# Soul Reaverse: reconstructing Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

> Soul Reaverse reconstructs Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver’s PlayStation MIPS code as C from a prerelease executable with debugging symbols. Its source covers the main executable and gameplay overlays, with build and comparison configuration for matching reconstructed functions against the original.

- 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/fmil95/soul-re>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/fmil95/soul-re/blob/59d1ee87749da95b6ced413a9f60b30a6fb91d45/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/soul-reaverse-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/soul-reaverse-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/soul-reaverse-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires the user-obtained 1999-07-14 build’s SLUS_007.08 executable and BIGFILE.DAT in the game folder.
- **Prerequisites:** Linux or WSL setup uses MIPS binutils and Python; macOS setup uses Docker.
- **Limits:** The reconstruction is in progress.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/fmil95/soul-re/blob/59d1ee87749da95b6ced413a9f60b30a6fb91d45/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/fmil95/soul-re/blob/59d1ee87749da95b6ced413a9f60b30a6fb91d45/docs/INSTALL.MD>
3. <https://github.com/fmil95/soul-re/blob/59d1ee87749da95b6ced413a9f60b30a6fb91d45/docs/CONTRIBUTING.MD>

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