Case study

Dragon Quest IV: a Nintendo DS decompilation of the European release

DQIV-DECOMP reconstructs the European Nintendo DS release of Dragon Quest IV as C++ using ds-decomp. Its build consumes a user-supplied ROM, compiles the reconstructed ARM9 code and overlays with Ninja, and offers objdiff comparisons; an ARM7 BIOS dump enables the optional matching-ROM build.

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

Stars: 17
Last commit: 2026-10-18
Language: C++

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Supply a clean European Dragon Quest IV ROM in the extract folder; only EUR is supported.
Prerequisites: Windows or Linux, Python 3.11+, GCC 9+, and Ninja are required.
Prerequisites: An ARM7 BIOS extracted from a DS is required for the optional matching-ROM build.
License: No licence file in the repository.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{dqiv-decomp-case,
  title = {{Dragon Quest IV: a Nintendo DS decompilation of the European release}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/GoldieLeGenie/DQIV-DECOMP}},
  url = {https://github.com/GoldieLeGenie/DQIV-DECOMP},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/dqiv-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Dragon Quest IV: a Nintendo DS decompilation of the European release. https://github.com/GoldieLeGenie/DQIV-DECOMP (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/dqiv-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · GoldieLeGenie/DQIV-DECOMP · Revision ab3676c