Case study

Sonic Adventure DX: matching reconstruction of the 2014 Steam executable

Reconstructs C and C++ source for the 2014 Steam release of Sonic Adventure DX, comparing compiled functions with the retail executable. It uses Visual C++ 2010 SP1 to produce matching machine code and reccmp to check matches. The project aims to rebuild the whole executable byte for byte, one function at a time.

Targets: Game
Category: Community REA investigations
Relationship: Author-reported mixed workflow
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 3
Last commit: 2026-11-07
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

Prerequisites: The 2014 Steam release of Sonic Adventure DX is required.
Prerequisites: Windows 10 build 17063 or newer, Python 3.10 or newer, git and Visual C++ 2010 SP1 are specified.
Limits: Source reconstruction is in progress.
License: MIT covers tools, build files, tests and guides; src/ and data/ are not licensed by the project.

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BibTeX

@misc{sadx-decomp-case,
  title = {{Sonic Adventure DX: matching reconstruction of the 2014 Steam executable}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/LuckyLuke00/sadx-decomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/LuckyLuke00/sadx-decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-08},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/sadx-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Sonic Adventure DX: matching reconstruction of the 2014 Steam executable. https://github.com/LuckyLuke00/sadx-decomp (accessed 2026-11-08). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/sadx-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · LuckyLuke00/sadx-decomp · Revision 5075e51
CLAUDE.md GitHub · LuckyLuke00/sadx-decomp · Revision 5075e51