# Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow — matching decompilation of the GBA game

> This is a matching decompilation of Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, USA. It builds cvaos_us.gba, SHA-1 abd71fe01ebb201bcc133074db1dd8c5253776c7. Setup steps are in INSTALL.md.

- 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/testyourmine/cvaos>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/testyourmine/cvaos/blob/bc23d849d578c35ae12a5cec4e66549c3021a5be/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/cvaos-decomp/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/cvaos-decomp/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/cvaos-decomp/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Follow INSTALL.md. The built ROM is cvaos_us.gba.
- The README names no license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/testyourmine/cvaos/blob/bc23d849d578c35ae12a5cec4e66549c3021a5be/README.md>

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