Case study

dream: Dream: Land of Giants disassembled and reimplemented in C

dream reconstructs the SNES prototype Dream: Land of Giants through a byte-matching 65816 and SPC700 disassembly and a C reimplementation. A harness runs the original ROM beside converted routines and compares memory, graphics, audio, and processor state under scripted input.

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

Stars: 1
Last commit: 2026-09-11
Language: C
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Supply your own DREAM.sfc ROM with the SHA-1 specified in the README.
Prerequisites: Build the asar assembler for the ROM rebuild; the native app uses the user's ROM.
Limits: The C reimplementation and asset extraction are described as in progress; macOS builds are untested.
License: MIT for the project's authored work.

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BibTeX

@misc{dream-land-of-giants-case,
  title = {{dream: Dream: Land of Giants disassembled and reimplemented in C}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/nathanialf/dream}},
  url = {https://github.com/nathanialf/dream},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/dream-land-of-giants-case/}}
}

Plain text

dream: Dream: Land of Giants disassembled and reimplemented in C. https://github.com/nathanialf/dream (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/dream-land-of-giants-case/

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README.md GitHub · nathanialf/dream · Revision 56add46
recomp/README.md GitHub · nathanialf/dream · Revision 56add46