# Over the Hedge: an ongoing PlayStation 2 matching decompilation

> Over the Hedge reconstructs source for the retail NTSC-U PlayStation 2 game, targeting a build identical to its original executable. The repository contains C++, assembly, splat configuration and a PS2 build script for the ongoing decompilation.

- 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/dantekall/Over-The-Hedge---Decompilation>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/dantekall/Over-The-Hedge---Decompilation/blob/554abda6e904f15fdef0e590975936539a544a06/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/over-the-hedge-ps2-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/over-the-hedge-ps2-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/over-the-hedge-ps2-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** The Makefile uses a ps2dev Docker image and the R5900 cross compiler.
- **Scope:** The target is the retail NTSC-U PlayStation 2 build, SLUS_213.00.
- **Limits:** Matching reconstruction remains ongoing.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/dantekall/Over-The-Hedge---Decompilation/blob/554abda6e904f15fdef0e590975936539a544a06/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/dantekall/Over-The-Hedge---Decompilation/blob/554abda6e904f15fdef0e590975936539a544a06/Makefile>

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