Decompilation of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX+Saturn)
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Decompile EntityTeleport in RIC and DRA (#996)
These functions both have very difficult functions before them in their
files, so need to split to new files to make the rodata work.

Originally decompiled RIC func_80166060, then once that was done I dug
through the blueprints and realized it matches EntityTeleport, which
made decompiling EntityTeleport an easy task, at which point I renamed
the RIC function to match.

I've also gone through a lot of the functions they call and labeled the
ones that match between overlays; I expect this to be helpful in the
task of identifying names for a bunch more functions.
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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Decompilation

A work-in-progress decompilation of Castlevania Symphony of the Night for Sony PlayStation 1 and Sega Saturn. It aims to recreate the source code from the existing binaries using static and/or dynamic analysis. The code compiles byte-for-byte to the same binaries of the game, effectively being a matching decompilation.

It currently supports the following versions of the game:

  • us the reference build with the serial number SLUS-00067
  • hd an unreleased PS1 Japanese build found in Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles game data
  • saturn the port created by an external development team

This repo does not include any assets or assembly code necessary for compiling the binaries. A prior copy of the game is required to extract the required assets.

Bins decomp progress

File name Code coverage Decomp functions Description
SLUS_000.67 N/A N/A Shared libraries
DRA.BIN code coverage DRA.BIN decompiled functions Game engine
BIN/RIC.BIN code coverage RIC.BIN decompiled functions Playable Richter
BIN/WEAPON0.BIN code coverage WEAPON0.BIN decompiled functions Equippables
ST/CEN/CEN.BIN code coverage CEN.BIN decompiled functions Center
ST/DRE/DRE.BIN code coverage DRE.BIN decompiled functions Nightmare
ST/MAD/MAD.BIN code coverage MAD.BIN decompiled functions Debug Room
ST/NO3/NO3.BIN code coverage NO3.BIN decompiled functions Entrance (first visit)
ST/NP3/NP3.BIN code coverage NP3.BIN decompiled functions Entrance
ST/NZ0/NZ0.BIN code coverage NZ0.BIN decompiled functions Alchemy Laboratory
ST/SEL/SEL.BIN code coverage SEL.BIN decompiled functions Title screen
ST/ST0/ST0.BIN code coverage ST0.BIN decompiled functions Final Stage: Bloodlines
ST/WRP/WRP.BIN code coverage WRP.BIN decompiled functions Warp Room
ST/RWRP/RWRP.BIN code coverage RWRP.BIN decompiled functions Warp Room (reverse)
SERVANT/TT_000.BIN code coverage TT_000.BIN decompiled functions Bat Familiar

Code coverage means how many bytes of code have been successfully converted from assembly into C code, while decomp function is how many functions have been successfully decompiled.

Decompiling a game is a mastodontic task. If you have some basic programming skills, please join us in this journey. Any contribution will be very appreciated!

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Special thanks

This project is possible thanks to the hard work of tools provided by the Decompilation community:

  • mips2c from @matt-kempster to decompile MIPS assembly into C. This has proven to be more accurate than Hexrays IDA and Ghidra.
  • splat from @ethteck to disassemble code and extract data with a symbol map. This tool provides the fundamentals of the SOTN decomp.
  • asm-differ from @simonlindholm to know how the decompiled code compares to the original binary.
  • decomp-permuter from @simonlindholm to pick different versions of the same code that better matches the original binary.
  • maspsx by @mkst to replicate the customized assembler used in the official PSX SDK.
  • decomp.me by @ethteck, @nanaian and @mkst to provide a collaborative decompilation site to share and contribute to work-in-progress decompiled functions.
  • frogress by @ethteck to store and retrieve progression data.
  • esa-new by @mkst as an inspiration on how to set-up a PS1 decompilation project.
  • oot as an inspiration of what it is possible to achieve with a complete decompiled video game.