Case study

Shinobi Legions: Saturn code analysis and PC port

Reconstructs Shinobi Legions for PC from analysis of its Sega Saturn SH-2 code and disc formats. A C11 and SDL2 port rewrites game functions while retaining the original memory layout; the author reports that the title, 18 stages, bosses, and ending run using files extracted from the user's disc.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 1
Last commit: 2026-10-10
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: Requires the user's Shinobi Legions USA disc image for game files.
Prerequisites: The PC build requires a C11 GCC toolchain, CMake 3.16+, and SDL2 2.0.18+; MSVC is unsupported.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{shinobi-legions-saturn-pc-port-case,
  title = {{Shinobi Legions: Saturn code analysis and PC port}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/kazuyette/shino-legion-decomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/kazuyette/shino-legion-decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/shinobi-legions-saturn-pc-port-case/}}
}

Plain text

Shinobi Legions: Saturn code analysis and PC port. https://github.com/kazuyette/shino-legion-decomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/shinobi-legions-saturn-pc-port-case/

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pc-port/README.md GitHub · kazuyette/shino-legion-decomp · Revision 2736a5a
README.md GitHub · kazuyette/shino-legion-decomp · Revision 2736a5a
docs/entry_point_notes.md GitHub · kazuyette/shino-legion-decomp · Revision 2736a5a