# 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.

- 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/sushi-shi/giten-decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/sushi-shi/giten-decomp/blob/28988ff5403ce3377cd2c501efc732c146caf42d/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/giten-megami-tensei-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/giten-megami-tensei-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/giten-megami-tensei-decomp-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/sushi-shi/giten-decomp/blob/28988ff5403ce3377cd2c501efc732c146caf42d/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/sushi-shi/giten-decomp/blob/28988ff5403ce3377cd2c501efc732c146caf42d/docs/README.md>

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