{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/nikitastaf1996/civ2_decomp/blob/d22c831c724c721ebd87a0bf5a900c378372fe4d/Makefile"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "Civilization II is being decompiled for the North American PlayStation release SLUS-00792. The project splits both the title/setup executable and the main strategy-engine executable, rebuilds them from C and assembly, and compares full binaries. The author reports byte-identical builds of both executables while matching C covers only part of the game functions.",
  "description_zh": "Civilization II 针对北美版 PlayStation 游戏 SLUS-00792 进行反编译。工程分别拆分标题与设置程序，以及主策略引擎程序，以 C 和汇编重建并比较完整二进制。作者报告两个可执行文件均逐字节一致，但匹配 C 仍只覆盖部分游戏函数。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/civilization-ii-ps1-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/civilization-ii-ps1-case/",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/nikitastaf1996/civ2_decomp/blob/d22c831c724c721ebd87a0bf5a900c378372fe4d/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "civilization-ii-ps1-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/civilization-ii-ps1-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/civilization-ii-ps1-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/civilization-ii-ps1-case/index.md",
  "name": "Civilization II: matching decompilation of two PlayStation executables",
  "name_zh": "Civilization II：两个 PlayStation 可执行文件的匹配反编译",
  "reconstruction_method": "matching-decompilation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "scope",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "The original North American PlayStation release SLUS-00792 is the target.",
    "The build uses PsyQ GCC 2.7.2, maspsx, MIPS GNU binutils, Python 3, and splat.",
    "Matching C is incomplete; the author reports 54.4% of combined game functions matched.",
    "No licence file in the repository."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "目标为北美版 PlayStation 游戏 SLUS-00792。",
    "构建使用 PsyQ GCC 2.7.2、maspsx、MIPS GNU binutils、Python 3 和 splat。",
    "匹配 C 尚未完成；作者报告两个程序合计 54.4% 的游戏函数已匹配。",
    "仓库中没有许可证文件。"
  ],
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/nikitastaf1996/civ2_decomp",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}