# 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.

- 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/LLCOOLT/ttyd>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/LLCOOLT/ttyd/blob/2228b6f0e7fefe73a3ad60ba0739da5d09c56af8/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ttyd-seven-version-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ttyd-seven-version-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ttyd-seven-version-decomp-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/LLCOOLT/ttyd/blob/2228b6f0e7fefe73a3ad60ba0739da5d09c56af8/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/LLCOOLT/ttyd/blob/2228b6f0e7fefe73a3ad60ba0739da5d09c56af8/docs/PROGRESS.md>

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