Case study

BlueWake: static recompilation of The Wind Waker

BlueWake is a static recompilation of the GameCube game The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker that runs natively on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows, and Linux. The README describes touch controls, controller support, and mods, and it names Windows 10 or 11 ready-made builds plus repository builds for Apple platforms and x86-64 Linux.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 593
Last commit: 2026-11-09
Language: C
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

The README requires the user's own US GameCube copy of The Wind Waker, product code GZLE01 revision 0. It says the repository contains no disc image, game assets, or saves.
Windows 10 or 11 uses a downloaded build. iPhone and iPad apps are built on an Apple silicon Mac. Mac builds target Apple silicon. Linux builds target x86-64. An Apple TV build is described as experimental.
GitHub reports the repository license as GPL-3.0.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{bluewake,
  title = {{BlueWake: static recompilation of The Wind Waker}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/chrissotraidis/bluewake}},
  url = {https://github.com/chrissotraidis/bluewake},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/bluewake/}}
}

Plain text

BlueWake: static recompilation of The Wind Waker. https://github.com/chrissotraidis/bluewake (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/bluewake/

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README.md GitHub · chrissotraidis/bluewake · Revision 0d84fa1