# SSX Tricky: an in-progress matching PlayStation 2 decompilation

> SSX Tricky reconstructs source for the NTSC-U PlayStation 2 release and builds it against a user-provided SLUS_203.26 executable. The Ninja build checks the resulting image byte for byte, with tools for locating the first differing symbol and comparing object files.

- 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/ssxtricky>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/ssxdecomp/ssxtricky/blob/0aa9bc75fb7f2c24aca38267db8d21c16e65bf8b/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ssx-tricky-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ssx-tricky-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ssx-tricky-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A legally obtained NTSC-U SSX Tricky disc image.
- **Prerequisites:** Linux capable of running 32-bit applications or WSL2, Python 3.13 with pipenv, and Ninja.
- **Limits:** The project is in progress and targets only the NTSC-U release.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/ssxdecomp/ssxtricky/blob/0aa9bc75fb7f2c24aca38267db8d21c16e65bf8b/README.md>

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