# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/adamrt/fft_decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/adamrt/fft_decomp/blob/11464943bbdbd2a0af022d90cb7f10455cf911df/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/fft-decomp/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/fft-decomp/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/fft-decomp/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/adamrt/fft_decomp/blob/11464943bbdbd2a0af022d90cb7f10455cf911df/README.md>

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