Case study

Zoids Legacy: byte-matched GBA code reconstruction

This rebuilds 1,130 code regions of Zoids Legacy for the Game Boy Advance, USA, and compares each region's bytes with the ROM. make verify checks the ROM SHA-1 and does not write a ROM. The translation editor is python3 tools/script_editor.py and listens on 127.0.0.1:5097. English and Spanish text files are dialogue-en.json, scene-translation.json, and the Spanish counterparts. The USA ROM is named Zoids Legacy (USA).gba.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 26
Last commit: 2026-11-09
Language: C
License (GitHub): MIT

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Python 3, a C preprocessor, ARM binutils, and agbcc commit da598c1d918402c42c0c0d7128ba14567f3175e9 built with GCC 14. Run make verify with the USA ROM.
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BibTeX

@misc{zoids-legacy-decomp,
  title = {{Zoids Legacy: byte-matched GBA code reconstruction}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/jmacato/ZoidsLegacyDecomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/jmacato/ZoidsLegacyDecomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/zoids-legacy-decomp/}}
}

Plain text

Zoids Legacy: byte-matched GBA code reconstruction. https://github.com/jmacato/ZoidsLegacyDecomp (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/zoids-legacy-decomp/

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README.md GitHub · jmacato/ZoidsLegacyDecomp · Revision 16aaa5d