Decompiling Lunar 2 for PS1

[Erroneous]

Been watching this new twitter thread of someone who is decompiling Lunar 2 Eternal Blue for the PS1.

https://twitter.com/ZackmonX/status/1502904361709707273

There's a GitHub repository in development now.

https://github.com/Zackmon/lunar2-psx-decomp

[ShugoHanasaki]

Pardon my ignorance... What does de-compiling a game mean?

[Mr_conan]

It means that they’re attempting to take the game binary and generate equivalent code in a high level language (C in this case).

[ShugoHanasaki]

Ah! Gotcha. Neat!

[MagicEmperor]

So de-compiling it does what make the graphics better? game play ? please explain if you can.

[kazuya]

makes it awesome and open source

[Sonic#]

A layman's explanation - when someone is making a program, they usually use a higher-level coding language, tools made for programmers to use to build that program. They do that because the actual instructions machines use (commands that directly tell the CPU what to do) are so tedious to do manually; these tools automate more complex tasks in a more accessible way.

When programming in that coding language is finished, the program is then compiled back into the instructions machines actually use. In other words, a compiler takes the complex code and rewrites it as machine instructions that tell the CPU what to do. Games are released in these forms.

Decompiling a game is a difficult process. Compilers are only made to work one way, and there could be many ways to write valid higher-level code that executes the same machine instructions. Frequently a decompiler will generate goofy code that doesn't correspond to the original programming but would bring about the same result.

So decompiling efforts are reconstructions that try to figure out how the original game worked prior to compiling. That can provide lots of insights into how the game and its mechanics work and makes the game easily modifiable ("open source").

[Kizyr]

Another thing decompiling can do is make it a lot clearer things that were originally removed, hidden, or otherwise obscured in the game. Certain stat behavior, character/enemy behavior, items or spells, etc..

Which means we should finally be able to find the Dark Scimitar for real this time.

[DevNall]

Another thing decompiling can do is make it a lot clearer things that were originally removed, hidden, or otherwise obscured in the game. Certain stat behavior, character/enemy behavior, items or spells, etc..

Which means we should finally be able to find the Dark Scimitar for real this time.

Disassembling the MCD/SCD release would be a whole 'nother ballgame.