# Top Spin 4 decompilation: matching Xbox 360 functions against three XEX modules

> Top Spin 4 decompilation reconstructs C source for the Xbox 360 game and compares compiled functions against code in three retail XEX modules. The repository includes reconstructed functions, Ghidra analysis tooling, build configuration and progress reports; the author reports partial exact compiler matches.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/g-guthrie/topspin4-decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/g-guthrie/topspin4-decomp/blob/553f78394f95d28e1ccba43dab50f7c5adafc18e/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/top-spin-4-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/top-spin-4-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/top-spin-4-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A user-supplied retail game copy is required; the repository excludes game images and executables.
- **Prerequisites:** The analysis workflow specifies Ghidra 12.1.2 and XEXLoaderWV.
- **Limits:** The reconstructed source has not been linked into a runnable XEX.
- **License:** MIT license for original repository code and documentation.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/g-guthrie/topspin4-decomp/blob/553f78394f95d28e1ccba43dab50f7c5adafc18e/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/g-guthrie/topspin4-decomp/blob/553f78394f95d28e1ccba43dab50f7c5adafc18e/docs/analysis-status.md>

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