# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Kurausukun/mother3>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Kurausukun/mother3/blob/5637f2c04fe761f9a3e05335cad5103c4af1da23/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mother-3-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mother-3-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/mother-3-decomp-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Kurausukun/mother3/blob/5637f2c04fe761f9a3e05335cad5103c4af1da23/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/Kurausukun/mother3/blob/5637f2c04fe761f9a3e05335cad5103c4af1da23/INSTALL.md>
3. <https://github.com/Kurausukun/mother3/blob/5637f2c04fe761f9a3e05335cad5103c4af1da23/tools/salsa/README.md>

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