# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Binary · Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/ps1-talesofeternia-doc>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/ps1-talesofeternia-doc/blob/33bfb541e2322e60f1524205c6fe32614aa3a41c/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ps1-talesofeternia-doc-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ps1-talesofeternia-doc-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ps1-talesofeternia-doc-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/ps1-talesofeternia-doc/blob/33bfb541e2322e60f1524205c6fe32614aa3a41c/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/ps1-talesofeternia-doc/blob/33bfb541e2322e60f1524205c6fe32614aa3a41c/tools/README.md>

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