Case study

Metroid II: an in-progress Game Boy disassembly

Metroid II reconstructs Metroid II: Return of Samus as Game Boy assembly across separate ROM banks. The project identifies a target ROM hash, names mgbdis as a disassembly tool and provides a make-based assembly build.

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

Stars: 20
Last commit: 2021-11-08
Language: Assembly
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A Game Boy assembly toolchain and make are needed for the build.
Limits: Setup instructions are unfinished, and the disassembly is a work in progress.
License: MIT license.

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BibTeX

@misc{metroid-ii-disassembly-case,
  title = {{Metroid II: an in-progress Game Boy disassembly}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Vashy777/metroid2}},
  url = {https://github.com/Vashy777/metroid2},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/metroid-ii-disassembly-case/}}
}

Plain text

Metroid II: an in-progress Game Boy disassembly. https://github.com/Vashy777/metroid2 (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/metroid-ii-disassembly-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · Vashy777/metroid2 · Revision a892576
Makefile GitHub · Vashy777/metroid2 · Revision a892576