{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/vzepec/ac3-decomp/blob/d1556963fc3f47a18f72d213853fdd31f9d8df7e/android/README.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere is a PlayStation game reconstruction that documents the European and US discs, asset formats and executable code, then translates MIPS code to C for native builds. It also provides an Android APK that reads a player's own disc image through an interpreter. The author reports function-level validation and playable missions while native recompilation remains in progress.",
  "description_zh": "Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere 项目分析欧版和美版 PlayStation 光盘、资源格式及可执行代码，并将 MIPS 代码静态重编译为 C。Android APK 通过解释器读取玩家自己的光盘镜像。作者报告已进行逐函数验证并可运行任务；原生重编译仍在进行。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/ace-combat-3-electrosphere-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ace-combat-3-electrosphere-case/",
  "evidence_class": 2,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/vzepec/ac3-decomp/blob/d1556963fc3f47a18f72d213853fdd31f9d8df7e/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "ace-combat-3-electrosphere-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/ace-combat-3-electrosphere-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/ace-combat-3-electrosphere-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ace-combat-3-electrosphere-case/index.md",
  "name": "Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere: PlayStation recompilation and Android port",
  "name_zh": "Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere：PlayStation 重编译与 Android 移植",
  "reconstruction_method": "static-recompilation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "A personal European or US Ace Combat 3 disc image is required; disc images are not distributed.",
    "Python 3 is required for the current tools.",
    "The Android slice build requires an Android SDK and NDK and a JDK.",
    "Native recompilation is in progress; the author reports that a one-to-one DuckStation comparison remains pending.",
    "No licence file in the repository."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要自有欧版或美版 Ace Combat 3 光盘镜像；仓库不提供镜像。",
    "当前工具需要 Python 3。",
    "构建 Android 切片程序需要 Android SDK、NDK 和 JDK。",
    "原生重编译仍在进行；作者称与 DuckStation 的逐项比较尚未完成。",
    "仓库中没有许可证文件。"
  ],
  "scope": "unknown",
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/vzepec/ac3-decomp",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}