Case study

Pokémon Dash: a byte-matched Nintendo DS decompilation

pokemon-dash-decomp reconstructs source for the USA Nintendo DS release of Pokémon Dash and checks functions against exact compiled bytes while rebuilding the ROM byte for byte. It uses Metrowerks mwccarm and contains generated source, configuration and progress data; the author reports partial code matching.

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: 1
Last commit: 2026-11-07
Language: C
License (GitHub): CC0-1.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A user-supplied decrypted USA Pokémon Dash base ROM.
Limits: Metrowerks mwccarm; the exact compiler version is still being identified.
Scope: The author reports 19.60% of code matched and 1,817 of 3,280 functions counted as matching.
License: The decompilation is CC0-1.0; the native runtime directory has its own MIT license.

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BibTeX

@misc{pokemon-dash-decomp-case,
  title = {{Pokémon Dash: a byte-matched Nintendo DS decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/liolu/pokemon-dash-decomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/liolu/pokemon-dash-decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/pokemon-dash-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Pokémon Dash: a byte-matched Nintendo DS decompilation. https://github.com/liolu/pokemon-dash-decomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/pokemon-dash-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · liolu/pokemon-dash-decomp · Revision 550acb4
extract/README.md GitHub · liolu/pokemon-dash-decomp · Revision 550acb4