# Digimon World 2003: a handheld port of the matching decompilation

> Digimon World 2003 adapts an upstream matching decompilation and PC port for RK3326 Linux handhelds including the R36S and XF35H. The fork adds direct framebuffer output, a Mali GLES renderer, Cortex-A35 and NEON performance work, a gamepad menu and PortMaster packaging. The decompilation and PC port originate with gascarcella/dw2003recomp.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/al4xdev/dw3>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/al4xdev/dw3/blob/61d06bad94c8f6735fb707b9d472ceedccbe7f92/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/dw3-handheld-port-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/dw3-handheld-port-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/dw3-handheld-port-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** The user's own European Digimon World 2003 disc image is required.
- **Prerequisites:** The handheld path targets RK3326 devices with a 32-bit Linux userspace and uses PortMaster.
- **Attribution:** The decompilation and PC port originate from gascarcella/dw2003recomp.
- **License:** The fork's own work is under the MIT License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/al4xdev/dw3/blob/61d06bad94c8f6735fb707b9d472ceedccbe7f92/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/al4xdev/dw3/blob/61d06bad94c8f6735fb707b9d472ceedccbe7f92/docs/gpu/README.md>

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