# SSX 3: a work-in-progress GameCube decompilation

> SSX 3 reconstructs source for the USA Rev 0 GameCube release as an unfinished decompilation. Its configuration uses a user-supplied disc image to prepare a Ninja build, while objdiff compares rebuilt objects with the original game.

- 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/ssxdecomp/ssx3_gc>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/ssxdecomp/ssx3_gc/blob/ec889b87b0110e039a8831c6ba106dc8de6f7a35/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ssx-3-gamecube-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ssx-3-gamecube-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ssx-3-gamecube-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Supply an SSX 3 USA Rev 0 disc image in one of the documented supported formats.
- **Prerequisites:** Install Python and Ninja; platform-specific instructions also describe Wine where needed.
- **Limits:** The decompilation is a work in progress.
- **License:** CC0-1.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/ssxdecomp/ssx3_gc/blob/ec889b87b0110e039a8831c6ba106dc8de6f7a35/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/ssxdecomp/ssx3_gc/blob/ec889b87b0110e039a8831c6ba106dc8de6f7a35/LICENSE>

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