Case study

Golden Sun Recompiled for Android: an on-device recompilation port

Golden Sun Recompiled for Android ports the Golden Sun recompilation workflow to Android and builds game code from the player's ROMs on the device. It supports Golden Sun and The Lost Age, with touch controls, renderer options and save transfer between the games.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 17
Last commit: 2026-11-07
Language: C++

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Personally obtained Golden Sun ROMs; The Lost Age ROM is optional.
Prerequisites: About 800 MB of free device storage for processing each game.
Limits: The author describes the port as beta and reports limited device testing; its cross-game continuation mode is still under test.
License: The bundled engine uses the PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 license, which limits the port to noncommercial use.

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BibTeX

@misc{golden-sun-recompiled-android-case,
  title = {{Golden Sun Recompiled for Android: an on-device recompilation port}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/wootbeer/gsrandroid}},
  url = {https://github.com/wootbeer/gsrandroid},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/golden-sun-recompiled-android-case/}}
}

Plain text

Golden Sun Recompiled for Android: an on-device recompilation port. https://github.com/wootbeer/gsrandroid (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/golden-sun-recompiled-android-case/

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README.md GitHub · wootbeer/gsrandroid · Revision 5971d0f
COPYING GitHub · wootbeer/gsrandroid · Revision 5971d0f