# AGS Aging Cartridge: disassembling version 7.0

> The project reconstructs AGS Aging Cartridge 7.0 from a user-supplied Game Boy Advance ROM as assembly and C source. Its build targets an aging.gba image with a published SHA-1 and uses devkitARM and pokeruby-tools.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Binary
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Normmatt/ags_aging>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Normmatt/ags_aging/blob/e4b2edffa13da4c39cb5aef0e0dbfff06e262b2e/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ags-aging-cartridge-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ags-aging-cartridge-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ags-aging-cartridge-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Provide an AGS Aging Cartridge 7.0 ROM named baserom.gba.
- **Prerequisites:** Install devkitARM and copy pokeruby-tools into the repository before building with make.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Normmatt/ags_aging/blob/e4b2edffa13da4c39cb5aef0e0dbfff06e262b2e/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/Normmatt/ags_aging/blob/e4b2edffa13da4c39cb5aef0e0dbfff06e262b2e/Makefile>

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