Case study

Gangstar: West Coast Hustle: Android native-library decompilation

Gangstar: West Coast Hustle is being decompiled from its Android ARM library libsanangeles.so into C++ intended to reproduce retail bytes. The project maps symbols and original source-file names, stores unmatched functions as named assembly, and records matching work by gameplay area. The author reports 4,661 game functions in scope and 24.40% matched bytes.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

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Last commit: 2026-11-09
Language: Assembly

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A personal copy of libsanangeles.so is required in baselib/.
Prerequisites: Tooling requires Python 3.9 or newer and ARM GNU objdump plus c++filt, or Docker.
Limits: Matching work is incomplete; the author reports 24.40% matched bytes.
License: MIT.

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BibTeX

@misc{gangstar-west-coast-hustle-case,
  title = {{Gangstar: West Coast Hustle: Android native-library decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Virjoinga/gangstar-wch-decomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/Virjoinga/gangstar-wch-decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/gangstar-west-coast-hustle-case/}}
}

Plain text

Gangstar: West Coast Hustle: Android native-library decompilation. https://github.com/Virjoinga/gangstar-wch-decomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/gangstar-west-coast-hustle-case/

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README.md GitHub · Virjoinga/gangstar-wch-decomp · Revision bc3920b
docs/matches/achievement-progress-readers.md GitHub · Virjoinga/gangstar-wch-decomp · Revision bc3920b