psx-modding-toolchain vs sotn-decomp

psx-modding-toolchain

A set of tools to mod and reverse engineer PSX games. (by mateusfavarin)

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sotn-decomp

Decompilation of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX+Saturn) (by Xeeynamo)

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psx-modding-toolchain		sotn-decomp
	Project
6	Mentions	8
137	Stars	369
-	Growth	-
8.7	Activity	9.8
2 months ago	Latest Commit	3 days ago
C	Language	C
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	-

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psx-modding-toolchain

Posts with mentions or reviews of psx-modding-toolchain. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-14.

PSX Modding Toolchain - Reverse Engineering, ASM & C Injection, Patch Generator
1 project | /r/ReverseEngineering | 27 Mar 2023
Some questions about RE for PS1 Games
10 projects | /r/REGames | 14 Nov 2022

3b. Have some tools like mkpsxiso, psx_plugin_for_ghidra (or you can use other disassembler that aims for MIPS R3000) and also this new toolset (it was meant mostly for modding, but it's a great tool for real-time hacking and it also has decompiled function tester)
Tool that allows you to inject C code into PSX games in real-time - For easy modding and reverse engineering
1 project | /r/romhacking | 14 Sep 2022

1 project | /r/psxdev | 14 Sep 2022

1 project | /r/REGames | 13 Sep 2022

1 project | /r/retrogamedev | 13 Sep 2022

sotn-decomp

Posts with mentions or reviews of sotn-decomp. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-17.

What are your top games that are over 20 years old?
1 project | /r/pcgaming | 4 Jun 2023

There's actually a decompilation project ongoing currently, and it does seem to be active.
List of unofficial console PC Ports with Tutorial
5 projects | /r/emulation | 17 Apr 2023

symphony of the night https://github.com/Xeeynamo/sotn-decomp
Castlevania: SotN Decomp have progressed enough to allow Custom Levels
1 project | /r/castlevania | 1 Apr 2023

If you want to learn more, check out their website (and Discord)
Castlevania SOTN decompilation project showing off modding potential!
1 project | /r/pcgaming | 29 Mar 2023
This is a WIP PC port of Super Metroid (via decompilation, of course)
5 projects | /r/emulation | 6 Mar 2023
PS1: Where does initial PC (program counter) in Playstation executable point to exactly?
2 projects | /r/REGames | 3 Mar 2023
Some questions about RE for PS1 Games
10 projects | /r/REGames | 14 Nov 2022

3c. Check out other PSX game decompilation like PSX Doom, Castlevania, Silent Hill and MGS, or open-source reimplementation like OpenLara (Tomb Raider), OpenResident (RE1-2) and OpenHOW (Hogs of War)
Making our own Crash Team Racing (PS1): 60 FPS, Widescreen, More Playable Characters, More Game Modes, Swappable Classes, New Physics, HUD additions etc.
9 projects | /r/romhacking | 27 Oct 2022

Castlevania: SoTN

What are some alternatives?

When comparing psx-modding-toolchain and sotn-decomp you can also consider the following projects:

mgs_reversing - Metal Gear Solid PSX reimpl repo

ghidra_psx_ldr - Sony Playstation PSX executables loader for GHIDRA

OpenResident - Classic Resident Evil open-source engine

CTR-ModSDK - ModSDK - a modding toolkit to create mods for Crash Team Racing in C. This repository also houses an effort to fully decompile and reverse-engineer CTR in C.

silent-hill-decomp - An in-progress decompilation of the 1.1 US release of Silent Hill on the Playstation 1.

c1 - Port of Crash Bandicoot to C

PSXDOOM-RE - Psx Doom Reverse Engineering By [GEC]

sm - early version

mkpsxiso - ISO disc image maker written specifically for PlayStation homebrew development

OpenHoW - Open-source reimplementation of Gremlin's Hogs of War (PC/PSX).