# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/TheGh0stShip/BattleTanx-Global-Assault-PS1>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/TheGh0stShip/BattleTanx-Global-Assault-PS1/blob/afd457d361b3b2db6c0c4003be25a09b15a3a44a/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/battletanx-global-assault-ps1-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/battletanx-global-assault-ps1-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/battletanx-global-assault-ps1-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/TheGh0stShip/BattleTanx-Global-Assault-PS1/blob/afd457d361b3b2db6c0c4003be25a09b15a3a44a/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/TheGh0stShip/BattleTanx-Global-Assault-PS1/blob/afd457d361b3b2db6c0c4003be25a09b15a3a44a/docs/DECOMPILATION.md>

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