# ds_disassembly_tools

> ds_disassembly_tools is a set of scripts for the initial setup of a Nintendo DS disassembly. asmdiff.sh compares a rebuilt ARM9, ARM7, or overlay with a reference ROM. dump_fs.py extracts the Nitro file system.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: Firmware
- Category: Native analysis tools
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/pret/ds_disassembly_tools>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/pret/ds_disassembly_tools/blob/8cd986cc742ec84dfcc0de53706419ec923d39ca/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ds-disassembly-tools/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ds-disassembly-tools/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ds-disassembly-tools/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Python scripts need Python 3.9 or newer. asmdiff.sh uses devkitARM, or arm-none-eabi-objdump on PATH.
- The README names no license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/pret/ds_disassembly_tools/blob/8cd986cc742ec84dfcc0de53706419ec923d39ca/README.md>

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