Case study
Mario Bros.: Atari VCS matching disassembly
Mario Bros. reconstructs assembly for the Atari VCS release and provides a script to extract required assets from a ROM. The project says the disassembly should produce a one-to-one ROM image and includes C-like comments explaining control flow.
- Targets
- Game
- Category
- Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship
- Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed
Requirements & limits
- Prerequisites: A standard Mario Bros. Atari VCS ROM for asset extraction and the cc65 6502 development suite on a UNIX-like platform.
- Limits: Control-flow commentary may contain inaccuracies.
- License: No licence stated on the project page.
Cite
BibTeX
@misc{a26-mb-case,
title = {{Mario Bros.: Atari VCS matching disassembly}},
howpublished = {\url{https://gitlab.com/segaloco/a26_mb}},
url = {https://gitlab.com/segaloco/a26_mb},
urldate = {2026-11-09},
note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/a26-mb-case/}}
}Plain text
Mario Bros.: Atari VCS matching disassembly. https://gitlab.com/segaloco/a26_mb (accessed 2026-11-09). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/a26-mb-case/
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