Case study
Hunters Recomp: a dual-screen Metroid Prime Hunters Android port
Hunters Recomp adapts a static recompilation of Metroid Prime Hunters for the AYN Thor's dual-screen Android hardware. Its app shell adds touch mapping, twin-stick controls and a GLES 3.2 renderer; game code is generated from the user's cartridge dump.
- Targets
- Game
- Category
- Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship
- Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed
- Evidence class
- C1 partial scope or analysis entry
- Stars
- 44
- Last commit
- 2026-09-06
- Language
- Java
- License (GitHub)
- GPL-3.0
GitHub data as of 2026-11-10
Evidence

- Observed
- Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
- Scope
- Partial
- Checked
- 2026-11-09
Requirements & limits
- Prerequisites: An arm64 Android 11 or newer dual-screen device; only AYN Thor is reported as tested.
- Prerequisites: Supply a Metroid Prime Hunters USA revision 0, 64 MiB cartridge dump.
- License: GPL-3.0 license.
Cite
BibTeX
@misc{hunters-recomp-case,
title = {{Hunters Recomp: a dual-screen Metroid Prime Hunters Android port}},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/aabrole/HuntersRecomp}},
url = {https://github.com/aabrole/HuntersRecomp},
urldate = {2026-11-06},
note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/hunters-recomp-case/}}
}Plain text
Hunters Recomp: a dual-screen Metroid Prime Hunters Android port. https://github.com/aabrole/HuntersRecomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/hunters-recomp-case/
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About this entry
The description was reviewed against primary sources.
Primary sources
- README.md GitHub · aabrole/HuntersRecomp · Revision 7482c70
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