# Golden Sun Recompiled: native ports of two GBA games

> Golden Sun Recompiled builds native Windows and Linux ports of Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age from user-supplied GBA ROMs. A modified gbarecomp engine translates ARM and Thumb code to C++, while separate game configurations and shared port code support both titles.

- 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/Shmargus/GSRecomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Shmargus/GSRecomp/blob/2574e72c63d2dfcccadca4ae3bd0f04487b4f342/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/golden-sun-recompiled-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/golden-sun-recompiled-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/golden-sun-recompiled-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires the user's supported USA or Europe ROMs for each game.
- **Limits:** Both games are in public testing, with visual and audio inaccuracies still present.
- **License:** Original project material has no selected licence and remains all rights reserved; the edited gbarecomp engine uses PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Shmargus/GSRecomp/blob/2574e72c63d2dfcccadca4ae3bd0f04487b4f342/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/Shmargus/GSRecomp/blob/2574e72c63d2dfcccadca4ae3bd0f04487b4f342/LICENSE>

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