# WCW/nWo Thunder: a PlayStation decompilation

> WCW/nWo Thunder reconstructs source for the PlayStation game from a work-in-progress disassembly. Its build takes SLUS_007.79, WGAME.BIN and WMENU.BIN from the user's disc and checks generated binaries against expected checksums.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/martinbean/thunder>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/martinbean/thunder/blob/4dd2b6fb54f0eff90ddc130b9439fb7a44c228ed/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/wcw-nwo-thunder-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/wcw-nwo-thunder-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/wcw-nwo-thunder-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** The user's PlayStation disc files SLUS_007.79, WGAME.BIN and WMENU.BIN; the two BIN files require decoding first.
- **Prerequisites:** A Linux build environment or the provided Dockerfile for other systems.
- **Limits:** Decompilation is still in progress.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/martinbean/thunder/blob/4dd2b6fb54f0eff90ddc130b9439fb7a44c228ed/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/martinbean/thunder/blob/4dd2b6fb54f0eff90ddc130b9439fb7a44c228ed/Makefile>

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