Reversed engineered game Starflight (1986)

A developer reverse-engineered the 1986 space exploration game Starflight and discovered it was written entirely in Forth—a minimalist programming language rarely used today. The executable contains 2,000 encrypted debugging symbols and retains the original Forth source structure, with assembly code making up less than 5% of the file. This preservation offers a rare window into 1980s game development practices and the creative constraints of early home computers.