# Fate/Unlimited Codes: a matching Japanese PS2 decompilation

> Reconstructs functions from the Japanese PS2 release of Fate/Unlimited Codes in C and compares their compiled code with the original executable. The author reports 1,525 of 5,827 game functions matched; unfinished functions are assembled from the user's own game copy during the build.

- 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/Harskov/fate-unlimited-codes-jp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Harskov/fate-unlimited-codes-jp/blob/588b24286a70064a85de64c6ea824945609c712e/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/fate-unlimited-codes-jp-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/fate-unlimited-codes-jp-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/fate-unlimited-codes-jp-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A user-owned Japanese PS2 executable SLPM_551.08 with the documented SHA-1.
- **Prerequisites:** Linux x86-64 or WSL2, Python 3.9+, git and the pinned Metrowerks toolchain.
- **Limits:** The author reports 1,525 of 5,827 game functions matched.
- **License:** Repository source is dedicated under CC0 1.0 Universal.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Harskov/fate-unlimited-codes-jp/blob/588b24286a70064a85de64c6ea824945609c712e/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/Harskov/fate-unlimited-codes-jp/blob/588b24286a70064a85de64c6ea824945609c712e/ROADMAP.md>

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