XenoREADER is a work-in-progress open source program, or possibly a library in the future, for reading Xenogears disc images. I started this project after discovering that no open source tools exist for this purpose. The few I have found are either dead, incomplete, non-functional, or closed source and from the early 2000s.
The goal of XenoREADER is to provide a working C library, optionally with a C++ wrapper, to make reading and potentially writing Xenogears image files easier. I also aim to document the disc structure for the community, and possibly provide a GUI in the future.
Image Verification – XenoREADER can open a disc image and verify that it is a valid Xenogears image.
Disc Identification – XenoREADER can reliably determine whether the image is Disc 1 or Disc 2.
Filesystem Parsing - XenoREADER can read and parse the hidden filesystem Xenogears uses instead of ISO-9660.
File Extraction - XenoREADER can extract the contents of a Xenogears image.
The possibility of replacing files (within the constrains of the sectors available) easily.
While games like Final Fantasy IX and Chrono Cross have received modern ports, Xenogears has not. This makes Xenogears difficult to mod and work with.
I also haven't done anything this insane and complex in straight C for a while.