# devilution-nx: a Nintendo Switch port of reconstructed Diablo

> devilution-nx ports the DevilutionX reconstruction of Diablo to Nintendo Switch. It provides Joy-Con and touch controls, Switch homebrew builds and instructions for loading DIABDAT.MPQ from the player's original Diablo disc or GOG copy. Its documentation traces the underlying reconstruction to IDA analysis and recovered C code.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/lantus/devilution-nx>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/lantus/devilution-nx/blob/02c215173cfd2c5ef9f3cb4e01b3ad73f36acaa2/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/devilution-nx-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/devilution-nx-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/devilution-nx-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Provide DIABDAT.MPQ from an original Diablo disc or GOG copy.
- **Prerequisites:** A Nintendo Switch homebrew environment is required; building uses devkitPro and the listed Switch libraries.
- **Limits:** The README reports many remaining bugs.
- **License:** The Unlicense.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/lantus/devilution-nx/blob/02c215173cfd2c5ef9f3cb4e01b3ad73f36acaa2/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/lantus/devilution-nx/blob/02c215173cfd2c5ef9f3cb4e01b3ad73f36acaa2/docs/CHANGELOG.md>

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