Case study

BattleTanx: Global Assault: matching PlayStation executable reconstruction

BattleTanx: Global Assault reconstructs the US PlayStation game's executable from matching C and readable assembly. Its build compares the linked output with the user's retail executable, while separate tools decode formats including TEX, IMG, FUL, MMM/3MDL and VAGS.SFX. The author reports complete exact executable reconstruction and structural decoding of the disc corpus.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08

Stars: 6
Last commit: 2026-10-21
Language: C
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Python 3.9 or newer, GNU Make and a legally obtained US executable SLUS-01044.
Prerequisites: The supported executable is placed at baseroms/us/SLUS_010.44; extracted disc files are needed for corpus checks.
Limits: Semantic naming, consolidation and compiler corroboration remain active work.
License: MIT License.

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BibTeX

@misc{battletanx-global-assault-ps1-case,
  title = {{BattleTanx: Global Assault: matching PlayStation executable reconstruction}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/TheGh0stShip/BattleTanx-Global-Assault-PS1}},
  url = {https://github.com/TheGh0stShip/BattleTanx-Global-Assault-PS1},
  urldate = {2026-11-08},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/battletanx-global-assault-ps1-case/}}
}

Plain text

BattleTanx: Global Assault: matching PlayStation executable reconstruction. https://github.com/TheGh0stShip/BattleTanx-Global-Assault-PS1 (accessed 2026-11-08). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/battletanx-global-assault-ps1-case/

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README.md GitHub · TheGh0stShip/BattleTanx-Global-Assault-PS1 · Revision afd457d
docs/DECOMPILATION.md GitHub · TheGh0stShip/BattleTanx-Global-Assault-PS1 · Revision afd457d