# Pepsiman: a matching PlayStation decompilation

> Reconstructs C source for the Japanese PlayStation release of Pepsiman, including its main executable and 22 code overlays. The build compares output byte for byte with files extracted from a user-supplied retail disc.

- 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/brian-oblivion/pepsiman-decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/brian-oblivion/pepsiman-decomp/blob/e745757738d6c086a81cdd71ce2fbb11cb5e7ed6/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pepsiman-matching-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pepsiman-matching-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/pepsiman-matching-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A user-supplied Japanese Pepsiman retail disc, SLPS-01762, and Sony Psy-Q SDK files.
- **Prerequisites:** Linux with Python 3, Git, curl, make and a C compiler.
- **License:** The author's original work is licensed CC0-1.0.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/brian-oblivion/pepsiman-decomp/blob/e745757738d6c086a81cdd71ce2fbb11cb5e7ed6/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/brian-oblivion/pepsiman-decomp/blob/e745757738d6c086a81cdd71ce2fbb11cb5e7ed6/LICENSE>

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