{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/SSZero88/apes-escaped/blob/78a910006adb01fa55c1f34940ee7a27ae4692bf/docs/findings.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "apes-escaped reconstructs the USA PlayStation Ape Escape executable as C compiled with a PsyQ-era GCC 2.8.1 toolchain. Unfinished functions and 48 overlays remain in assembly so the build can reproduce the original executable. The author reports 1,257 matching C functions, covering 58.3% of game-code bytes.",
  "description_zh": "apes-escaped 使用 PsyQ 时期的 GCC 2.8.1 工具链，将美版 PlayStation《Ape Escape》可执行文件重建为 C。未完成函数和 48 个覆盖模块仍采用汇编，以维持原版构建结果。作者报告已有 1,257 个 C 函数匹配，占游戏代码字节的 58.3%。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/ape-escape-matching-decomp-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ape-escape-matching-decomp-case/",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/SSZero88/apes-escaped/blob/78a910006adb01fa55c1f34940ee7a27ae4692bf/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "ape-escape-matching-decomp-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/ape-escape-matching-decomp-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/ape-escape-matching-decomp-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ape-escape-matching-decomp-case/index.md",
  "name": "Ape Escape: matching PlayStation executable decompilation",
  "name_zh": "Ape Escape：PlayStation 可执行文件匹配反编译",
  "reconstruction_method": "matching-decompilation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Provide your own USA Ape Escape disc.",
    "The setup uses Docker, Python 3 and Git Bash with the project's PsyQ-era GCC toolchain.",
    "The author reports 48 overlays still in assembly and two minigame executables not started.",
    "No licence file in the repository."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需自备美版《Ape Escape》光盘。",
    "环境需要 Docker、Python 3、Git Bash 及项目使用的 PsyQ 时期 GCC 工具链。",
    "作者报告 48 个覆盖模块仍为汇编，两个小游戏可执行文件尚未开始。",
    "仓库中没有许可证文件。"
  ],
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/SSZero88/apes-escaped",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}