# Severed Chains: rewriting The Legend of Dragoon in Java

> Severed Chains rewrites Legend of Dragoon from its assembly into Java and adds a modding API. The README says the game is fully playable with no known crashes. Java 25 is required. Disc images go in the isos directory, and Gradle configures the IntelliJ project. Assets are extracted from those images at runtime. Controllers, including rumble, and keyboard controls are supported.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Legend-of-Dragoon-Modding/Severed-Chains>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Legend-of-Dragoon-Modding/Severed-Chains/blob/0c08c679b6b54e167b00851f1f1458d4dea3eade/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/severed-chains/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/severed-chains/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/severed-chains/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Java 25, Git, and Gradle. Copy the disc images into isos.
- The README names no license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Legend-of-Dragoon-Modding/Severed-Chains/blob/0c08c679b6b54e167b00851f1f1458d4dea3eade/README.md>

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