# Twisted Metal Re-Arc: matching reconstruction of the Japanese PlayStation game

> Twisted Metal Re-Arc reconstructs code and data from the Japanese 1995 PlayStation release of Twisted Metal using matching decompilation. Its build splits the user's extracted SIPS_600.07 executable, compiles replacement C units and checks a headerless code-and-data image against the original.

- 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/OpenTrac/tm1_Re-Arc>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/OpenTrac/tm1_Re-Arc/blob/d9e4afb3da43d04666ba36841f2f23644d0694fe/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/twisted-metal-re-arc-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/twisted-metal-re-arc-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/twisted-metal-re-arc-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A digital copy of Japanese retail Twisted Metal SIPS-60007 and its extracted executable are required.
- **Prerequisites:** The documented environment is Debian or Ubuntu Linux, or Ubuntu under WSL, with uv and the listed system packages.
- **Limits:** The project is a work in progress and does not produce a matching PSX-EXE header or SYM file.
- **License:** MIT License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/OpenTrac/tm1_Re-Arc/blob/d9e4afb3da43d04666ba36841f2f23644d0694fe/README.md>

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