Case study

GD's Melee: a PC port of Super Smash Bros. Melee's matching decompilation

GD's Melee builds a native Windows and Linux port of Super Smash Bros. Melee NTSC 1.02 from the game's matching decompilation. It adds native rendering, rollback online play, m-ex mod support and Lua scripting while loading game data from the user's disc.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 23
Last commit: 2026-11-07
Language: Python
License (GitHub): GPL-2.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

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

Prerequisites: Windows x64 or Linux x86_64; Linux needs a 32-bit runtime and Vulkan driver.
Prerequisites: A personally dumped Melee NTSC 1.02 disc image is required.
Limits: Public test build; rough edges are expected.
License: GPL-2.0-or-later.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{gds-melee-case,
  title = {{GD's Melee: a PC port of Super Smash Bros. Melee's matching decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/GurekamDhillon/gd-melee-workspace}},
  url = {https://github.com/GurekamDhillon/gd-melee-workspace},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/gds-melee-case/}}
}

Plain text

GD's Melee: a PC port of Super Smash Bros. Melee's matching decompilation. https://github.com/GurekamDhillon/gd-melee-workspace (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/gds-melee-case/

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README.md GitHub · GurekamDhillon/gd-melee-workspace · Revision dc9dcbc