Case study

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night: a Vita shared-library port

The Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Vita project loads a game shared library through a custom ELF loader. Its source implements relocation, symbol handling and ARM and Thumb hooks, while the build targets the Vita SDK.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C3 notes only

Stars: 8
Last commit: 2026-07-11
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code observed; no usable documentation found.
Scope: Notes
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Use Vita SDK to build the Vita application.
Prerequisites: Provide the game shared library required by the loader.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{sotn-vita-library-port-case,
  title = {{Castlevania: Symphony of the Night: a Vita shared-library port}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Rinnegatamante/sotn-vita}},
  url = {https://github.com/Rinnegatamante/sotn-vita},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/sotn-vita-library-port-case/}}
}

Plain text

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night: a Vita shared-library port. https://github.com/Rinnegatamante/sotn-vita (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/sotn-vita-library-port-case/

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Primary sources

loader/main.c GitHub · Rinnegatamante/sotn-vita · Revision 1277fa5
loader/so_util.c GitHub · Rinnegatamante/sotn-vita · Revision 1277fa5
CMakeLists.txt GitHub · Rinnegatamante/sotn-vita · Revision 1277fa5