# The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D: a USA code.bin decompilation

> This project reconstructs source for the USA release of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D using game data and static or dynamic analysis. Its Windows build produces oot3d.axf and a code.bin checked against the original MD5; rebuilding romfs.bin and the full .3ds image remains planned.

- 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/gamestabled/oot3d_before_public>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/gamestabled/oot3d_before_public/blob/7c344892a83f4d8d4a334766b503fa7ce5d5d79d/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/oot3d-before-public-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/oot3d-before-public-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/oot3d-before-public-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A user-provided USA game copy named baserom.3ds is required.
- **Prerequisites:** The build assumes Windows with RVCT4.0 Build 821, CMake, Make, and Python.
- **Limits:** Only the USA version is supported; romfs.bin and the full .3ds image are future targets.
- **License:** CC0-1.0.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/gamestabled/oot3d_before_public/blob/7c344892a83f4d8d4a334766b503fa7ce5d5d79d/README.md>

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