Case study

Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX: a partial PSP decompilation with a native runtime

Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX: Decomp reconstructs the PSP game's functions as readable C inside a native PC runtime. Functions not yet decompiled are translated from the PSP program during the build, while parity tests compare selected runs frame by frame. The author reports 412 of 14,881 functions decompiled; the US ULUS-10062 disc supplies the program and assets.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 38
Last commit: 2026-11-06
Language: C
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A user-owned Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX US PSP ISO, ULUS-10062, is required.
Prerequisites: The documented platforms are Windows 10/11 x64, Linux x64 and macOS 11 or later on Apple Silicon.
Limits: The Japanese version is extracted but not yet buildable.
License: GPL-3.0 license.

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BibTeX

@misc{street-fighter-alpha-3-max-decomp-case,
  title = {{Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX: a partial PSP decompilation with a native runtime}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/theweathervane/sfa3max-decomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/theweathervane/sfa3max-decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/street-fighter-alpha-3-max-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX: a partial PSP decompilation with a native runtime. https://github.com/theweathervane/sfa3max-decomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/street-fighter-alpha-3-max-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · theweathervane/sfa3max-decomp · Revision f46f350
docs/ARCHITECTURE.md GitHub · theweathervane/sfa3max-decomp · Revision f46f350