# Another Mind: matching PlayStation source reconstruction

> Another Mind reconstructs C source for Squaresoft's Japanese PlayStation 1 game. Its workflow extracts the user's retail disc, converts assembly placeholders with m2c, and checks compiled output against the retail executable's SHA-1. The author reports 226 decompiled functions out of 900.

- 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/halkuncode/anothermind-decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/halkuncode/anothermind-decomp/blob/6dd5e402d599d2bdddd06b589669defa16d7e88e/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/another-mind-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/another-mind-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/another-mind-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A Japanese retail BIN/CUE disc image is required.
- **Prerequisites:** Go, Ninja, 7z, bchunk, MIPS cross-tools, and Python dependencies are listed for the build.
- **Limits:** The author reports 226 of 900 functions decompiled.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/halkuncode/anothermind-decomp/blob/6dd5e402d599d2bdddd06b589669defa16d7e88e/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/halkuncode/anothermind-decomp/blob/6dd5e402d599d2bdddd06b589669defa16d7e88e/docs/md_reference/report.md>

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