{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/Y0oshi/lain-psx-decompiled/blob/205c1977e2aa8d26128fcdbab19170c2c2bbde0e/docs/findings/README.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "Serial Experiments Lain is reconstructed as C source for the PlayStation release and ported to Windows, macOS and Linux through a reimplementation of PlayStation SDK calls. The author reports that the rebuilt executable matches the retail binary byte for byte; the native client reads media and data from the user's two original discs.",
  "description_zh": "项目将 PlayStation 版 Serial Experiments Lain 重建为 C 源码，并通过重实现 PlayStation SDK 调用移植到 Windows、macOS 和 Linux。作者报告重建的可执行文件与零售版逐字节一致；原生客户端从用户自备的两张原版光盘读取媒体和数据。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/lain-psx-decompiled-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/lain-psx-decompiled-case/",
  "evidence_class": 2,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/Y0oshi/lain-psx-decompiled/blob/205c1977e2aa8d26128fcdbab19170c2c2bbde0e/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "lain-psx-decompiled-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/lain-psx-decompiled-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/lain-psx-decompiled-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/lain-psx-decompiled-case/index.md",
  "name": "Serial Experiments Lain: matching PlayStation decompilation and native port",
  "name_zh": "Serial Experiments Lain：PlayStation 匹配反编译与原生移植",
  "reconstruction_method": "matching-decompilation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "scope",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Two original Japanese PlayStation discs dumped as Redump .cue and .bin images are required for the native client.",
    "The decompilation build requires Python 3, Docker, and the disc images; the native build requires CMake, a C/C++ compiler, SDL2, and OpenAL.",
    "The author reports a byte-identical executable and 321 matching game functions.",
    "MIT license."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "原生客户端需要两张日版 PlayStation 原版光盘的 Redump .cue 和 .bin 镜像。",
    "反编译构建需要 Python 3、Docker 和光盘镜像；原生版构建需要 CMake、C/C++ 编译器、SDL2 和 OpenAL。",
    "作者报告生成的可执行文件逐字节一致，321 个游戏函数均已匹配。",
    "MIT 许可证。"
  ],
  "scope": "unknown",
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/Y0oshi/lain-psx-decompiled",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}