# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/wootbeer/gsrandroid>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/wootbeer/gsrandroid/blob/5971d0f9dd45381d82b4a02ed6deec0b0f49fda0/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/golden-sun-recompiled-android-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/golden-sun-recompiled-android-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/golden-sun-recompiled-android-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/wootbeer/gsrandroid/blob/5971d0f9dd45381d82b4a02ed6deec0b0f49fda0/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/wootbeer/gsrandroid/blob/5971d0f9dd45381d82b4a02ed6deec0b0f49fda0/COPYING>

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