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Serial Experiments Lain decompilation

C decompilation of the PlayStation adventure Serial Experiments Lain along with a native desktop client built from it.

Decompilation Not stated released
Image: the project's own GitHub preview · source
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Latest releasev0.2.0Oct 1, 2026
Last pushOct 3, 2026

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Facts

Original
Serial Experiments Lain (1998)
Platform
PlayStation
Method
Decompilation
Provenance
Not stated what this means
Status
released
Licence
MIT
Team
Y0oshi
Started
2026-09
Runs on
Windows, macOS, Linux
Needs the original
Yes: you supply your own legally obtained copy

How to get it legally

This project ships code only. Build or download it from the official repository, then supply data from a copy of Serial Experiments Lain you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.

This project was decompiled by Y0oshi. Facts last checked 2026-10-14. Suggest a correction

Sources

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