# Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon: a Nintendo DS decompilation

> Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon reconstructs code for the US Nintendo DS game using ds-decomp. The build uses a base ROM, while objdiff compares decompiled code with the ROM; an ARM7 BIOS dump is needed for a matching ROM 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/Eebit/fe11-us>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Eebit/fe11-us/blob/be854842fb6f59e964f104e03f10fd0fb99891f5/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/fire-emblem-shadow-dragon-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/fire-emblem-shadow-dragon-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/fire-emblem-shadow-dragon-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Windows or Linux, Python 3.11+, GCC 9+, Ninja and a base ROM are required.
- **Prerequisites:** A matching ROM build additionally requires an ARM7 BIOS dump from the user's DS.
- **Scope:** Only the US version is supported.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Eebit/fe11-us/blob/be854842fb6f59e964f104e03f10fd0fb99891f5/README.md>

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