Case study

.hack//INFECTION: an early matching PlayStation 2 decompilation

.hack//INFECTION reconstructs source for the North American PlayStation 2 release and uses objdiff to compare compiled functions with objects generated from the user’s retail executable. Its initial progress scope covers resident Emotion Engine functions, with one function reported as matching after call-relocation normalization. Overlays, VU microcode and IOP modules remain outside that scope.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

Stars: 8
Last commit: 2026-09-21
Language: Python

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A user-provided .hack//INFECTION NTSC-U SLUS_202.67 executable is required.
Prerequisites: The local workflow requires Metrowerks PS2 R3.01, Wibo, Python and objdiff-cli.
Limits: The author reports one matching function among 2,232 resident EE functions; overlays, VU microcode and IOP modules are excluded from the current progress scope.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{dothack-infection-decomp-case,
  title = {{.hack//INFECTION: an early matching PlayStation 2 decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/dothacktranslate/dothack-decompilation}},
  url = {https://github.com/dothacktranslate/dothack-decompilation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/dothack-infection-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

.hack//INFECTION: an early matching PlayStation 2 decompilation. https://github.com/dothacktranslate/dothack-decompilation (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/dothack-infection-decomp-case/

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