Case study

EmeraldRecomp: statically recompiling Pokémon Emerald

EmeraldRecomp is a static recompilation of Pokémon Emerald for the Game Boy Advance, built on gbarecomp. Version 0.0.1 boots through the BIOS intro to the title screen and into gameplay. Paths the static recompiler has not covered run in an interpreter the first time, then are JIT-compiled and remembered.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 52
Last commit: 2026-11-06
Language: C++

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo available · no screenshot

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

The USA ROM SHA-1 is f3ae088181bf583e55daf962a92bb46f4f1d07b7. The runtime refuses an unrecognized ROM. A Windows package is EmeraldRecomp-windows-x64.
License: PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0.

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BibTeX

@misc{emerald-recomp-case,
  title = {{EmeraldRecomp: statically recompiling Pokémon Emerald}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/mstan/EmeraldRecomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/mstan/EmeraldRecomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/emerald-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

EmeraldRecomp: statically recompiling Pokémon Emerald. https://github.com/mstan/EmeraldRecomp (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/emerald-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · mstan/EmeraldRecomp · Revision 4c0562d