Case study

Giten: a matching Giten Megami Tensei reconstruction

Giten reconstructs the 1999 Windows DDS.EXE of Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku in C and C++, comparing functions with retail output from MSVC 5.0 SP3. The build takes original resource payloads from a user-supplied executable. The author's MAX score reports 2,626 of 2,659 target functions exact, while the current score is 2,581.

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

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Last commit: 2026-10-08
Language: Python
License (GitHub): CC0-1.0

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: x86-64 Linux with Nix and flakes enabled.
Prerequisites: Supply the retail DDS.EXE, the stated MSVC and DirectX toolchain inputs, and the original game installation for launching.
Limits: Rendering and gameplay have not yet been validated; the author's MAX score is 2,626 of 2,659 exact functions, with 2,581 currently exact.
License: CC0-1.0.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{giten-megami-tensei-decomp-case,
  title = {{Giten: a matching Giten Megami Tensei reconstruction}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/sushi-shi/giten-decomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/sushi-shi/giten-decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/giten-megami-tensei-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Giten: a matching Giten Megami Tensei reconstruction. https://github.com/sushi-shi/giten-decomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/giten-megami-tensei-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · sushi-shi/giten-decomp · Revision 28988ff
docs/README.md GitHub · sushi-shi/giten-decomp · Revision 28988ff