Case study

Link: The Faces of Evil: matching CD-i program decompilation

Link: The Faces of Evil Decompilation reconstructs the Philips CD-i game's cdi_link main program as C source. Its build compiles functions with Apple MPW C 3.0, places them in the module and compares the resulting SHA-1 with the original from a user's disc. The author reports matching builds for English, French, German and Dutch releases.

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

Stars: 0
Last commit: 2026-10-24
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A supported game disc, Python 3, Capstone, Basilisk II, an owned 68040 Mac ROM, System 7.5.3 and MPW C 3.0.
Limits: Some drawing routines and NVRAM name coders remain in assembly; naming and documentation remain incomplete.
License: No licence file in the repository.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{link-faces-of-evil-decomp-case,
  title = {{Link: The Faces of Evil: matching CD-i program decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/ByteDecompiler/link-faces-of-evil}},
  url = {https://github.com/ByteDecompiler/link-faces-of-evil},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/link-faces-of-evil-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Link: The Faces of Evil: matching CD-i program decompilation. https://github.com/ByteDecompiler/link-faces-of-evil (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/link-faces-of-evil-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · ByteDecompiler/link-faces-of-evil · Revision 38b3cf0
CONTRIBUTING.md GitHub · ByteDecompiler/link-faces-of-evil · Revision 38b3cf0