Case study

Mega Man X6: matching PlayStation code and overlay decompilation

mmx6 reconstructs the US v1.1 PlayStation Mega Man X6 boot executable and ROCK_X6.BIN code overlays as C source. Its build uses the era's toolchain and checks each produced binary against the original hash; the repository includes source, overlay configurations and matching workflow documentation.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 3
Last commit: 2026-11-03
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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A legally obtained US v1.1 Mega Man X6 disc dump is required for rebuilding and hash comparison.
Prerequisites: The original-era compiler and linker toolchain is required for byte-matching builds.
License: AGPL-3.0 license for the project's own tools and documents.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{mega-man-x6-matching-decomp-case,
  title = {{Mega Man X6: matching PlayStation code and overlay decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/anzaldoivan/mmx6}},
  url = {https://github.com/anzaldoivan/mmx6},
  urldate = {2026-11-08},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/mega-man-x6-matching-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Mega Man X6: matching PlayStation code and overlay decompilation. https://github.com/anzaldoivan/mmx6 (accessed 2026-11-08). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/mega-man-x6-matching-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · anzaldoivan/mmx6 · Revision d9f7fdb