Recomp / Games / MS-DOS

Warlords (pywarlords)

Python and pygame reimplementation of DOS Warlords 2.10 transcribed from a decompilation of the original executable, including the original AI; needs the user's game files.

Rewrite AI-assisted wip
Image: the project's own README · source
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Facts

Original
Warlords (1990)
Platform
MS-DOS
Method
Rewrite
Provenance
AI-assisted · README says an AI agent (Claude) was used to recreate and evaluate the port what this means
Status
wip
Licence
BSD-3-Clause
Team
ateska
Started
2025-05
Runs on
Windows, Linux, macOS, 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 Warlords you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.

This project was rebuilt by ateska. Facts last checked 2026-10-17. Suggest a correction

Sources

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