Case study

Tony Hawk's Underground: a matching PS2 decompilation

Tony Hawk's Underground is being reconstructed as matching C++ for the NTSC-U PlayStation 2 release SLUS-20731. The project splits the ELF into functions, compiles each recovered function with a pinned SN Systems toolchain and compares instructions; remaining functions are assembled so the complete build can be checked against the user's disc by SHA-1.

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: 4
Last commit: 2026-11-07
Language: C++
License (GitHub): CC0-1.0

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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: A legally owned NTSC-U SLUS-20731 game disc or dump is required.
Prerequisites: The documented workflow uses Linux, Python 3 and a pinned SN Systems ee-gcc toolchain under wibo.
Limits: The author reports four C++ functions matched in the dated status report; the remaining full-ELF reconstruction is largely assembly.
License: CC0-1.0 license for the repository code.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{tony-hawks-underground-ps2-decomp-case,
  title = {{Tony Hawk's Underground: a matching PS2 decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/andrewnakas/thug-decomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/andrewnakas/thug-decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/tony-hawks-underground-ps2-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Tony Hawk's Underground: a matching PS2 decompilation. https://github.com/andrewnakas/thug-decomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/tony-hawks-underground-ps2-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · andrewnakas/thug-decomp · Revision 3ae6093
STATUS.md GitHub · andrewnakas/thug-decomp · Revision 3ae6093
PROVENANCE.md GitHub · andrewnakas/thug-decomp · Revision 3ae6093
LICENSE GitHub · andrewnakas/thug-decomp · Revision 3ae6093