# Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex: an early PS2 decompilation

> crash-ps2 begins a C decompilation of Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex for PS2 NTSC-U v1.00. It contains several reconstructed functions and stubs, with a stated plan to move from functional implementations toward instruction matching and a PS2SDK build.

- 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/calmsacibis995/crash-ps2>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/calmsacibis995/crash-ps2/blob/8f64fda50ec85fcee6b1570b690d995fa0c8ba23/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/crash-ps2-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/crash-ps2-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/crash-ps2-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** The target is the US NTSC-U v1.00 game copy; PS2SDK is the planned build toolchain.
- **Limits:** The code is currently incomplete and cannot be compiled.
- **License:** GPL-3.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/calmsacibis995/crash-ps2/blob/8f64fda50ec85fcee6b1570b690d995fa0c8ba23/README.md>

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