# Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex — matching PS2 decompilation

> This matching decompilation of Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex for the PlayStation 2 targets PAL retail v1.03, SLES-50386. SLES_503.86 is 6,731,763 bytes, SHA-256 7fc6826d08c42a5a92fc018edae3e520783beb5a8330410251192bfe26b1eca1. SYSTEM.CNF is 56 bytes, SHA-256 86fe327e4576516f57004800b2663c75c8a65a62872f3fdf3aa0618daf23d9c1. The files go in orig/pal103/. objdiff.json is generated after setup.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/denzi-gh/crashwoc-decomp-ps2>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/denzi-gh/crashwoc-decomp-ps2/blob/0e68faf6b0d7c9d7af8bbceb787c9a792d2fe4eb/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/crash-woc-decomp/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/crash-woc-decomp/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/crash-woc-decomp/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- The PAL v1.03 files with those hashes. Setup is in CONTRIBUTING.md, for Docker or a native build.
- The README names no license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/denzi-gh/crashwoc-decomp-ps2/blob/0e68faf6b0d7c9d7af8bbceb787c9a792d2fe4eb/README.md>

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