Case study
Castlevania Chronicles: a cross-platform recompilation
This recompiles Castlevania Chronicles for Windows, macOS, and Linux with RecompOne. Release 0.3.10 has packages for Windows x64, macOS on Apple Silicon, and Linux x64, and each package includes the .NET runtime. The player selects a USA SLUS-01384 disc image, CUE/BIN or CHD. The first launch prepares the game code.
- Targets
- Game
- Category
- Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship
- Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed
- Evidence class
- C1 partial scope or analysis entry
- Stars
- 39
- Last commit
- 2026-10-12
- Language
- C#
GitHub data as of 2026-11-10
Evidence

- Observed
- Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
- Scope
- Partial
- Checked
- 2026-11-09
Requirements & limits
- Git, Bash, Python 3, the .NET SDK named in global.json, and RecompOne pinned at d81dec8c9622fdcd0865d73588a3baa8d3c3a605. Put the CUE at disc/chronicles.cue, then run git submodule update --init --recursive and ./scripts/recompile.sh.
- The README does not name a license for this project. It points at the bundled dependency licenses.
Cite
BibTeX
@misc{castlevania-chronicles-recomp,
title = {{Castlevania Chronicles: a cross-platform recompilation}},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Spicywonda/castlevania-chronicles-recomp}},
url = {https://github.com/Spicywonda/castlevania-chronicles-recomp},
urldate = {2026-11-07},
note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/castlevania-chronicles-recomp/}}
}Plain text
Castlevania Chronicles: a cross-platform recompilation. https://github.com/Spicywonda/castlevania-chronicles-recomp (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/castlevania-chronicles-recomp/
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About this entry
The description was reviewed against primary sources.
Primary sources
- README.md GitHub · Spicywonda/castlevania-chronicles-recomp · Revision 99ac8ae
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