Case study

Mega Man X5: a matching PlayStation decompilation

mmx5 reconstructs C source for the US PlayStation release of Mega Man X5. Its build uses a period toolchain and original link order to compare the boot executable SLUS_013.34 and code overlays inside ROCK_X5.BIN with a user-supplied disc dump.

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: 1
Last commit: 2026-11-07
Language: C
License (GitHub): AGPL-3.0

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

How evidence classes are assigned

Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Supply a legally obtained dump of the USA SLUS-01334 disc.
Testing evidence: The build uses the original-era toolchain and checks the target binaries by hash.
License: AGPL-3.0.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{mega-man-x5-decomp-case,
  title = {{Mega Man X5: a matching PlayStation decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/anzaldoivan/mmx5}},
  url = {https://github.com/anzaldoivan/mmx5},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/mega-man-x5-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Mega Man X5: a matching PlayStation decompilation. https://github.com/anzaldoivan/mmx5 (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/mega-man-x5-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · anzaldoivan/mmx5 · Revision d720a95