# Summoner 2: matching PlayStation 2 decompilation

> Reconstructs the PlayStation 2 version of Summoner 2 as C++ source that is compared with the original executable. Splat separates executable units, objdiff checks functions, and the build links matched units from source while rejecting byte differences.

- 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/mikegoforth/summoner-2-decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/mikegoforth/summoner-2-decomp/blob/0c2edc3f739ed3d2dccd38b439448ad64d4ffd28/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/summoner-2-ps2-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/summoner-2-ps2-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/summoner-2-ps2-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires a user-owned copy of Summoner 2, Python 3.11+, and either an Apple Silicon Mac or x86-64 Linux machine; Macs also need Rosetta 2.
- **Prerequisites:** PS2 binutils, the compiler, wibo, and objdiff-cli are fetched by the build setup.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/mikegoforth/summoner-2-decomp/blob/0c2edc3f739ed3d2dccd38b439448ad64d4ffd28/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/mikegoforth/summoner-2-decomp/blob/0c2edc3f739ed3d2dccd38b439448ad64d4ffd28/CONTRIBUTING.md>

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