# 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.

- 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/kazuyette/shino-legion-decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/kazuyette/shino-legion-decomp/blob/2736a5a15979148dee843ba7340177c4c948eae2/pc-port/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/shinobi-legions-saturn-pc-port-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/shinobi-legions-saturn-pc-port-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/shinobi-legions-saturn-pc-port-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/kazuyette/shino-legion-decomp/blob/2736a5a15979148dee843ba7340177c4c948eae2/pc-port/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/kazuyette/shino-legion-decomp/blob/2736a5a15979148dee843ba7340177c4c948eae2/README.md>
3. <https://github.com/kazuyette/shino-legion-decomp/blob/2736a5a15979148dee843ba7340177c4c948eae2/docs/entry_point_notes.md>

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