Case study

Ridge Racer (PSP): bit-exact decompilation of BOOT.BIN

Ridge Racer (PSP) reconstructs the game's BOOT.BIN as C and C++ and checks functions against retail bytes with a patched PSP GCC 1.3.1 compiler. A headless PPSSPP runner supports behavioral comparisons. The author reports 4,513 byte-exact game functions in the November 2026 progress snapshot.

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: 2026-11-04
Language: C++

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Use the US PSP BOOT.BIN as the reference for the documented matching work.
The matching compiler is a patched PSP GCC 1.3.1 build; the documented toolchain runs in a Lima VM.
The author reports 4,513 of 5,654 game functions byte exact in the 2026-11-02 snapshot.

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BibTeX

@misc{ridge-racer-psp-decomp-case,
  title = {{Ridge Racer (PSP): bit-exact decompilation of BOOT.BIN}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/jeff-strutb/ridgeracerpsp}},
  url = {https://github.com/jeff-strutb/ridgeracerpsp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/ridge-racer-psp-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Ridge Racer (PSP): bit-exact decompilation of BOOT.BIN. https://github.com/jeff-strutb/ridgeracerpsp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/ridge-racer-psp-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · jeff-strutb/ridgeracerpsp · Revision 3683f63
tools/oracle/README.md GitHub · jeff-strutb/ridgeracerpsp · Revision 3683f63