# hyperblade-decomp: matching HyperBlade's Windows executable

> hyperblade-decomp reconstructs the HyperBlade HYPERX.EXE v1.0.0.1 source and scores byte matches per function with reccmp. Its source is organized by game subsystem and compiled with Visual C++ 6.0 SP3; a separate bring-up build runs a basic game mode. The author reports that most game functions match exactly.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/zach2good/hyperblade-decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/zach2good/hyperblade-decomp/blob/90c2d443351d40b827a808ddd8ac6b9e2466d5d6/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/hyperblade-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/hyperblade-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/hyperblade-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Windows with Git Bash, CMake 3.21 or newer and Python 3.12 or newer.
- **Prerequisites:** A user-owned HyperBlade copy with HYPERX.EXE v1.0.0.1 and the Visual C++ 6.0 SP3 toolchain.
- **Prerequisites:** The basic bring-up build uses the user's disc DATA folder.
- **License:** LGPL-3.0-only for the project's own work.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/zach2good/hyperblade-decomp/blob/90c2d443351d40b827a808ddd8ac6b9e2466d5d6/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/zach2good/hyperblade-decomp/blob/90c2d443351d40b827a808ddd8ac6b9e2466d5d6/src/README.md>

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