Case study

Final Fantasy Tactics: byte-exact PlayStation decompilation

This is a matching decompilation of the North American PlayStation release of Final Fantasy Tactics, SCUS-94221. The README says every game function is C that compiles to the original bytes, and the rebuilt disc matches byte for byte.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07

Stars: 33
Last commit: 2026-10-22
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Docker. Place the BIN at ./scus-94221.bin to build a disc. make bootstrap prepares the environment. make check verifies code without the BIN. make build writes build/disc/output-scus-94221.bin and a CUE.
The README names no license.

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BibTeX

@misc{fft-decomp,
  title = {{Final Fantasy Tactics: byte-exact PlayStation decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/adamrt/fft_decomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/adamrt/fft_decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/fft-decomp/}}
}

Plain text

Final Fantasy Tactics: byte-exact PlayStation decompilation. https://github.com/adamrt/fft_decomp (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/fft-decomp/

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README.md GitHub · adamrt/fft_decomp · Revision 1146494