{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/RetrolariumLab/alien_soldier_src/blob/5c074f2aec87fbddff94fe52d7912d7689d81a5b/CONTRIBUTING.md",
    "https://github.com/RetrolariumLab/alien_soldier_src/blob/5c074f2aec87fbddff94fe52d7912d7689d81a5b/movies/README.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "Alien Soldier source reconstruction rebuilds the Japanese and European Mega Drive cartridges from shared 68000 assembly and a separate Z80 sound-program source. The author reports byte-identical builds from user-supplied ROM dumps and provides format documentation, content-editing tools and a MAME attract-sequence check.",
  "description_zh": "Alien Soldier source reconstruction 使用共用的 68000 汇编源码和独立的 Z80 音效程序源码重建日版、欧版 Mega Drive 卡带。作者报告，使用用户自备的 ROM 转储可逐字节重建卡带；项目还提供格式文档、内容编辑工具和 MAME 演示片段检查。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/alien-soldier-src-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/alien-soldier-src-case/",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/RetrolariumLab/alien_soldier_src/blob/5c074f2aec87fbddff94fe52d7912d7689d81a5b/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "alien-soldier-src-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/alien-soldier-src-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/alien-soldier-src-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/alien-soldier-src-case/index.md",
  "name": "Alien Soldier: byte-identical Mega Drive cartridge reconstruction",
  "name_zh": "Alien Soldier：逐字节重建 Mega Drive 卡带",
  "reconstruction_method": "matching-decompilation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Users must supply their own Japanese and European Alien Soldier cartridge dumps.",
    "Python and Retrolarium Kit are required for building; MAME is required for the attract-sequence check.",
    "MAME runtime coverage currently includes the Japanese attract sequence, not a full playthrough or European runtime.",
    "No licence file in the repository."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "用户须自备日版和欧版 Alien Soldier 卡带转储。",
    "构建需要 Python 和 Retrolarium Kit；吸引画面检查还需要 MAME。",
    "目前 MAME 运行检查涵盖日版吸引画面，尚不包括完整通关或欧版运行流程。",
    "仓库中没有许可证文件。"
  ],
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/RetrolariumLab/alien_soldier_src",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-08"
}