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Decompilation effort reaches 51% of 2001 GBA game using Claude Code
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A new project decompiles Klonoa: Empire of Dreams, achieving byte-matched C for 51% of the game’s code with AI-generated tooling.
Matching decompilation at this scale demonstrates that large language models can automate substantial portions of reverse-engineering pipelines, cutting manual effort. The reproducible, script-driven setup provides a template for future GBA titles, potentially accelerating preservation and modding work. Engineers can see concrete benefits of integrating AI-generated build scripts and function discovery into low-level code reconstruction.
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AI-driven Claude Code helped generate the Makefile, linker script and match 51% of the game’s code bytes.
The project uses an automated script and Luvdis disassembler to avoid committing raw assembly, making the workflow AI-friendly.
Function discovery combined Luvdis, Ghidra and Claude Code to expand the function list from 93 to 663 functions.
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