# Marvel vs. Capcom 2: early Dreamcast matching decompilation

> Starts a matching decompilation of the North American Dreamcast release of Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes. Its tools extract and descramble 1ST_READ.BIN, split SH-4 code and data using a configuration map, and compare reconstructed C against the retail executable.

- 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/devin-thomas/mvc2-dc>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/devin-thomas/mvc2-dc/blob/d89cd69a10d29cb23e2161db1b8205bd1e282626/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mvc2-dreamcast-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mvc2-dreamcast-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/mvc2-dreamcast-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires Python 3.10+, Git, GNU Make or CMake, and a legally obtained North American Dreamcast disc dump in CDI or GDI format.
- **Limits:** The project describes itself as an early matching decompilation.
- **License:** MIT License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/devin-thomas/mvc2-dc/blob/d89cd69a10d29cb23e2161db1b8205bd1e282626/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/devin-thomas/mvc2-dc/blob/d89cd69a10d29cb23e2161db1b8205bd1e282626/docs/COMPILER.md>

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