# Four Swords Adventures: a byte-matching GameCube decompilation

> fsa reconstructs The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures for GameCube as byte-matched source. Its build checks compiled game and library units against the original main.dol; the author reports partial game-code matching and a byte-identical linked DOL for the completed split units. Library code is partly imported from other decompilation projects.

- 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/sh1ftmaker/fsa>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/sh1ftmaker/fsa/blob/1b96d7eb53ea71ac90655cfb32b4a82a689dd546/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/four-swords-adventures-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/four-swords-adventures-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/four-swords-adventures-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A copy of the GameCube release is needed as the comparison target.
- **Limits:** Game-code reconstruction remains incomplete according to the reported progress.
- **Attribution:** Some library source is imported from other decompilation projects.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/sh1ftmaker/fsa/blob/1b96d7eb53ea71ac90655cfb32b4a82a689dd546/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/sh1ftmaker/fsa/blob/1b96d7eb53ea71ac90655cfb32b4a82a689dd546/libs/sdk/README.md>

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