# How to Be a Complete Bastard: a SkoolKit disassembly

> How to Be a Complete Bastard is a SkoolKit disassembly of the ZX Spectrum game. The repository keeps .skool source and helper scripts for producing browsable hexadecimal and decimal listings.

- 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/pobtastic/howtobeacompletebastard>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/pobtastic/howtobeacompletebastard/blob/85cb4f0a0226efce8913f9ec7ea9b0dc72f0724c/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/how-to-be-a-complete-bastard-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/how-to-be-a-complete-bastard-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/how-to-be-a-complete-bastard-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Install SkoolKit to build the development HTML listings; own the original game to disassemble its code.
- **License:** GPL-3.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/pobtastic/howtobeacompletebastard/blob/85cb4f0a0226efce8913f9ec7ea9b0dc72f0724c/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/pobtastic/howtobeacompletebastard/blob/85cb4f0a0226efce8913f9ec7ea9b0dc72f0724c/Makefile>

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