Case study

Rogue Byte: matching decompilation of Sly 2: Band of Thieves

Rogue Byte reconstructs the USA PlayStation 2 release of Sly 2: Band of Thieves as readable C/C++ through a matching decompilation workflow. It splits a user-supplied executable, compiles recovered functions with the original compiler and checks the linked image byte for byte; the same C is also checked against the optional PAL executable.

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: 2
Last commit: 2026-11-09
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

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 legitimately obtained USA/NTSC-U Sly 2 copy, executable SCUS_97316.
Prerequisites: The PAL executable SCES_52529 is optional for cross-version checks.
Limits: The work is unfinished; the author reports 76.37% matched USA code, including original assembly retained for blockers.
License: GPL-3.0-or-later license.

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BibTeX

@misc{rogue-byte-sly-2-case,
  title = {{Rogue Byte: matching decompilation of Sly 2: Band of Thieves}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Blightwidow/rogue-byte}},
  url = {https://github.com/Blightwidow/rogue-byte},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/rogue-byte-sly-2-case/}}
}

Plain text

Rogue Byte: matching decompilation of Sly 2: Band of Thieves. https://github.com/Blightwidow/rogue-byte (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/rogue-byte-sly-2-case/

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README.md GitHub · Blightwidow/rogue-byte · Revision 87f738f
docs/build/progress.md GitHub · Blightwidow/rogue-byte · Revision 87f738f