# sctools: Sega Channel image extraction and nsf.exe decompilation

> sctools contains an approximate, nonmatching C decompilation of nsf.exe and a C++ tool that extracts files from Sega Channel game distribution images.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Binary · 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/nfroggy/sctools>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/nfroggy/sctools/blob/b2b6ac1ba7bd096c07d89630eac61fd19fdb3388/readme.txt>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sctools-sega-channel-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sctools-sega-channel-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/sctools-sega-channel-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A Sega Channel game distribution image is the extractor's input.
- **Limits:** The nsf.exe decompilation is nonmatching.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/nfroggy/sctools/blob/b2b6ac1ba7bd096c07d89630eac61fd19fdb3388/readme.txt>

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