Case study

Sly 2: Band of Thieves: a matching PS2 decompilation

Sly 2: Band of Thieves reconstructs the USA PlayStation 2 executable as C and C++ built with period ee-gcc and SN assembler tools. Per-function compilation and relocation-aware comparison check the output against the owner's disc; the author reports that all 6,662 functions match byte for byte.

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: 13
Last commit: 2026-10-30
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: A user's USA Sly 2 disc image and Linux or WSL are required.
Prerequisites: The build uses ee-gcc 2.95.3 build 136, SN ps2eeas and Python tooling.
Limits: Most functions still have address-based names and m2c-style types.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{sly-2-matching-decomp-case,
  title = {{Sly 2: Band of Thieves: a matching PS2 decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Komasia/sly2-decomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/Komasia/sly2-decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/sly-2-matching-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Sly 2: Band of Thieves: a matching PS2 decompilation. https://github.com/Komasia/sly2-decomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/sly-2-matching-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · Komasia/sly2-decomp · Revision be803ab
SETUP.md GitHub · Komasia/sly2-decomp · Revision be803ab