# Amplitude: a PS2 decompilation in progress

> Amplitude (2003) is a decompilation project for the NTSC-U/C retail release. The workflow extracts SCUS_972.58 from a retail ISO, runs configure.py and ninja, and sets up objdiff after a successful build.

- 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/ieee802dot11ac/amp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/ieee802dot11ac/amp/blob/452476f16d793572b3d9e76ab3b8da1a455068de/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/amplitude-2003-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/amplitude-2003-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/amplitude-2003-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** The SCUS_972.58 executable extracted from a retail ISO is required.
- **Prerequisites:** SN GCC 2.95.3, mipsel-elf-ld, Python dependencies, and an i386-capable build environment are specified.
- **Limits:** Symbolized debug builds are unavailable to the project.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/ieee802dot11ac/amp/blob/452476f16d793572b3d9e76ab3b8da1a455068de/README.md>

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