# Dogcomp: a PAL PlayStation 2 decompilation of Dog's Life

> Dogcomp decompiles the PAL PlayStation 2 release of Dog's Life into C++ source. Its Splat-based build splits the user-provided SCES_512.48 executable, inserts assembly for functions without a C++ match, links the result and compares its checksum with the original.

- 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/IWILLCRAFT-M0d/dogcomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/IWILLCRAFT-M0d/dogcomp/blob/4549c64de2d1088cb6f0415be6d01a9ce34c0aee/README.MD>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/dogs-life-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/dogs-life-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/dogs-life-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** The SCES_512.48 ELF from a personal game copy is required.
- **Prerequisites:** The documented setup uses Linux or Windows through WSL, Python 3.9+, MIPS binutils and Ninja.
- **Limits:** Nonmatching functions remain as split assembly.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/IWILLCRAFT-M0d/dogcomp/blob/4549c64de2d1088cb6f0415be6d01a9ce34c0aee/README.MD>

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