Recomp / OS & system / Windows
BottleShip
Browser engine that loads real x86 Windows executables and reimplements Win32, COM and DirectDraw/Direct3D on WebGPU and WebAudio.
Clean-room AI-assisted releasedFacts
- Original
- Classic x86 Windows games (Win32, DirectDraw, Direct3D)
- Platform
- Windows
- Method
- Clean-room
- Provenance
- AI-assisted · CLAUDE.md present in repo root, indicating AI agent workflow (GitHub) what this means
- Status
- released
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Team
- jenissimo
- Started
- 2026-07
- Runs on
- Web
- Needs the original
- Yes: you supply your own legally obtained copy
How to get it legally
This project ships code only. Build or download it from the official repository, then supply data from a copy of Classic x86 Windows games (Win32, DirectDraw, Direct3D) you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.
This project was rebuilt clean-room by jenissimo. Facts last checked 2026-10-14.
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