Case study

The Legend of Zelda: a work-in-progress NES disassembly

zeldasource disassembles the NES release of The Legend of Zelda into banked assembly files. Its CC65 build uses an original iNES ROM supplied by the user and checks the rebuilt image against an MD5 checksum.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 77
Last commit: 2016-04-14
Language: Assembly

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A Unix-like environment, GNU Make, the CC65 toolchain, and the user's original iNES ROM named zelda_base.nes.
Limits: The disassembly is a work in progress.
License: No licence file in the repository.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{legend-of-zelda-nes-disassembly-case,
  title = {{The Legend of Zelda: a work-in-progress NES disassembly}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/camthesaxman/zeldasource}},
  url = {https://github.com/camthesaxman/zeldasource},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/legend-of-zelda-nes-disassembly-case/}}
}

Plain text

The Legend of Zelda: a work-in-progress NES disassembly. https://github.com/camthesaxman/zeldasource (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/legend-of-zelda-nes-disassembly-case/

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README.md GitHub · camthesaxman/zeldasource · Revision c1de287
Makefile GitHub · camthesaxman/zeldasource · Revision c1de287