CORNCOB Analysis directory

Reverse engineering / Corncob + Other Worlds

The analysis workbench

Maps, models, music and the tools used to take Corncob 3D apart. Browse the decoded resources or follow the code references behind a finding.

17 resource categories · Source references and exports remain available inside each tool.

Worlds and missions ↗

3D scenery and 2D maps, mission starts and saved worlds.

Object models ↗

Original geometry, colour cycles and alternative poses.

Music and sound ↗

Lossless exports with notes on how we rendered them.

Models and worlds

The objects and layouts behind the game, including earlier editions, generated training and source-only variants.

Object models ↗

Rotate the embedded geometry, compare distance arrangements and colour variants, and animate the original effects.

Resource browser / models

Worlds and missions ↗

Explore 3D scenery or the 2D atlas, with original world colours and animated model colours. Inspect placements, saved worlds and mission starts alongside the full briefings.

Resource browser / worlds

Cockpit and graphics

Decoded bitmaps alongside the drawing routines used to fill in the rest of the display.

Cockpit and help screens ↗

Cockpit masks, help pages and their transcriptions. The diagonal line in the mask is in the original resource.

Resource browser / cockpits

Artwork ↗

Decoded image resources grouped by their source edition.

Resource browser / artwork

Sky and instruments ↗

The procedural sun, starfield and cockpit instruments, with their recovered drawing data.

Resource browser / renderer

Palettes ↗

The EGA colour choices and stored palette data.

Resource browser / palettes

Medals ↗

The tiny graphics used for awards and pilot records.

Resource browser / fonts

Music and effects

Lossless exports and the sequence data behind them. Track notes distinguish original-driver recordings from other render methods.

Music ↗

Listen to the Earth and Other Worlds soundtracks, compare arrangements and inspect the decoded sequences.

Resource browser / music

Sound effects ↗

Engine, weapon and other effects, with the original synthesis parameters.

Resource browser / sound

Campaigns and recorded flights

The parts that change while playing: persistent worlds, pilot records and recorded movement.

Text and briefings ↗

Mission descriptions, documentation and messages extracted from the programs.

Resource browser / texts

Pilot records ↗

Inspect the supplied historical saves and their campaign state. These are real records from the source installations.

Resource browser / saves

Recorded demos ↗

Replay the stored flight paths and examine their samples.

Resource browser / recordings

High scores ↗

The tables retained in the different installations.

Resource browser / scores

Configuration ↗

Decoded settings and generated training options.

Resource browser / configuration

Programs and presentations

The separate executables and screens that surrounded the flight engine.

Presentations ↗

Title sequences, credits and the game’s other presentation routines.

Resource browser / presentations

Promotional screens ↗

The retained promotional material and ordering screens.

Resource browser / screens

Executables ↗

Program inventories, embedded strings and the split between the menu, tower and engine.

Resource browser / programs

Behind the viewers

These reports contain the disassembly references, experiments and unresolved questions. These links work directly from the checkout; the published archive also renders the reports as web pages.

Versions and installations ↗Which downloads overlap, what “Deluxe” means here, and the reference builds.Resource formats ↗Extraction methods, binary layouts and verification records.Game mechanics ↗The route into flight, weapons, enemy behaviour and mission rules.Inside TOWER.EXE ↗The standalone tower program and its navigation and campaign screens.Saved worlds and pilots ↗How the persistent universe, pilot files and mission snapshots fit together.The final extraction pass ↗Later findings, including the early sun face and procedural resources.Audio methods ↗Native-driver captures, synthesis backends and the limits of each export.Reading the archive ↗A guide to the evidence, source snapshot and reproducibility tools.