Case study

Dragon Warrior: a commented NES disassembly

Dragon Warrior Disassembly reconstructs the NES game as commented assembly source and includes Ophis to assemble it. A build script can compare checksums between assembled output and original binary files; the author reports that the game’s reverse engineering is complete.

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

Stars: 91
Last commit: 2023-08-05
Language: Assembly

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Git Bash for the documented build script and an original Dragon Warrior NES ROM for checksum comparison.
Scope: The author reports the disassembly is complete.
License: No licence file for the project in the repository.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{dragon-warrior-disassembly-case,
  title = {{Dragon Warrior: a commented NES disassembly}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/nmikstas/dragon-warrior-disassembly}},
  url = {https://github.com/nmikstas/dragon-warrior-disassembly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/dragon-warrior-disassembly-case/}}
}

Plain text

Dragon Warrior: a commented NES disassembly. https://github.com/nmikstas/dragon-warrior-disassembly (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/dragon-warrior-disassembly-case/

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README.md GitHub · nmikstas/dragon-warrior-disassembly · Revision ebe6a13