# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Community REA investigations
- Relationship: Author-reported mixed workflow
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/LuckyLuke00/sadx-decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/LuckyLuke00/sadx-decomp/blob/5075e511cf10f9bdb12027d943bad580ae3c7dee/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sadx-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sadx-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/sadx-decomp-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/LuckyLuke00/sadx-decomp/blob/5075e511cf10f9bdb12027d943bad580ae3c7dee/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/LuckyLuke00/sadx-decomp/blob/5075e511cf10f9bdb12027d943bad580ae3c7dee/CLAUDE.md>

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