Case study

Chronicle: matching decompilation and port of Dark Cloud

Chronicle decompiles and ports the PlayStation 2 game Dark Cloud. It aims to rebuild matching text and data sections for the NTSC 1.02 and PAL review executables and the TITLE.BIN and DUN.BIN overlays. Build configurations cover PS2 images and native ports using data extracted from a user's disc.

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

Stars: 118
Last commit: 2026-10-28
Language: C++

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

A user-owned Dark Cloud disc image is required, ideally the PAL version.
Platform-specific build prerequisites are documented for Windows, Linux, macOS, Switch and Android.
Matching text and data sections remain a project goal.

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BibTeX

@misc{chronicle-dark-cloud-case,
  title = {{Chronicle: matching decompilation and port of Dark Cloud}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/TheMoonPeople/Chronicle}},
  url = {https://github.com/TheMoonPeople/Chronicle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/chronicle-dark-cloud-case/}}
}

Plain text

Chronicle: matching decompilation and port of Dark Cloud. https://github.com/TheMoonPeople/Chronicle (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/chronicle-dark-cloud-case/

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README.md GitHub · TheMoonPeople/Chronicle · Revision 9418a55