# Sargon III: recovering move order and its opening-library encoding

> Studies the Apple II version of Sargon III through a partially commented disassembly, focusing on its move generator and opening-library encoding. Two C utilities help decode and rebuild openings whose one-byte moves index the generator's move order.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Oric4ever/sargon3_disassembly>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Oric4ever/sargon3_disassembly/blob/611b296df7ab40b8fd95518f9ee5af388e631572/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sargon-iii-disassembly-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sargon-iii-disassembly-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/sargon-iii-disassembly-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Limits:** The listing is only partially commented.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Oric4ever/sargon3_disassembly/blob/611b296df7ab40b8fd95518f9ee5af388e631572/README.md>

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