Case study

Dragon Quest II: rebuilding NES releases from disassembly

Disassembles Dragon Quest II and Dragon Warrior II for the NES into banked assembly and rebuilds the US and Japanese ROMs from user-provided originals. Configuration splits ROM banks and assets, while the build compares output checksums with the destination version.

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

Stars: 1
Last commit: 2026-04-09
Language: Assembly

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A supported Dragon Quest II or Dragon Warrior II ROM is required.
Prerequisites: Python and cc65 are required; the source documents Windows and WSL2 Ubuntu workflows.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{dragon-quest-ii-nes-disassembly-case,
  title = {{Dragon Quest II: rebuilding NES releases from disassembly}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Nathan-R-Og/dq2}},
  url = {https://github.com/Nathan-R-Og/dq2},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/dragon-quest-ii-nes-disassembly-case/}}
}

Plain text

Dragon Quest II: rebuilding NES releases from disassembly. https://github.com/Nathan-R-Og/dq2 (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/dragon-quest-ii-nes-disassembly-case/

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README.md GitHub · Nathan-R-Og/dq2 · Revision 0fb64a4