Case study

HALBERD: a PC port of Kirby 64

HALBERD ports the Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards decompilation to PC with libultraship for rendering and input, and Torch for extracting resources from the user's N64 ROM. Its own platform code supplies libultra shims and runtime bridges; the author reports working menus and level loading.

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: 4
Last commit: 2026-08-26
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A legally owned US Kirby 64 ROM matching the documented SHA-1 is required.
Prerequisites: The documented build runs on Linux or Windows through WSL2 and fetches the decompilation, libultraship and Torch dependencies.
Limits: Player spawning, in-level rendering and audio remain in development.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{halberd-kirby-64-port-case,
  title = {{HALBERD: a PC port of Kirby 64}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/JR3DFUL/HALBERD}},
  url = {https://github.com/JR3DFUL/HALBERD},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/halberd-kirby-64-port-case/}}
}

Plain text

HALBERD: a PC port of Kirby 64. https://github.com/JR3DFUL/HALBERD (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/halberd-kirby-64-port-case/

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README.md GitHub · JR3DFUL/HALBERD · Revision 4c84547
docs/PC_PORT_ARCHITECTURE.md GitHub · JR3DFUL/HALBERD · Revision 4c84547