# Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix: an in-progress PS2 main-ELF decompilation

> Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix reconstructs C++ source for the PlayStation 2 game's main ELF. Contributors add function symbols and implementations, rebuild with the project's compiler setup, and compare objects in objdiff. The author reports recovering class definitions and file layout from an E3 kiosk demo PS3 port of Kingdom Hearts 2.

- 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/GovanifY/kh2>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/GovanifY/kh2/blob/8b5bc4790ac3fe951ffaf15b6933d186ebab7a43/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/kingdom-hearts-2-final-mix-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/kingdom-hearts-2-final-mix-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/kingdom-hearts-2-final-mix-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A copy of SLPM_666.75 from Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix is required at the repository root.
- **Prerequisites:** Python 3, Docker, Git LFS, and a Unix shell are required; the author reports Linux and macOS support.
- **Limits:** The decompilation is unfinished; the nonmatchings directory is outside the build.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/GovanifY/kh2/blob/8b5bc4790ac3fe951ffaf15b6933d186ebab7a43/README.md>

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