Case study

Blaster: reconstruction of an arcade sound ROM

Reconstructs the sound ROM of the Williams arcade game Blaster in assembly and supplies a separate address-by-address disassembly. Source comments compare reused sound routines with related Williams games and identify newer routines whose names remain unknown.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

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Last commit: 2026-05-27
Language: Assembly

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Testing evidence: The author reports a bit-matching ROM rebuild.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{blaster-sound-rom-reconstruction-case,
  title = {{Blaster: reconstruction of an arcade sound ROM}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/synamaxmusic/Blaster-Sound-ROM}},
  url = {https://github.com/synamaxmusic/Blaster-Sound-ROM},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/blaster-sound-rom-reconstruction-case/}}
}

Plain text

Blaster: reconstruction of an arcade sound ROM. https://github.com/synamaxmusic/Blaster-Sound-ROM (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/blaster-sound-rom-reconstruction-case/

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BLASTSND.ASM GitHub · synamaxmusic/Blaster-Sound-ROM · Revision 7f7f507
blaster-sound-rom-dasm.asm GitHub · synamaxmusic/Blaster-Sound-ROM · Revision 7f7f507