Case study

Eternal Darkness: a work-in-progress GameCube decompilation

Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem is being reconstructed from the USA GameCube release as C source. The repository contains source files, symbol maps and split maps, with a build that reads the user's disc image and an objdiff workflow for comparing objects. The author describes the game and engine code as ongoing work.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

Stars: 10
Last commit: 2026-10-16
Language: C
License (GitHub): CC0-1.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Requires a user-owned Eternal Darkness USA Rev 0 disc image.
Prerequisites: Building requires Python and Ninja; the documented workflow supports Windows, macOS and Linux.
Limits: Game and engine decompilation remains in progress.
License: CC0-1.0 License.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{unending-occlusion-eternal-darkness-case,
  title = {{Eternal Darkness: a work-in-progress GameCube decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/PattyTrish/unending-occlusion}},
  url = {https://github.com/PattyTrish/unending-occlusion},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/unending-occlusion-eternal-darkness-case/}}
}

Plain text

Eternal Darkness: a work-in-progress GameCube decompilation. https://github.com/PattyTrish/unending-occlusion (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/unending-occlusion-eternal-darkness-case/

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README.md GitHub · PattyTrish/unending-occlusion · Revision 5f96a05