# 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.

- 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/TheMoonPeople/Chronicle>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/TheMoonPeople/Chronicle/blob/9418a5506e2a08e7739aa68d70841df6bc516201/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/chronicle-dark-cloud-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/chronicle-dark-cloud-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/chronicle-dark-cloud-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/TheMoonPeople/Chronicle/blob/9418a5506e2a08e7739aa68d70841df6bc516201/README.md>

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