# EarthBound Companion: native EarthBound build

> EarthBound Companion is a native EarthBound build. Windows x64 release 1.0.18 is the supported package. Linux, macOS, and Android builds are community previews. It includes a pinned MaternalBound Redux adaptation, widescreen scenery, 1080p to 4K output, MSU music, and Story Shuffle. The game code is compiled C with SDL2.

- 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/rages4calm/earthbound-companion>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/rages4calm/earthbound-companion/blob/eb08e3bb999ec14376d57eea64f6d2f590f52af2/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/earthbound-companion/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/earthbound-companion/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/earthbound-companion/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- The player supplies a clean 3 MiB USA ROM, with or without a 512-byte copier header. Other revisions are rejected. Linux needs glibc 2.38 or newer, macOS 12 or newer, and Android 8.0 or newer.
- The README names no license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/rages4calm/earthbound-companion/blob/eb08e3bb999ec14376d57eea64f6d2f590f52af2/README.md>

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