# 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.

- 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/chrissotraidis/bluewake>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/chrissotraidis/bluewake/blob/0d84fa1969a1ac9a9e9333d85dd425816ea3ce23/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/bluewake/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/bluewake/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/bluewake/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/chrissotraidis/bluewake/blob/0d84fa1969a1ac9a9e9333d85dd425816ea3ce23/README.md>

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