# Dicing Knight. — a native port by static recompilation

> Dicing Knight. — Native Recompilation translates the WonderSwan Color game’s V30 MZ machine code into C11 ahead of time and compiles it with a recreated hardware layer. Its Python recompiler discovers code from entry seeds and execution traces; the C layer models video, timers, input, EEPROM, and audio. The author reports playable Windows sections through the tower, while the ending and Android device build remain unverified.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/aoxzh/dicing-knight-static-recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/aoxzh/dicing-knight-static-recomp/blob/0164f4508952ebbbfec70cb8236a842c979bd70d/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/dicing-knight-static-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/dicing-knight-static-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/dicing-knight-static-recomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Supply your own Dicing Knight. .wsc cartridge image.
- **Prerequisites:** The build uses Python 3, C11, CMake, Ninja, and the platform toolchain described by the project.
- **Limits:** The author reports incomplete code coverage and an Android host that has not been verified on a device.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/aoxzh/dicing-knight-static-recomp/blob/0164f4508952ebbbfec70cb8236a842c979bd70d/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/aoxzh/dicing-knight-static-recomp/blob/0164f4508952ebbbfec70cb8236a842c979bd70d/tools/recompiler/README.md>

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