Case study

sm_disassembly: a relocatable Super Metroid disassembly

sm_disassembly provides a relocatable assembly disassembly of the SNES game Super Metroid, organized into bank files and based on earlier bank logs. Build scripts extract assets from the user's original NTSC ROM and assemble the source with asar 1.81.

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: 25
Last commit: 2026-10-02
Language: Assembly

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Requires the user's original unheadered Super Metroid NTSC ROM and Python 3.
Prerequisites: Assembles with asar 1.81.
License: LICENSE.txt states the Zero-Clause BSD license.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{super-metroid-disassembly-case,
  title = {{sm\_disassembly: a relocatable Super Metroid disassembly}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/InsaneFirebat/sm_disassembly}},
  url = {https://github.com/InsaneFirebat/sm_disassembly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/super-metroid-disassembly-case/}}
}

Plain text

sm_disassembly: a relocatable Super Metroid disassembly. https://github.com/InsaneFirebat/sm_disassembly (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/super-metroid-disassembly-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · InsaneFirebat/sm_disassembly · Revision 7af131e
LICENSE.txt GitHub · InsaneFirebat/sm_disassembly · Revision 7af131e