Case study

ActRaiser Recomp: statically recompiling the SNES game

This recompiles ActRaiser for the Super Nintendo, USA. The cartridge dump is named internally ACTRAISER-USA, 1,048,576 bytes, with no copier header. The internal checksum is 0x83DB. SHA-256 is b8055844825653210d252d29a2229f9a3e7e512004e83940620173c57d8723f0. SHA-1 is e8365852cc20178d42c93cd188a7ae9af45369d7. CRC32 is 0xEAC3358D. The Builder verifies the file before it continues. macOS, Windows, Linux, and Steam Deck packages are listed.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 28
Last commit: 2026-11-10
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo available · no screenshot

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

A USA dump with those checksums. macOS opens ActRaiserRecompBuilder.app. Linux runs ./run-build.sh. Steam Deck uses the Builder AppImage in Desktop Mode.
License: MIT for the repository's original source, including the runtime, tooling, recomp/*.cfg, and documentation. snesrecomp-go has a separate MIT license.

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BibTeX

@misc{actraiser-recomp,
  title = {{ActRaiser Recomp: statically recompiling the SNES game}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/DerrickGold/ar-recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/DerrickGold/ar-recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/actraiser-recomp/}}
}

Plain text

ActRaiser Recomp: statically recompiling the SNES game. https://github.com/DerrickGold/ar-recomp (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/actraiser-recomp/

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README.md GitHub · DerrickGold/ar-recomp · Revision d9aec17