# Yakuza: an in-progress PlayStation 2 decompilation

> Ogre-Decomp is an in-progress decompilation of the PlayStation 2 game Yakuza. Its script runs splat splitting, assembly delinking and MWCC compilation, while configuration maps the game's main and game overlays and records target hashes.

- 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/Hamzaxx370/Ogre-Decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Hamzaxx370/Ogre-Decomp/blob/5c7b5576c34e59738b98d8a6e182b9752e7186f2/build.py>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ogre-yakuza-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ogre-yakuza-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ogre-yakuza-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** PS2 game input matching the configured Yakuza USA overlays.
- **Prerequisites:** Python, splat and the MWCCPS2 toolchain used by the build pipeline.
- **Limits:** The project describes itself as a work in progress.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Hamzaxx370/Ogre-Decomp/blob/5c7b5576c34e59738b98d8a6e182b9752e7186f2/build.py>
2. <https://github.com/Hamzaxx370/Ogre-Decomp/blob/5c7b5576c34e59738b98d8a6e182b9752e7186f2/README.md>
3. <https://github.com/Hamzaxx370/Ogre-Decomp/blob/5c7b5576c34e59738b98d8a6e182b9752e7186f2/configs/main.yaml>

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