Case study

Pac-Man NES Source Reconstruction: seven byte-identical cartridge revisions

Pac-Man NES Source Reconstruction rebuilds seven official Famicom and NES Pac-Man revisions from shared, annotated 6502 ca65 modules. Its build rules extract data from a user's ROM and compare assembled output byte for byte with each available original; a relocated build also has a recorded longplay check in MAME.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 0
Last commit: 2026-11-05
Language: Assembly

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Python 3, GNU Make, Retrolarium Kit and a user's Japan v1.0 Pac-Man ROM are required for any build; other revisions' ROMs are optional.
Prerequisites: MAME is required for the full longplay check.
License: The repository currently grants no open-source license for project-authored files.

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BibTeX

@misc{pac-man-nes-source-reconstruction-case,
  title = {{Pac-Man NES Source Reconstruction: seven byte-identical cartridge revisions}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/RetrolariumLab/pacman_src}},
  url = {https://github.com/RetrolariumLab/pacman_src},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/pac-man-nes-source-reconstruction-case/}}
}

Plain text

Pac-Man NES Source Reconstruction: seven byte-identical cartridge revisions. https://github.com/RetrolariumLab/pacman_src (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/pac-man-nes-source-reconstruction-case/

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README.md GitHub · RetrolariumLab/pacman_src · Revision aa87a07
Makefile GitHub · RetrolariumLab/pacman_src · Revision aa87a07