Case study

mm5sound: translating the Mega Man 5 sound driver to C++

mm5sound translates Mega Man 5's 6502 assembly sound driver into C++ while retaining ROM addresses near related code. Its comparison workflow builds register-write logs from the user's ROM and checks them against logs from NSFPlay.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 4
Last commit: 2017-03-01
Language: C++
License (GitHub): MIT

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: Provide `Megaman V (U) [!].nes` as `mm5.nes` for the documented test build.
Prerequisites: GNU Make, g++, Lua, and NSFPlay are used by the documented build and comparison workflow.
Limits: Music data classes and a fully annotated disassembly remain on the roadmap.
License: MIT license.

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BibTeX

@misc{mm5sound-case,
  title = {{mm5sound: translating the Mega Man 5 sound driver to C++}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/HertzDevil/mm5sound}},
  url = {https://github.com/HertzDevil/mm5sound},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/mm5sound-case/}}
}

Plain text

mm5sound: translating the Mega Man 5 sound driver to C++. https://github.com/HertzDevil/mm5sound (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/mm5sound-case/

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README.md GitHub · HertzDevil/mm5sound · Revision 7bbc51b
Makefile GitHub · HertzDevil/mm5sound · Revision 7bbc51b