# The Sims Bustin' Out: early GameCube decompilation and symbol mapping

> The Sims Bustin' Out GameCube decompilation targets the USA Rev 0 G4ME69 release. It combines decomp-toolkit build configuration, initial C files, and custom scripts that infer possible symbol matches from another GameCube decompilation. The author describes the split mapping as very early and largely heuristic.

- 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/Vivian-Green/sims-bustin-out>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Vivian-Green/sims-bustin-out/blob/a5b587200e18e66ae6903b65e7617eafb3384889/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sims-bustin-out-gamecube-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sims-bustin-out-gamecube-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/sims-bustin-out-gamecube-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** An existing GameCube disc image for G4ME69 is required.
- **Prerequisites:** Python and Ninja are required for the documented build.
- **Limits:** The split mapping is early and the heuristic symbol comparisons had not been manually reviewed when documented.
- **License:** MIT.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Vivian-Green/sims-bustin-out/blob/a5b587200e18e66ae6903b65e7617eafb3384889/README.md>

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