Case study

Deep Sea: a native Windows recompilation of The Wind Waker

Deep Sea builds a native Windows port of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker from the user's USA GameCube disc. Its setup kit checks disc hashes, translates main.dol and 415 REL modules with DolRecomp, and compiles a local game DLL for the ModernGekko runtime. Game-specific additions include widescreen, frame interpolation and cutscene skipping.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 9
Last commit: 2026-09-26
Language: C
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: The user's own USA GameCube Wind Waker disc is required.
Prerequisites: Playing requires Windows 10 or 11 x64, a Vulkan 1.1 GPU and about 2 GB of free setup space.
License: GPL-3.0.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{deep-sea-wind-waker-case,
  title = {{Deep Sea: a native Windows recompilation of The Wind Waker}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/AH64-dll/DeepSea}},
  url = {https://github.com/AH64-dll/DeepSea},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/deep-sea-wind-waker-case/}}
}

Plain text

Deep Sea: a native Windows recompilation of The Wind Waker. https://github.com/AH64-dll/DeepSea (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/deep-sea-wind-waker-case/

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README.md GitHub · AH64-dll/DeepSea · Revision a343c13
docs/WINDOWS-PORT-STATUS.md GitHub · AH64-dll/DeepSea · Revision a343c13