Case study

Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters: a Game Boy disassembly

Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters reconstructs the Game Boy game's code and data as a documented RGBDS disassembly. The build uses an owner-supplied baserom.gb, extracts graphics and assembles a ROM; the project gives an MD5 value for checking the result.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

Stars: 0
Last commit: 2026-07-03
Language: Assembly
License (GitHub): CC0-1.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A copy of the game ROM named baserom.gb is required.
Prerequisites: Building requires RGBDS and Python.
Limits: The disassembly and its documentation are works in progress.
License: CC0-1.0 license.

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BibTeX

@misc{kid-icarus-omm-disassembly-case,
  title = {{Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters: a Game Boy disassembly}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/ordinary-hacker/kid-icarus-omm}},
  url = {https://github.com/ordinary-hacker/kid-icarus-omm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/kid-icarus-omm-disassembly-case/}}
}

Plain text

Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters: a Game Boy disassembly. https://github.com/ordinary-hacker/kid-icarus-omm (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/kid-icarus-omm-disassembly-case/

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README.md GitHub · ordinary-hacker/kid-icarus-omm · Revision 9b1fd70
Makefile GitHub · ordinary-hacker/kid-icarus-omm · Revision 9b1fd70
docs/index.md GitHub · ordinary-hacker/kid-icarus-omm · Revision 9b1fd70