# FFT-1997-Decomp: early Final Fantasy Tactics decompilation

> FFT-1997-Decomp is an early decompilation of Final Fantasy Tactics starting with the PlayStation executable SCUS_942.21. The author uses Ghidra 12.1.3 and separates recovered routines into C and assembly files while working through names for functions and data.

- 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/FFT-RE/FFT-1997-Decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/FFT-RE/FFT-1997-Decomp/blob/64d902a66994a30ca94efba00ee3e536f56931fc/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/fft-1997-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/fft-1997-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/fft-1997-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Ghidra 12.1.3 is the analysis tool named by the author.
- **Limits:** Work is incomplete; routines are still being named and moved into individual files.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/FFT-RE/FFT-1997-Decomp/blob/64d902a66994a30ca94efba00ee3e536f56931fc/README.md>

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