# smt-decomp: decompiling Shin Megami Tensei for PlayStation

> smt-decomp is a work-in-progress decompilation of the PlayStation version of Shin Megami Tensei 1. Its workflow extracts files from a player-supplied game copy and generates assembly for function-matching work. A future PC port of the classic series is the stated goal.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-09
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://codeberg.org/chickenzes/smt-decomp>
- Primary source: <https://codeberg.org/chickenzes/smt-decomp/src/commit/3d0f7f8c4d0af061779578c7f370903b8dc763bc/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/smt-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/smt-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/smt-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A WSL environment and original game files are required.
- **Prerequisites:** The setup uses PSXimager or a similar tool to extract game files before running make split.
- **Limits:** The project is at an early stage, and build instructions remain unfinished.
- **License:** No licence stated on the project page.

## Primary sources

1. <https://codeberg.org/chickenzes/smt-decomp/src/commit/3d0f7f8c4d0af061779578c7f370903b8dc763bc/README.md>

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