Case study

Mortal Kombat: Deception: matching GameCube decompilation of the USA release

Mortal Kombat: Deception decomp reconstructs the USA GameCube release as C and C++ source. Its setup checks a user-supplied retail disc, downloads the configured compilers and matching tools, then builds a main.dol whose expected result is checked against the original.

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: 19
Last commit: 2026-11-07
Language: C
License (GitHub): CC0-1.0

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: An original USA GameCube disc image with game ID GQNE5D is required.
Prerequisites: Python is required for bootstrap; the setup obtains configured compilers and tools and runs Ninja.
Limits: The decompilation remains a work in progress.
License: CC0-1.0.

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BibTeX

@misc{mortal-kombat-deception-decomp-case,
  title = {{Mortal Kombat: Deception: matching GameCube decompilation of the USA release}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/ShulkMaster/mk-deception}},
  url = {https://github.com/ShulkMaster/mk-deception},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/mortal-kombat-deception-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Mortal Kombat: Deception: matching GameCube decompilation of the USA release. https://github.com/ShulkMaster/mk-deception (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/mortal-kombat-deception-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · ShulkMaster/mk-deception · Revision 33b1e00
CONTRIBUTING.md GitHub · ShulkMaster/mk-deception · Revision 33b1e00