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- Makefile: BINARIES += resident; resident_* var block (vram 0x800CEDF8, build/resident/, config/*.resident.*); per-binary ASM_DIR/SRC_DIR + $(BINARIES)-derived OBJS prune-list so main (asm/+src/) and resident (asm/resident/+src/resident/) object sets stay disjoint; per-binary UNDEF_SYMS/UNDEF_FUNCS (resident writes under build/resident/) - config/splat.resident.yaml: flat blob config (NO header, NO gp_value, single c seg @ vram 0x800CEDF8, stacked symbols [symbols.us.txt, symbols.resident.txt], per-binary asm/src/build/undefined paths, EOF 0x5935C -> end vram 0x80128154) - config/check.resident.sha (8e17e02f… = extracted MAIN.CD/FILE_010/1.1, 365,404 B, type-1) - config/symbols.resident.txt (R13/R15 provenance banner; seeded empty, populated in T4) - gates: (a) main clean rebuild 143dbb89… (refactor is a no-op on the byte-locked EXE); (b) make extract BINARY=resident -> 144 INCLUDE_ASM stubs + .ld @0x800CEDF8; (c) main OBJS=81 excludes resident even with resident on disk + main stays 143dbb89… - src/resident/*.c left WIP-untracked (reshaped by T2 boundary carving)
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. - 52 functions hand-matched to byte-identical machine code — including the LZSS streaming decompressor — with a decomp-permuter + matching-cookbook "flywheel" to accelerate the next.
- 959 PsyQ SDK functions linked byte-identical (libcd, libgs, libgte, libspu/libsnd, libgpu, libc2, libmcrd, libapi/libcard, libetc) straight from the real PsyQ 4.0 libraries instead of re-decompiling them — bringing byte-identical-from-source coverage of the EXE to ~50%.
- 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.
About half 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 underway: the build toolchain is now binary-agnostic (one parameterized pipeline builds any binary, proven a byte-exact no-op on the EXE), ready to stand up the overlays. 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.