - AmigaOS 4 https://github.com/k4zmu2a/SpaceCadetPinball
    comment by johnfernow · 2025-02-27 · in EA Open Sources Command and Conquer: Red Alert, along with other games
  4. Why don't you check for yourself: https://github.com/k4zmu2a/SpaceCadetPinball
    comment by oynqr · 2025-02-27 · in EA Open Sources Command and Conquer: Red Alert, along with other games
  5. …learned of the existence of Andrey Muzychenko, and his reverse engineering efforts and making this https://github.com/k4zmu2a/SpaceCadetPinball Crazy! Playing right now, so happy. Reverse engineering and the people who practice it are…
    comment by sourcepluck · 2024-10-31 · in Smashing the Limits: Installing Windows XP in DOSBox-X (2023)
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    Tell HN: Windows 3D Pinball (Space Cadet)
    story by leononame · 2024-03-31 · 12 comments
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    Decompilation of 3D Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet
    story by leononame · 2024-03-20 · 0 comments
  8. Well, not exactly that, but check out https://github.com/k4zmu2a/SpaceCadetPinball .
    comment by leni536 · 2023-09-06 · in MS-DOS v1.25 and v2.0 is now open-source (2014)
  9. …it on macOS/Linux[1]. I take no responsibility for the ensuing impact to your productivity. [1]: https://github.com/k4zmu2a/SpaceCadetPinball
    comment by messe · 2023-05-19 · in Windows XP Activation: Game Over
  10. …of the bug (no ball collision), I guess that the bug was in TEdgeManager::TestGridBox [1] https://github.com/k4zmu2a/SpaceCadetPinball . [2] https://github.com/n64decomp/sm64 [3] https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20220106-00/?p=10.…
    comment by parkertomatoes · 2022-12-06 · in Play Windows Pinball (Space Cadet) on the Web
  11. …function, but it was just named 'pb_collide'. > It's nice to be able to point to this line: https://github.com/k4zmu2a/SpaceCadetPinball/blob/5947727f80 ... > And, while it is true that the code is sparsely commented, the geometry code…
    comment by selcuka · 2022-01-10 · in Filling in some gaps in the story of Space Cadet Pinball on 64-bit Windows
  12. Check out https://github.com/k4zmu2a/SpaceCadetPinball
    comment by bpye · 2022-01-09 · in Filling in some gaps in the story of Space Cadet Pinball on 64-bit Windows
  13. …Cadet Pinball. I appreciate that the reward is permanent access to SCP, but still. Frustrating! [0] https://github.com/k4zmu2a/SpaceCadetPinball
    comment by revolvingocelot · 2021-10-19 · in Pinball for Windows 95 recompiled for Linux running on Windows 11 under WSLg
  14. …detection function, but it was just named 'pb_collide'. It's nice to be able to point to this line: https://github.com/k4zmu2a/SpaceCadetPinball/blob/5947727f80... And, while it is true that the code is sparsely commented, the geometry…
    comment by mike_san · 2021-10-14 · in SpaceCadetPinball – Decompilation of 3D Pinball for Windows
  15. …better than the original. And, nice! Check it out David and Kevin: k4zmu2a got the quotes in! https://github.com/k4zmu2a/SpaceCadetPinball/blob/master/Spa... Now I'll never live down how long I spent working on the flippers. Bonus points…
    comment by mike_san · 2021-10-14 · in SpaceCadetPinball – Decompilation of 3D Pinball for Windows
  16. This is the line implementing the famous “hidden test” cheat https://github.com/k4zmu2a/SpaceCadetPinball/blob/8c4f38c0af... Looks like there are other undiscovered cheat codes too.
    comment by Gigachad · 2021-10-14 · in SpaceCadetPinball – Decompilation of 3D Pinball for Windows
  17. …to compilable C++. Loose (namespace?) subs were assigned to classes. Edit: Wow, and a lot more: https://github.com/k4zmu2a/SpaceCadetPinball/commits/master Also see “On the attempts to resurrect Space Cadet Pinball” by Raymond Chen:…
    comment by WalterGR · 2021-10-14 · in SpaceCadetPinball – Decompilation of 3D Pinball for Windows
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    SpaceCadetPinball – Decompilation of 3D Pinball for Windows
    story by Lammy · 2021-10-14 · 147 comments