Case study

Castlevania III: a PRG ROM disassembly with extraction tools

The Castlevania III disassembly organizes the NES game's PRG code and data as assembly source, with scripts for data extraction and tilemap generation. Its build links the reconstructed PRG content with a user-supplied original CHR ROM.

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

Stars: 4
Last commit: 2020-12-27
Language: Assembly

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: wla-dx and Python are required.
Prerequisites: The original CHR ROM must be placed at original/OR.chr; extraction helpers also expect original/OR.bin.
License: No licence file in the repository.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{castlevania-iii-disassembly-case,
  title = {{Castlevania III: a PRG ROM disassembly with extraction tools}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/vinheim3/castlevania3-disasm}},
  url = {https://github.com/vinheim3/castlevania3-disasm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/castlevania-iii-disassembly-case/}}
}

Plain text

Castlevania III: a PRG ROM disassembly with extraction tools. https://github.com/vinheim3/castlevania3-disasm (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/castlevania-iii-disassembly-case/

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README.md GitHub · vinheim3/castlevania3-disasm · Revision 3272648
Makefile GitHub · vinheim3/castlevania3-disasm · Revision 3272648