Case study

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door: seven-version matching decompilation

This Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door fork reconstructs one C source tree for three GameCube retail releases and four demos. The author reports that each build reproduces its main executable and area REL files byte for byte; version-specific configurations and architecture notes accompany the code.

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: 10
Last commit: 2026-11-04
Language: C
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A matching game disc image or demo .tgc for the selected version.
Prerequisites: Python 3 and ninja; Wine is also needed on macOS and non-x86 Linux.
Testing evidence: The author reports exact matches for all seven builds.
License: MIT licence.

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BibTeX

@misc{ttyd-seven-version-decomp-case,
  title = {{Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door: seven-version matching decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/LLCOOLT/ttyd}},
  url = {https://github.com/LLCOOLT/ttyd},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/ttyd-seven-version-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door: seven-version matching decompilation. https://github.com/LLCOOLT/ttyd (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/ttyd-seven-version-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · LLCOOLT/ttyd · Revision 2228b6f
docs/PROGRESS.md GitHub · LLCOOLT/ttyd · Revision 2228b6f