{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/Coaltergeist/goldensun-decomp/blob/d8f140af2524babf5d4a2bd2123b7df156d8ac84/INSTALL.md",
    "https://github.com/Coaltergeist/goldensun-decomp/blob/d8f140af2524babf5d4a2bd2123b7df156d8ac84/ATTRIBUTION.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "Golden Sun reconstructs source for the USA GBA game from an earlier disassembly and checks a rebuilt ROM against the original. Its patched GCC 2.96 build also compares all 96 code overlays, while C source, assembly fragments, linker scripts, and symbol maps track the ongoing recovery.",
  "description_zh": "Golden Sun 基于已有反汇编重建美版 GBA 游戏源码，以修补版 GCC 2.96 构建 ROM，并比较原版及全部 96 个代码覆盖模块。仓库保存 C 源码、汇编片段、链接脚本和符号映射，工作仍在进行。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/golden-sun-gba-decomp-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/golden-sun-gba-decomp-case/",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/Coaltergeist/goldensun-decomp/blob/d8f140af2524babf5d4a2bd2123b7df156d8ac84/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "golden-sun-gba-decomp-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/golden-sun-gba-decomp-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/golden-sun-gba-decomp-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/golden-sun-gba-decomp-case/index.md",
  "name": "Golden Sun: a matching GBA decompilation with overlay comparisons",
  "name_zh": "Golden Sun：逐字节匹配并比较覆盖模块的 GBA 反编译项目",
  "reconstruction_method": "matching-decompilation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "attribution"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Ubuntu x86-64 Linux or WSL2, GNU Make, Bash, Python 3, ARM binutils, and the camelot-gcc compilers.",
    "A legally obtained USA Golden Sun ROM with SHA1 5c4695205413df7db52b9a184815a07783999971.",
    "Matching decompilation remains in progress.",
    "Preserve component credits and file-level notices; there is no project-wide licence file."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要 Ubuntu x86-64 Linux 或 WSL2、GNU Make、Bash、Python 3、ARM binutils 和 camelot-gcc 编译器。",
    "需要自行取得的美版 Golden Sun ROM，SHA1 为 5c4695205413df7db52b9a184815a07783999971。",
    "匹配式反编译仍在进行。",
    "修改或移动源码时需保留组件署名和文件声明；仓库没有项目级许可证文件。"
  ],
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/Coaltergeist/goldensun-decomp",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}