Case study

Mother 3: a Game Boy Advance decompilation

Mother 3 reconstructs Game Boy Advance game code into a buildable source tree targeting a ROM with a specified SHA-1. Its setup uses the Japanese original as baserom.gba, and the included Salsa tool reads and writes the game’s main and miscellaneous text.

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: 92
Last commit: 2026-09-14
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: A Japanese Mother 3 ROM named baserom.gba.
Prerequisites: The agbcc toolchain and build setup described in INSTALL.md.
License: No licence file in the repository.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{mother-3-decomp-case,
  title = {{Mother 3: a Game Boy Advance decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Kurausukun/mother3}},
  url = {https://github.com/Kurausukun/mother3},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/mother-3-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Mother 3: a Game Boy Advance decompilation. https://github.com/Kurausukun/mother3 (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/mother-3-decomp-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · Kurausukun/mother3 · Revision 5637f2c
INSTALL.md GitHub · Kurausukun/mother3 · Revision 5637f2c
tools/salsa/README.md GitHub · Kurausukun/mother3 · Revision 5637f2c