# Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth: a PowerPC lifted PC port

> Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth is translated from its WiiWare PowerPC executable into C++ for a native PC runtime. The project supplies a lifter, SDL2 and OpenGL runtime, audio and input replacements, and hand-written readable game functions; the author reports that the port reaches Stage 1.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/dxgamer955/cvrebirth-decomp-and-pc-port>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/dxgamer955/cvrebirth-decomp-and-pc-port/blob/80f10c02abff180c7a0b4ffb6181e275843e5443/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/castlevania-adventure-rebirth-port-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/castlevania-adventure-rebirth-port-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/castlevania-adventure-rebirth-port-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A legally obtained game .wad is required to generate code and game data locally.
- **Prerequisites:** Linux build dependencies include SDL2 and GLEW; Windows builds use MSYS2.
- **Limits:** Readable hand-written decompilation and the port remain in progress beyond Stage 1.
- **License:** MIT license for project code and tools.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/dxgamer955/cvrebirth-decomp-and-pc-port/blob/80f10c02abff180c7a0b4ffb6181e275843e5443/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/dxgamer955/cvrebirth-decomp-and-pc-port/blob/80f10c02abff180c7a0b4ffb6181e275843e5443/BUILD.md>

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