# 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.

- 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/Komasia/sly2-decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Komasia/sly2-decomp/blob/be803ab8801df098639c83be51366b8d094b78f5/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sly-2-matching-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sly-2-matching-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/sly-2-matching-decomp-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Komasia/sly2-decomp/blob/be803ab8801df098639c83be51366b8d094b78f5/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/Komasia/sly2-decomp/blob/be803ab8801df098639c83be51366b8d094b78f5/SETUP.md>

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