Case study

ct-recomp: statically recompiling Chrono Trigger

ct-recomp statically translates Chrono Trigger US 1.0's 65816 routines into C and runs them with a C runtime, interpreter fallback and SDL2 front end. Its tools compare memory, images and instruction traces with Mesen 2. The author reports 1,414 of 2,036 known functions compiled to C.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-09
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 5
Last commit: 2026-09-29
Language: C
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Requires a user-supplied, headerless Chrono Trigger US 1.0 ROM for the game build.
Prerequisites: Requires CMake 3.20+, a C11 compiler and Python 3.11+; SDL2 is needed for the graphical front end.
Limits: The author reports 1,414 of 2,036 known functions recompiled; the remainder uses the interpreter.
License: MIT licence.

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BibTeX

@misc{ct-recomp-case,
  title = {{ct-recomp: statically recompiling Chrono Trigger}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/ThisIsAkill/ct-recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/ThisIsAkill/ct-recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-09},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/ct-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

ct-recomp: statically recompiling Chrono Trigger. https://github.com/ThisIsAkill/ct-recomp (accessed 2026-11-09). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/ct-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · ThisIsAkill/ct-recomp · Revision a6b4925
game/ct/PROGRESS.md GitHub · ThisIsAkill/ct-recomp · Revision a6b4925