# Chrono Trigger: a matching SNES US 1.0 disassembly

> Chrono Trigger US 1.0 is reconstructed as banked SNES assembly with symbolic pointer tables and RAM labels. A build script extracts data blobs from the user's ROM, assembles the source with asar, and checks that the result is byte-identical to the input ROM.

- 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/dscotton/ct_disassembly>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/dscotton/ct_disassembly/blob/eeae27acdb6565e96d1d796a3d60792c250c0aa1/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/chrono-trigger-us-disassembly-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/chrono-trigger-us-disassembly-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/chrono-trigger-us-disassembly-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Supply an unheadered Chrono Trigger US v1.0 ROM with CRC32 2D206BF7.
- **Prerequisites:** Install asar on PATH or place it at tools/asar.
- **License:** CC0-1.0.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/dscotton/ct_disassembly/blob/eeae27acdb6565e96d1d796a3d60792c250c0aa1/README.md>

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