# Breath of Fire III decompilation: matching the US PlayStation release

> Breath of Fire III decompilation reconstructs the US PlayStation game's executable and loaded modules as C89 source checked against original bytes. It uses GCC 2.7.2-PSX and maspsx for matching, with emulator observations, game-format notes, and tools for inspecting text, audio, and graphics.

- 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/loopyd/bof3-decompilation>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/loopyd/bof3-decompilation/blob/fe669ce979188fa46e74b52d0c432813fc6dca9c/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/breath-of-fire-iii-decompilation-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/breath-of-fire-iii-decompilation-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/breath-of-fire-iii-decompilation-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Linux on x86_64 and a user-owned licensed US game disc image as a complete CUE/BIN set are required.
- **Prerequisites:** Setup requires Git, just, uv, Python 3.12 or newer, Rust with Cargo, and the documented native build tools.
- **Limits:** Reconstruction is ongoing; emulator missions additionally require a PlayStation BIOS.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/loopyd/bof3-decompilation/blob/fe669ce979188fa46e74b52d0c432813fc6dca9c/README.md>

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