Recomp / Games / Windows

CHIPS.EXE

Complete disassembly of the Windows Chip's Challenge executable that reassembles to the original, with the game logic and memory layout heavily commented.

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Facts

Original
Chip's Challenge (Windows) (1992)
Platform
Windows
Method
Matching decomp
Provenance
Human-led · Repo created 2017, predates AI coding tools (GitHub) what this means
Status
stalled
Licence
none
Team
magical
Started
2017-08
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 Chip's Challenge (Windows) you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.

This project was decompiled by magical. Facts last checked 2026-10-17. Suggest a correction

Sources

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