# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/DerrickGold/ar-recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/DerrickGold/ar-recomp/blob/d9aec17e4dcc744af44d6a08e055208aa38f9b64/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/actraiser-recomp/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/actraiser-recomp/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/actraiser-recomp/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/DerrickGold/ar-recomp/blob/d9aec17e4dcc744af44d6a08e055208aa38f9b64/README.md>

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## About this entry

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