# 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.

- 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/nmikstas/dragon-warrior-disassembly>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/nmikstas/dragon-warrior-disassembly/blob/ebe6a13da77a3593c67300f54d95ed49c23effc2/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/dragon-warrior-disassembly-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/dragon-warrior-disassembly-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/dragon-warrior-disassembly-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/nmikstas/dragon-warrior-disassembly/blob/ebe6a13da77a3593c67300f54d95ed49c23effc2/README.md>

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