OpenSupaplex

About

Supaplex is a 1991 game created by Swiss students Philip Jespersen and Michael Stopp and published by Digital Integration, an extended clone of Boulder Dash. OpenSupaplex is a 1:1 reimplementation of Supaplex in C and SDL, built on the game's disassembled source. It targets a wide range of platforms, including Windows, macOS, Linux, PSP, PS Vita, PS2, PS3, Nintendo DS, 3DS, Wii, Wii U, Switch and RISC OS.

How it differs from the original

It adds a few changes for easier use with game controllers and portability; any feature that changes how the game works or looks must be an opt-in setting.

Getting started

Build it with make using the toolchain for your platform (all ports are built in CI), or open the Xcode project on macOS. The original game's resources, now freeware, are included in the repository.

History

The original source code was lost; enthusiasts later disassembled the game, fixed bugs and added features, and OpenSupaplex reimplements that disassembly in C.

Media

Licensing & legal

• The disassembled source is MIT-licensed, the C reimplementation is GPLv3, and the bundled freeware game resources belong to their original authors.