A collection of reverse engineering efforts to explore and extract files from Grabbed by the Ghoulies.
The source files were originally written as part of a remake of the original Xbox game, and this repo is a subset of files from that app.
Over the years I have researched other games developed by Rare, covering their titles on Xbox and Xbox360.
| Game | Platform | Version | Formats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grabbed by the Ghoulies (demo) | Xbox | n/a | localisation, audio, fonts, textures |
| Grabbed by the Ghoulies | Xbox | n/a | localisation, audio, fonts, textures |
| Kameo: Elements of Power (alpha) | Xbox | CAFF24.09.03.0026 |
textures |
| Conker: Live & Reloaded (demo) | Xbox | CAFF24.09.03.0026 |
textures |
| Conker: Live & Reloaded | Xbox | CAFF28.01.05.0031 |
textures |
| Kameo: Elements of Power | Xbox360 | CAFF28.01.05.0031 |
localisation |
| Perfect Dark Zero | Xbox360 | CAFF28.01.05.0031 |
localisation |
| Viva Piñata | PC/Xbox360 | CAFF07.08.06.0036 |
localisation |
| Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts | Xbox360 | CAFF07.08.06.0036 |
localisation |
| 1 vs. 100 | Xbox360 | CAFF07.08.06.0036 |
textures (bin), resources (xzp) |
| Jetpac Refuelled | Xbox360 | n/a | localisation |
Note that although 1 vs. 100 was not developed by Rare, it uses a very similar CAFF format
The source is split into shared libraries (.lib) files that link with one of the tools. A rough structure is:
scripts- directory for GENie project generation (https://github.com/bkaradzic/GENie)src/external- gitmodule dependencies live heresrc/base- provides shared file streaming, endian helper, zlib utilities, etc
The shared libraries for games are here too:
src/ghoulies- main project for Grabbed by the Ghouliessrc/kameo- main project for Kameo
(see the table above for the full list of supported games)
The main apps are stored in src/tools
src/tools/hashlookup- reverse hash lookup for Grabbed by the Ghoulies, Kameo, and Pinatasrc/tools/demandinfo- loose bundle extractor for Grabbed by the Ghoulies
(there are various here)
- Szkaradek123's model importer (Python, for Blender) - https://forum.xentax.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=12463
- RareWare Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/RareWare/
- Grabbed by the Ghoulies (Rare Wiki) - https://rarewiki.com/wiki/Grabbed_by_the_Ghoulies