{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/maurizi/ff9-decomp/blob/8091d4d0da5272d8d4a60b00f1cf0dbf296f83a4/src_equiv/README.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "ff9-decomp reconstructs the US PlayStation Final Fantasy IX boot executable and code overlays as C that the author reports compiles to byte-identical binaries. The workflow extracts data from four user-owned discs, while PsyQ SDK code stays in assembly and separate equivalent C supports port work.",
  "description_zh": "ff9-decomp 将美版 PlayStation《最终幻想 IX》的启动程序与代码覆盖模块重建为 C；作者报告可编译出逐字节相同的二进制文件。流程从用户自有的四张光盘提取数据，PsyQ SDK 代码保留为汇编，另有供移植使用的等价 C 代码。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/ff9-decomp-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ff9-decomp-case/",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/maurizi/ff9-decomp/blob/8091d4d0da5272d8d4a60b00f1cf0dbf296f83a4/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "ff9-decomp-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/ff9-decomp-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/ff9-decomp-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ff9-decomp-case/index.md",
  "name": "Final Fantasy IX: matching US PlayStation decompilation",
  "name_zh": "Final Fantasy IX：美版 PlayStation 匹配式反编译",
  "reconstruction_method": "matching-decompilation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Raw 2352-byte images of all four US game discs.",
    "Docker and Python 3 for the documented build.",
    "PsyQ SDK library code remains assembly.",
    "Project-authored tools scripts are CC0; submodules retain their own licences."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要全部四张美版游戏光盘的 2352 字节扇区原始映像。",
    "所述构建需要 Docker 和 Python 3。",
    "PsyQ SDK 库代码仍以汇编形式保留。",
    "项目原创工具脚本采用 CC0；子模块保留各自许可证。"
  ],
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/maurizi/ff9-decomp",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}