Decompiled Retail Console Games

Edit on Github | Updated: 22nd September 2023

This post contains either decompiled or disassembled source code projects for console games that were sold at retail stores.

If you are interested to see officially released or leaked source code check out this other post:

To be included in this list the project must have decompiled or disassembled at least 10% of the course code, in order to not pollute the post with hundreds of unfinished projects. An exemption to this rule can be made for consoles with very few reversing projects.

Nintendo Systems

Nintendo systems are by far the most popular for reverse engineering projects, especially related to 1st party titles such as Mario, Zelda and Pokemon.

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

Name	Project Type
Baloon Fight	Disassembly
Battle City	Disassembly
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle	Disassembly
Double Dragon II: The Revenge (Japanese)	Disassembly
Contra	Disassembly	N/A and Documented
Crystalis	Disassembly
Dragon Warrior	Disassembly	N/A and Documented
Donald Land	Disassembly
Donkey Kong	Disassembly
Dr. Mario	Disassembly
Dunny Sullivan’s Indy Heat	Disassembly
Excitebike	Disassembly
Final Fantasy I	Disassembly	N/A and Documented
Final Fantasy II	Disassembly
Final Fantasy III	Disassembly
Game Genie (Cheat Cartridge)	Disassembly
Ice Climber (Japanese)	Disassembly
Kunio-kun no Nekketsu Soccer League	Disassembly
Mappy (Japanese)	Disassembly
Mario Bros.	Disassembly
Mega Man 3	Disassembly
Mega Man 4	Disassembly
Mega Man 5	Disassembly
Metroid	Disassembly
Mike Tyson’s Punch Out	Disassembly
Nuts & Milk (Japanese)	Disassembly
Pac-Man (Japanese)	Disassembly
Solstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos	Disassembly
SonSon	Disassembly
Super Mario Bros.	Disassembly
Super Mario Bros. 2 The Lost Levels (Japanese)	Disassembly
Super Mario Bros. 3	Disassembly
Tecmo World Cup Soccer (Japanese)	Disassembly
Tennis	Disassembly
Tetris	Disassembly
The Legend of Zelda	Disassembly	N/A and Documented
Transformers: Mystery of Convoy	Disassembly	N/A and Documented
Yie Ar Kung Fu	Disassembly

Super Nintendo (SNES)

Name	Project Type
Donkey Kong Country 2	Disassembly
Earthbound / Mother 2	Disassembly
Final Fantasy IV	Disassembly
Final Fantasy V	Disassembly
Final Fantasy VI	Disassembly	Active
Super Bomberman	Disassembly
Super Mario World	Disassembly
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island	Disassembly
Super Mario RPG	Disassembly
Super Metroid	Disassembly
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past	Reimplementation, PC Port	Active

Nintendo 64

Recently, mainly in thanks to the huge success of the Super Mario 64 project, there has been revived interest in Nintendo 64 Decompilation. While most projects are still in very early stages, there are a few that meet the criteria for this list.

Name	Project Type	Status
AeroGauge	Decompilation	Inactive, 9% Done
Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage	Decompilation	Inactive
Banjo-Kazooie	Decompilation	Active, 98% Done
Blast Corps	Decompilation	Inactive
Body Harvest	Decompilation	Inactive
Conker’s Bad Fur Day	Decompilation	Inactive, 4% Done
Diddy Kong Racing	Decompilation	Active, 53% Done
Dinosaur Planet	Decompilation	Inactive, 2% Done
Donkey Kong 64	Decompilation	Active, 33% Done
Doom 64	Decompilation	Completed
Dōbutsu no Mori	Decompilation	Active, 6% Done
Dr. Mario 64	Decompilation	Active, 51% Done
F-Zero X	Decompilation	Inactive
Gauntlet Legends	Decompilation	Inactive
Goemon’s Great Adventure	Decompilation	Active
GoldenEye 007	Decompilation	Active, 61% Done
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards	Decompilation	Active, 12% Done
Mario Party	Decompilation	Active
Mario Party 2	Decompilation	Inactive
Mario Party 3	Decompilation	Active
Mario Kart 64	Decompilation	Active, 89% Done
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon	Decompilation	Active
Neon Genesis Evangelion	Decompilation	Inactive
Paper Mario	Decompilation	Completed
Perfect Dark	Decompilation	Active, 99% Done
Pokemon Puzzle League	Decompilation	Active, 5% Done
Pokemon Snap	Decompilation	Active
Pokemon Stadium	Decompilation	Active
Quest 64	Decompilation	Active
Rocket: Robot on Wheels	Decompilation	Active
Shadowgate 64	Decompilation	Inactive
Space Station Silicon Valley	Decompilation	Active, 59% Done
Super Mario 64	Decompilation	Completed
Super Smash Bros.	Decompilation	Active
Superman 64	Decompilation	Inactive
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time	Decompilation	Completed
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask	Decompilation	Active, 85% Done
Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion	Decompilation	Inactive
Virtual Pool 64	Decompilation	Inactive
Wave Race 64	Decompilation	Inactive
Yoshi’s Story	Decompilation	Active, 1% Done

Nintendo GameCube

Name	Project Type	Status
Animal Crossing	Decompilation	Active
Chibi-Robo: Plug into Adventure	Decompilation	Active, 5% Done
Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life	Decompilation	Inactive
Homeland	Decompilation	Inactive
Kirby Air Ride	Decompilation	Inactive
Luigi’s Mansion	Decompilation	Active
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!	Decompilation	Active
Mario Party 4	Decompilation	Inactive
Mario Party 5	Decompilation	Inactive
Mario Party 6	Decompilation	Inactive
Mario Party 7	Decompilation	Inactive
Metroid Prime	Decompilation	Active
Naruto: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! 4	Decompilation	Inactive
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door	Decompilation	Active, 10~15% Done
Pikmin	Decompilation	Active, 14% Done
Pikmin 2	Decompilation	Active, 24% Done
Sonic Riders	Decompilation	Inactive
Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom	Decompilation	Active, 14% Done
Super Mario Sunshine	Decompilation	Inactive
Super Monkey Ball	Decompilation	Active, 59% Done
Super Smash Bros. Melee	Decompilation	Active, 12% Done
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker	Decompilation	Active, 1% Done
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger	Decompilation	Active

Nintendo Wii

Name	Project Type	Status
Inazuma Eleven Strikers	Decompilation	Inactive
Mario Party 8	Decompilation	Inactive
Mario Kart Wii	Decompilation	Active, 11%
Pokemon Battle Revolution	Decompilation	Inactive
Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity	Decompilation	Active
Super Paper Mario	Decompilation	Active
Super Mario Galaxy (Korean)	Decompilation	Progress
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Virtual Console)	Decompilation	Active, 31% Done
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	Decompilation	Active, 36% Done
The Sims 2: Castaway	Decompilation	Inactive
Wii Sports	Decompilation	Active
Xenoblade Chronicles	Decompilation	Active, 4% Done

Nintendo Switch

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Super Mario Odyssey

Nintendo Handhelds

Game Boy

Name	Project Type
Donkey Kong ‘94	Disassembly
Kirby’s Dream Land	Disassembly
Metroid II: Return of Samus	Disassembly
Mole Mania	Disassembly
Pokemon Red & Blue	Disassembly
Pokemon Yellow	Disassembly
Super Mario Land	Disassembly
Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins	Disassembly
Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land	Disassembly
Tetris	Disassembly

Game Boy Color

Name	Project Type
Dragon Warrior Monsters (German)	Disassembly
Looney Tunes: Carrot Crazy	Disassembly
Pokemon Gold & Silver	Disassembly
Pokemon Crystal	Disassembly
Pokemon Pinball	Disassembly
Pokemon Trading Card Game	Disassembly
Pokémon Puzzle Challenge	Disassembly
Wario Land 3	Disassembly
The Legend of Zelda Links Awakening DX	Disassembly
The Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages & Seasons	Disassembly

Game Boy Advance

Name	Project Type	Status
Banjo Kazooie Grunty’s Revenge	Decompilation	Active, 28% Done
Breath of Fire	Decompilation	Inactive
Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade	Decompilations	Active
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones	Decompilations	Active
Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town	Decompilations	Active
Kirby & The Amazing Mirror	Decompilations	Active
Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga	Disassembly	Inactive
Mario VS Donkey Kong	Decompilation	Inactive
Metroid: Zero Mission	Decompilation	Active, 98% Done
Mother 1+2 (Japan)	Decompilation	Inactive
Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire	Decompilation	Active
Pokemon Emerald	Decompilation	Active
Pokemon FireRed & LeafGreen	Decompilation	Active
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team	Decompilation	Active
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire	Decompilation	Active
Sonic Advance 2	Decompilation	Active, 67% Done
Summon Night Swordcraft Story 3	Decompilation	Active
Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World	Decompilation	Active
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap	Decompilation	Active, 98% Done
Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction	Decompilation	Active

Nintendo DS

Pokemon Diamond and Pearl

Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Rhythm Heaven (Gold)

Nintendo 3DS

Super Mario 3D Land (EU)

Sega Systems

Sega is similar to Nintendo in that most of the games that people are interested in reverse engineering are 1st party titles such as Sonic and Phantasy Star.

32X

Knuckles Chaotix

Sega CD

Shining Force CD

Sega Master System

Although the Sega Master System was hugely popular in Europe, it can’t compete with the NES for number of disassembled projects created so far.

Phantasy Star

Sonic 2 (SMS)

Sega Mega Drive

The Sega Mega Drive was Sega’s most popular console in terms of games developed, and as such it also seems to be the most popular for reverse engineering projects too.

Name	Project Type
Kid Chameleon	Disassembly
Knucles the Echidna in Sonic 2	Disassembly
Phantasy Star II	Disassembly
Phantasy Star III	Disassembly
Phantasy Star IV	Disassembly
Ristar	Disassembly
Sonic the Hedgehog	Disassembly
Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Disassembly
Sonic the Hedgehog 3	Disassembly
Sonic & Knuckles	Disassembly
Sonic 3D Blast	Disassembly
Sonic Spinball	Disassembly

Sega Game Gear (GG)

Sonic 1 (GG)

Sega Dreamcast (DC)

Sonic Adventure (DC)

Sega Model 2 Arcade

Sonic the Fighters

Sony Systems

Compared to the other systems, Sony doesn’t have many decompilation projects, mainly due to the higher complexity of the games developed by the PS1 era, requiring much larger teams to create the games in the first place.

PlayStation 1

Name	Project Type	Status
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night	Decompilation	Active
Crash Bandicoot	Decompilation	Active, 78% functional
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back	Decompilation	Inactive
Crash Team Racing	Decompilation	Active, 14% Done
Driver 2	Decompilation	N/A, Fully Playable on PC
Legacy of Kain 2: Soul Reaver	Decompilation	Active, 46% Done
Legend of Dragoon	Decompilation	Active, 90% Done (First disk playable)
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue	Decompilation	Active, 12% Done
Metal Gear Solid	Decompilation	Active, SLPM_862.47 and SLPM_862.48 Completed, SLPM_862.48 46% Done
Need for Speed: High Stakes	Decompilation	Inactive
Need for Speed 1-6	Game Engine Reimplementation	Inactive
PSX DOOM	Decompilation	Completed
Silent Hill	Decompilation	Active
Tomb Raider	Reimplementation	PC Port Fully Playable
Tomb Raider II	Reimplementation	Active - v0.8.2 release
Tomb Raider: Chronicles	Decompilation	Inactive
Tomb Raider 1-5	Game Engine Reimplementation	First game fully playable
Vandal Hearts	Decompilation	Active

PlayStation 2

Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly

Jak & Daxter 1-2

Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus

Microsoft Systems

There are only a handful of reverse engineered games for Microsoft game consoles.

MSX

Metal Gear (1987)

Xbox

Halo: Combat Evolved

Xbox 360

Terraria

PC (Windows)

Name	Project Type	Status
Cave Story	Decompilation	Taken down by DMCA
Cosmo’s Cosmic Adventure	Decompilation	Active
Duck Game	Decompilation	Completed
Deus Ex: Human Revolution	Decompilation	Active
Diablo	Decompilation	N/A
Duke Nukem II (DOS)	Reimplementation	N/A
Lego Island	Decompilation	Active
Oddworld 1-2	Game Engine Reimplementation	Active, Playable
Oregon Trail II	Decompilation	Active
SkiFree	Decompilation	Inactive
Sonic CD (2011)	Decompilation	Active
Sonic Mania	Decompilation	Active
Touhou Koumakyou: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil	Decompilation	Active
Twisted Metal 2	Decompilation	Inactive

Atari Systems

Atari 2600

Donkey Kong

ColecoVision

Donkey Kong

NEC Systems

PC-9801

Touhou Project 1-5 (1997-1998)

Mobile games

Mobile games are a special case that weren’t initially going to be included, but we have included a few games that are based on console games.

Java 2 Mobile Edition (J2ME)

Sonic 1 J2ME

Android

Sonic 1 & 2 Classic (2013)

Sonic Advance

Windows Phone

Plants vs. Zombies (2011)