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Every binary-specific value is now a REQUIRED parameter — the phase's #1-risk mitigation (no EXE default an overlay could silently inherit): - psyq_link.py: removed module EXE/VRAM_BASE; recover_sym_addrs/unique_byte_vram vram_base now positional-required; link_object vram_base keyword-required (*,...); CLI --vram-base/--exe required - psyq_identify.py: removed EXE/VRAM_BASE globals; --vram-base/--exe required - psyq_link_region.py + psyq_link_lib.py: dropped 'VRAM_BASE' import + EXE; defaults removed (placement/classify/build_region required); CLI required - psyq_integrate.py: dropped VRAM_BASE import + EXE; integrate() vram_base/exe_path/ symbols_path keyword-required; CLI --vram-base/--exe/--symbols required - PROOFS: psyq_link bare -> 'required: --vram-base, --exe' (loud); build with AND without SDK -> 143dbb89; wrong base -> cae22f7e; curated dirs regenerate identical
BFM-decomp
A matching decompilation of Brave Fencer Musashi (PlayStation, SLUS-00726, USA 1998) — the first public decompilation effort for this game.
What "matching" means
The goal is C source code that, compiled with the original-era toolchain (PsyQ 4.x / GCC 2.7.2-family + ASPSX via maspsx), produces a byte-for-byte identical SLUS_007.26 and, eventually, byte-identical overlay binaries. SHA1 checksums are the ground truth; "functionally equivalent" does not count.
No ROM content
This repository contains no game assets, no disassembly output, and no ROM-derived data — only source code, build configuration, symbol names/addresses, hashes, and documentation. To build or contribute you must provide your own dump of the game disc (4-track BIN/CUE, redump layout). See .gitignore for the firewall.
Project status
Gen1 (foundation) complete — the matching pipeline is proven end-to-end. make extract && make build && make check rebuilds SLUS_007.26 byte-for-byte identical (SHA1 143dbb89…) from C + assembly, reproducibly across many sessions.
- Compiler pinned by evidence:
gcc-2.7.2-psx -O2 -G0 -mips1 -mcpu=3000+maspsx --aspsx-version=2.56 --expand-div. - 43 functions hand-matched to byte-identical machine code — including the LZSS streaming decompressor — with a decomp-permuter + matching-cookbook "flywheel" to accelerate the next.
- ~50 PsyQ SDK objects (libcd + libgs) linked byte-identical straight from the real PsyQ 4.0 libraries instead of re-decompiling them.
- File-loader / overlay system reverse-engineered, with the resident engine blob + location overlays' load addresses proven byte-identical against a live PCSX-Redux RAM dump.
Most of the EXE is still INCLUDE_ASM stubs (correct bytes, not yet C), and the bulk of the game lives in compressed overlays inside the .CD archives — Gen2 (overlays & engine at scale) is next. Current phase and detailed progress live in phase-ends/ (newest PhaseEnd_*.md = current state); methodology, rules, and the full roadmap are in PROJECT_CONTEXT.md; environment setup in docs/SETUP.md.
This project is developed primarily by Claude Code driving Ghidra through an MCP server; see CLAUDE.md.
License
Private repository for now. AGPL-3.0 is planned at public release, modeled on sotn-decomp. tools/brave-CUE/ is CUE's BRAVE extractor (GPL, source included) and retains its own license.