Do I need the original game files to run LSD: Dream Emulator Decompilation?

Yes. The project does not include the original game's assets, so you need your own copy.

LSD: Dream Emulator Decompilation

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Source code reconstructed from the original game's compiled binary, so the game can be understood, rebuilt and ported.

Based on LSD: Dream Emulator

Image of the original game, LSD: Dream Emulator. This project has no screenshots of its own yet.

LSD: Dream Emulator (original game, not this project) — Image of the original game, LSD: Dream Emulator. This project has no screenshots of its own yet.

Links, repository & details

About

A work-in-progress attempt at decompiling the 1998 video game LSD: Dream Emulator, mainly intended as a verifiable reference for the more technical aspects of the game's mechanics. For a modern port of the game, the README points to LSDRevamped instead.

Getting started

On Ubuntu or WSL2 with gcc-mips-linux-gnu, python3, make and git, clone the repo with submodules and run make update-dependencies.

What you need to run it

Original game files required. The project ships code only; you provide your own copy of the game (PlayStation version).

Features

The project provides a reference to technical aspects of the game's mechanics.

Summarised from the project's README.

FAQ

What is LSD: Dream Emulator Decompilation?: LSD: Dream Emulator Decompilation is an open-source decompilation of LSD: Dream Emulator. Source code reconstructed from the original game's compiled binary, so the game can be understood, rebuilt and ported. The original game ran on PlayStation.
Do I need the original game files to run LSD: Dream Emulator Decompilation?: Yes. The project does not include the original game's assets, so you need your own copy.