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A disassembly of the ROM is not the same as the source code because it's missing the human-readable labels for memory addresses. It's more like the source code
by mrob 5y ago
A disassembly of the ROM is not the same as the source code because it's missing the human-readable labels for memory addresses. It's more like the source code after using an obfuscator to remove variable and function names.
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- laumars 5y agoTechnically yes. But it’s still usable on a platform like the Mega Drive / Genesis and it’s how ROM hackers would generally work. They might still have the original code though given they wrote the game. But I wouldn’t be at all surprised if they just worked off the ROM instead.