Case study

Tales of Eternia: structural analysis of the Japanese PlayStation disc

Tales of Eternia is a structural investigation of disc 1 of the Japanese PlayStation release SLPS-03050. Python tools and committed reports examine ISO 9660 and CD-XA layout, the PS-EXE, LZSS blocks, archive indexes, TIM graphics, audio, video and Shift-JIS text.

Targets: Binary · 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: 2026-08-27
Language: Python
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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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: A user-supplied image of Japanese Tales of Eternia disc 1 and Python 3.
Scope: The investigation covers disc 1; the author has not analyzed the other two discs.
License: MIT license for code; the repository also has a separate documentation license file.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{ps1-talesofeternia-doc-case,
  title = {{Tales of Eternia: structural analysis of the Japanese PlayStation disc}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/ps1-talesofeternia-doc}},
  url = {https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/ps1-talesofeternia-doc},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/ps1-talesofeternia-doc-case/}}
}

Plain text

Tales of Eternia: structural analysis of the Japanese PlayStation disc. https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/ps1-talesofeternia-doc (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/ps1-talesofeternia-doc-case/

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README.md GitHub · vs-sr-dev/ps1-talesofeternia-doc · Revision 33bfb54
tools/README.md GitHub · vs-sr-dev/ps1-talesofeternia-doc · Revision 33bfb54