Case study
Agent decompilation: a byte-matching retrospective
Maurice Heumann describes replacing plausible-looking agent output with compiler-based checks of reconstructed functions, relocations, data and types. The retrospective reports 99% function presence and 83% of all functions byte-exact, while keeping the reconstruction code private.
- Targets
- Game
- Category
- Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship
- Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed
Requirements & limits
- Scope: Author retrospective dated 2026-10-09; the reviewed article leaves the game unnamed.
- Scope: The project uses the original compiler and binary as references; no public implementation or reproducible artifact is supplied.
- Testing evidence: Coverage figures and runtime success are author-reported.
- Scope: A documented case study.
About this entry
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Primary sources
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