Case study

Milon's Secret Castle: an annotated NES disassembly

Milon's Secret Castle reconstructs the US NES game as annotated assembly that builds with asm6f. A verification script compares the built ROM with the original, while Mesen Lua scripts visualize doors, movement, hitboxes and room secrets.

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: 12
Last commit: 2026-05-05
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: The US version of Milon's Secret Castle.
Prerequisites: asm6f for assembly; Perl for the comparison script.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{milons-secret-castle-disassembly-case,
  title = {{Milon's Secret Castle: an annotated NES disassembly}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/jasonmray/MilonsSecretCastle}},
  url = {https://github.com/jasonmray/MilonsSecretCastle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/milons-secret-castle-disassembly-case/}}
}

Plain text

Milon's Secret Castle: an annotated NES disassembly. https://github.com/jasonmray/MilonsSecretCastle (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/milons-secret-castle-disassembly-case/

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readme.md GitHub · jasonmray/MilonsSecretCastle · Revision 06827c7
MesenLuaScripts/readme.md GitHub · jasonmray/MilonsSecretCastle · Revision 06827c7