{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/EstebanPdN/zelda-alttp-3ds/blob/c85d243923febf9930b254a937c399784dc977ff/platform/3ds/README.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "A Link to the Past 3DS adapts the reverse-engineered Zelda3 engine for Nintendo 3DS with gameplay on the upper screen and maps, inventory and settings on the lower screen. It extracts assets locally from the user's USA ROM and adds 3DS rendering, controls and per-ROM settings.",
  "description_zh": "A Link to the Past 3DS 将逆向重建的 Zelda3 引擎移植到任天堂 3DS，上屏运行游戏，下屏显示地图、道具和设置。它从用户自备的美版 ROM 在本机提取资源，并加入 3DS 渲染、控制方式及按 ROM 保存的设置。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/a-link-to-the-past-3ds-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/a-link-to-the-past-3ds-case/",
  "evidence_class": 1,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/EstebanPdN/zelda-alttp-3ds/blob/c85d243923febf9930b254a937c399784dc977ff/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "a-link-to-the-past-3ds-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/a-link-to-the-past-3ds-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/a-link-to-the-past-3ds-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/a-link-to-the-past-3ds-case/index.md",
  "name": "A Link to the Past 3DS: a dual-screen Zelda3 port",
  "name_zh": "A Link to the Past 3DS：双屏 Zelda3 移植版",
  "preview_kind": "image",
  "preview_url": "https://awesomerea.org/previews/a-link-to-the-past-3ds-case.webp",
  "reconstruction_method": "port",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "A Nintendo 3DS and a legally obtained USA, unheadered ROM are required; audio also needs dspfirm.cdc.",
    "Building requires devkitARM, libctru, 3ds-cmake, makerom and bannertool.",
    "Gameplay hacks are not guaranteed to be compatible.",
    "The Zelda3 engine retains the MIT licence; other components retain their own licences."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要任天堂 3DS 和合法取得的无文件头美版 ROM；音频还需要 dspfirm.cdc。",
    "构建需要 devkitARM、libctru、3ds-cmake、makerom 和 bannertool。",
    "不保证兼容修改玩法的 ROM 补丁。",
    "Zelda3 引擎沿用 MIT 许可证，其他组件保留各自的许可证。"
  ],
  "scope": "partial",
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/EstebanPdN/zelda-alttp-3ds",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}