# HamHamGamesDecomp: an early Hamtaro GBA disassembly

> HamHamGamesDecomp is an early assembly-stage reconstruction of Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Games for Game Boy Advance. Its build script uses DevKitARM tools to generate the PAL(E) ROM from an original ROM and checks the output against a stored SHA-1.

- 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/XOlifreX/hhg-decompilation>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/XOlifreX/hhg-decompilation/blob/e76b346b569228adee26d5bdc0eae0a27a72eeb7/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/hamhamgames-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/hamhamgames-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/hamhamgames-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** An original PAL(E) ROM and DevKitARM build tools.
- **Limits:** The work is still in its disassembly phase.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/XOlifreX/hhg-decompilation/blob/e76b346b569228adee26d5bdc0eae0a27a72eeb7/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/XOlifreX/hhg-decompilation/blob/e76b346b569228adee26d5bdc0eae0a27a72eeb7/Makefile>

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