# Aironauts: an early PlayStation decompilation of OUTROE.EXE

> Aironauts-decomp reconstructs source for the OUTROE.EXE executable of the PAL PlayStation game Aironauts. It extracts the user's disc files, splits the executable into assembly and data, and attempts to rebuild an executable that passes the project's comparison check; current C work focuses on SDK functions.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- 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/bismurphy/Aironauts-decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/bismurphy/Aironauts-decomp/blob/d6b810bc738efcaddaecbb29349e4cdff587e9ed/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/aironauts-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/aironauts-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/aironauts-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires the user's Aironauts copy as one CUE file and four BIN files.
- **Prerequisites:** The setup calls for the cue-supporting mkpsxiso fork and the project's extraction and build tools.
- **Scope:** Only OUTROE.EXE is currently included; other game executables may never be covered.
- **License:** AGPL-3.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/bismurphy/Aironauts-decomp/blob/d6b810bc738efcaddaecbb29349e4cdff587e9ed/README.md>

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