# The Urbz: Sims in the City: GameCube matching decompilation

> The Urbz: Sims in the City GameCube decompilation reconstructs game code for the GUBE69 release. Its decomp.wtf and decomp-toolkit workflow configures a main.dol rebuild, compares the result byte for byte with the user's copy, and uses objdiff to inspect function progress. The repository includes game-specific C sources, symbols, and split configuration.

- 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/samtaylorr/urbz-sims-decomp-gc>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/samtaylorr/urbz-sims-decomp-gc/blob/d6b6dbe31b11d55f96679af82e077e7a97280d21/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/urbz-sims-in-the-city-gamecube-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/urbz-sims-in-the-city-gamecube-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/urbz-sims-in-the-city-gamecube-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A personal copy of the game in orig/GUBE69/ is required.
- **Prerequisites:** Python and Ninja are used to configure and build; the README names CodeWarrior GC/1.3.2 as the compiler.
- **License:** CC0-1.0.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/samtaylorr/urbz-sims-decomp-gc/blob/d6b6dbe31b11d55f96679af82e077e7a97280d21/README.md>

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