# 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.

- 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/theweathervane/sfa3max-decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/theweathervane/sfa3max-decomp/blob/f46f350613d6f7666452af76aadb032fcac45dbb/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/street-fighter-alpha-3-max-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/street-fighter-alpha-3-max-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/street-fighter-alpha-3-max-decomp-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/theweathervane/sfa3max-decomp/blob/f46f350613d6f7666452af76aadb032fcac45dbb/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/theweathervane/sfa3max-decomp/blob/f46f350613d6f7666452af76aadb032fcac45dbb/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md>

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